Fresh Water Fill Fittings

[gwchitty]

Hi folks,

I'm planning for my new fresh water tank install. It's a clean slate and the only original part being reused is the aluminum fill neck and cap. This part comes into the tank area with a 1.5 OD and at a sharp downward angle. My new tank has 1.25 OD inlet. So I have to pick hose and fittings. At the big box store, they have two types of hose: clear smooth rubber and another black rubber for pools that looks like vacuum cleaner hose. I was leaning towards the black hose for it's bendability but it may have a "hose taste".

As for fittings, I was going to cobble something up with PVC. There has to be better choices for hose fittings somewhere. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated.

Merry Christmas all,

Cosmos

[Dwight]

If this is for the water fill, you might want to get the proper hose that is approved for potable water....it is a green and white stripe flexible hose that is usually available on-line or at RV stores...

This one place.....http://www.folandsales.com/catalog.a...showprevnext=1

[68 TWind]

I had trouble plumbing the inlet on my TW. The pipe on the trailer is 1 1/2 and the tank was 1.25. After trying several options, I bought a piece of hose at HD used for swimming pool skimmers and vacs. It fit the plastic water tank neck just right. I put a very short split in the end for the filler neck and then put the hose end in boiling water for a few minutes, ran outside and slipped in on the filler neck. Once cool I put a hose clamp on it and it works great.

[Farmer Dan]

Cosmos,
I replaced the fill hose on my '89 Excella w/ the green/white hose mentioned by Dwight. PO had black sump pump-looking hose that cracked. I tried the clear hose from Ace. It was too stiff. I also used PVC fittings where there was a 90* bend and double clamped. It wasn't a perfect fit, but works OK for this app. Good luck
Dan