Re: [VAC] Hot Water Lines

[Jodi & John Guerin <guerin3j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the subject of plugged water lines anywhere, I spoke to a nice service 
man in Texas today who suggested there might be a "dirt dawg" in the 
line.  A what?  I said, "you know spiders or somethin'".  At any rate, 
whatever a "dirt dawg" is will reportedly only be about 18 inches to the 
line or so. (presumably from a fawcet or something) and it was recommended 
that we poke a wire into the line. Hmmmmm, yeah, me too.

Anyway, today we got all the water to work from the water tank, and I 
believe we are now leak free!!!  Yeah!!  Many dances of joy and a beer 
later I thought I might let you know what the symptoms and problems really 
were.

Our manual says to turn on all the valves.  We being newbies turned on all 
the valves under the galley sink, and guess what?  Water comes out!  I 
know, big surprise.  Anyway, we hemmed and hawed and looked at drawings and 
diagrams until we decided that there was no way that those valves could be 
on if you wanted water in the system to come out of the faucets, so we 
closed them and turned on the pump.  Water still came out from the drain 
valve underneath.  When it was all said and done we replaced the rubber 
gaskets in each of the shut-offs and voila, it all works.  Then of course 
we had to fix the faucets because they were all seized up, but that took 
very little brain power, which was a really good thing....

So, tomorrow we're looking at the water heater and the propane 
system.  Wish us luck and if anyone needs advice on fixing faucets, we are 
now seasoned professionals. (ha ha)

Jodi of J&J 1972 Overlander