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[pvsdb]

Came away for a week without my key for fresh water tank. Depending on bottled water for everything. Whats the gizmo to the right of the water fill in this image? Anything to do with water? Thanks.

 

[Silver-Fox]

I know but I managed it on ours and it shifted eventually. Just throwing ideas around in case it helps.

Now a question, what can be used to stop the red cap becoming difficult to open when I want it to?

Food grade grease

 

[MattR]

Food grade grease

Now my search history shows me looking up "food grade lube" on a Friday night....

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[Silver-Fox]

Now my search history shows me looking up "food grade lube" on a Friday night....

You can get a lube that doesn’t attack the bung seals and isn’t harmful to humans

 

[MattR]

You can get a lube that doesn’t attack the bung seals and isn’t harmful to humans

My dirty mind has lots of replies to this but I'm not sure if others would approve of my smutty responses....

 

[icantremember]

But what if someone steals your water at night?

It's not stealing the water that's a problem, but what some drunken idiot might add to the tank.

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[Silver-Fox]

My dirty mind has lots of replies to this but I'm not sure if others would approve of my smutty responses....

You smutt away to your hearts content.

If anyone is offended they can skip over your posts

 

[Nanniemate]

lidl sell lovely bottled water dont ask how I know but it only cost a few £ for 60 litres

 

[Revolvor]

............ Whats the gizmo to the right of the water fill in this image? Anything to do with water? Thanks.

It's a socket for a Whale Superfil submersible pump. You can use it to power a pump to move water from a container into your tank .... but you still have to remove the cap!

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[XxAnthxX]

It's not stealing the water that's a problem, but what some drunken idiot might add to the tank.

If that was a concern…..I’d seriously consider where I was staying.

 

[Tombola]

If that was a concern…..I’d seriously consider where I was staying.

And how tall the people are round that way

 

[pvsdb]

Thanks for all ideas. I might explore filling through internal hatch. Cheers!

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[scotzsue]

I usually fill through the internal hatch, thereis a kinkin the filer tube and it takes ages, even when a fellow funster lends their hose thanks Wendo55 John uses watering can, and now have a flexi extender on that which helps, I would need to get on a ladder to hold it high enough to fill easily We use bottled water, filling on site, for drinking, although we sometimes buy a new 5L water if our old container gives up the ghost.

 

[Paul Gosbee]

The socket next to the filler is for a 12v external pump to fill the tank from a portable container. The socket is operated from your control panel. (I only found out after rewiring the socket as I thought it was faulty!) On my Autotrail you have to scroll through the menu until you select the External Pump option only then will the socket have power. Whale plugs and pumps are very expensive (aren't all spares for motorhome/caravans)keep an
eye out for a second hand one or alternative.

 

[dhall26]

You can should be able fill your tank through the drain tap.
Never seen much point in a locking filler and no lock on the drain.

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[minesapint]

Came away for a week without my key for fresh water tank. Depending on bottled water for everything. Whats the gizmo to the right of the water fill in this image? Anything to do with water? Thanks.

 

[Odd job]

You can should be able fill your tank through the drain tap.
Never seen much point in a locking filler and no lock on the drain.

I lock the water to stop some scroat putting chewing gum or worse into my water tank while the vann is parked

 

[MattR]

On a partly related note, I have heard of one owner who lent their motorhome to someone who filled up through the water filler .... with diesel.

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[Jeffr3y]

My fresh water tank locking filler cap is useless, sometimes it feels like its locked and I press it in and turn it wiggle it about a bit and it springs off.
If yours is anything like mine you might be able to press it in and turn it backwards or forwards and it'll come off, otherwise a similar key as someone else posted might just release it.

 

[RustyRuss]

Does the lock have a key code number written on it? Find it and a locksmith in the area your staying in. Alternatively phone a mobile locksmith.....

 

[Bucket]

How about the petrol cap ?

Don't put water in there !

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[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Mine isn't. But I don't have lockers.

Same here, and I do have lockers so two separate keys.

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

My dirty mind has lots of replies to this but I'm not sure if others would approve of my smutty responses....

I think I would

 

[Rodders1234]

I bought a couple of 10lt collapsible containers from Poundland (cheapskate) and when the water gets low and I don’t want to move on site I top up using the acess to the tank from inside the MoHo. Its easy and works for me.

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[bobandjanie]

Couldn't you just unscrew the cap on top of the tank and fill up, all of ours have been under the seat. Bob.

 

[AG 2602]

Sorry to hijack the post but this is related.
Filling up today put hose into filler hole the attachment got wedged in the hole and I couldn’t budge it so eventually pushed it into the tank where it will stay for ever bobbing about!
No internal access to water tank which would have been handy.
Lessoned learned you don’t need attachments on both ends!

 

[motdon]

Came away for a week without my key for fresh water tank. Depending on bottled water for everything. Whats the gizmo to the right of the water fill in this image? Anything to do with water? Thanks.

Just pick the lock with nail file

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[Minxy]

On a partly related note, I have heard of one owner who lent their motorhome to someone who filled up through the water filler .... with diesel.

The first camper we bought had had that done to it ... it was a Commer Autosleeper Pop-top, one owner from new with 52,000 miles on ... it was lovely and the fresh water tank was the only thing we were never able to use on it.

 

[KimSteve]

Came away for a week without my key for fresh water tank. Depending on bottled water for everything. Whats the gizmo to the right of the water fill in this image? Anything to do with water? Thanks.

we have all of our 'cap' keys on a single ring that stays in the van on a 'wheres the keys?' hook.

 

[Dave Scadding]

Go home and get the key

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[AndyPK]

Go home and get the key

He’s probably done that - it was nearly a year ago…….!