312bhts Water outlets

[howson]

pomocamper -- moved your question to it's own thread. See https://gdrvowners.com/forum/operati...rain-to-a-tank

Also check out the Welcome Letter (as I noted that was your first post).

[TENN22]

Hi There, Im a new owner of a 312 BHTS and I am trying to understand the rear outlet pipe at the rear of the trailer. There is no valve and only a cap. Is this from a holding tank from the outdoor kitchen sink? And how do I operate this without the valve?

Hi Cstahl, I think you are referring to the discharge outlet for the rear kitchen/sink. There is no holding tank, the black pipe is directly plumbed to the sink drain. When I had my 308, I bought one of the caps that had the water hose connection on it and used that to run over to my sewer dump location. If no sewer was available, I used a 5 gallon bucket to catch the sink water.

[TucsonJim]

Welcome to the forum Cstahl. If your outlet is like mine, it is a cold water outlet that is plumbed into the trailer's fresh water supply. You should have received a blue hose with your trailer. You plug this hose into the outlet, and then you can operate the water by squeezing the handle on the hose nozzle.

A word of caution though. Sometimes, it's very difficult to get the blue hose to plug into the outlet pipe. This is due to water pressure in the system. A way to make this easier is described below:

1. Turn off the city water connection if hooked up to city water, or turn off the water pump if dry camping.
2. Open the cold water valve at the kitchen or bathroom sink to relieve pressure in the system.
3. Plug in the blue hose.
4. Turn off the cold water valve that you opened in step 2.
5. Turn your pump or city water connection back on.

Jim

[cstahl]

Hi There, Im a new owner of a 312 BHTS and I am trying to understand the rear outlet pipe at the rear of the trailer. There is no valve and only a cap. Is this from a holding tank from the outdoor kitchen sink? And how do I operate this without the valve?