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Originally Posted by rmkrum
Hm. Never considered using the tank filler and the elbow together. Thanks for a great idea...
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Without the elbow, the filler tends to want to fall out of the inlet. The elbow eliminates that since the hose hangs straight down. And especially helpful if you put a filter in the chain when filling, as I do. The filter adds a lot of horizontal weight that makes the filler *really* want to bend and fall out. So I do: Hose>>Filter>>elbow>>filler. Walk away and do other things rather than wait for 39 gallons of water to fill, until I hear it overflowing. I also don't have the valve on the filler on full-blast. Slower fill but who cares I have plenty of other things to do while the tank fills.
I also have on of these water bandits in my kit. Using the filler, elbow and water bandit, makes it easy to add water to the tank while dry camping using a 6 or 7 gallon water container that has the spigot valve on it, the kind you'd use on the picnic table. Has saved the day several times allowing me to add water to the tank when no water hookup. Of course if you have a water container with a long pour tube instead of the spigot, this isn't necessary. I just happen to use the kind with a spigot that I put on the picnic table as my outside water source.
Put the water bandit rubber bit over the water container spigot, then the elbow, then the filler. If you have a ladder as many people do, can sit the container on it while filling. Or in my case...get a workout holding the container while it drains.
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