Camping – You Need A Regulator

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One morning, as I was walking back from taking my daughter to the bus stop, I happened to notice water dripping under the camper.  It seemed to be coming out under the door.  Very strange!  I went in the house, grabbed the keys, came back out and opened up the pop-up.  There was water running across the floor!  It seemed to be coming from under the one bench.  I moved the cushions back and sure enough – all our towels & bedding that I store in there were soaked.  I mean dripping, sopping, soaking wet!  A closer inspection showed that the water seemed to be coming from the water pump.  I thought that seemed odd since we were hooked up to our house water and weren’t using the pump.  I turned off the hose, ran all the water out of the sink, and the problem seemed to resolve itself.  I decided that must be the water pressure was too much.  I normally don’t turn the hose on very far, ever – which frustrates my husband to no end!  However, he had turned the water on this time and it was all the way on.  So, my pressure theory made sense to me.  After mentioning it to my parents, I found out that I was right. (It happens once in a while!)  Campers are generally made to handle 40-50 psi.  My city water hook up was probably closer to 60 psi.  Enter water pressure regulators.  They reduce the pressure to a manageable 40-50 psi.  I had never heard of them before, but the last time we were camping I did notice that almost every hookup had something between the spigot and the hose.  We ordered one and hopefully we’ll never have that problem again.

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