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Technical Support / Re: I cant find the shut off for a water drain

« Last post by David T. Richelderfer on June 16, 2025, 06:21:02 PM »

Does your coach have an electronic water fill valve?  I assume it does, as Mr. Warren suggested.

Do you know the location of the electronic water fill valve?  In our coach and if not, then look in the basement door immediately fore of the water bay door.  Stick your head in the door and look to the right.  On the wall, you should see a wall cover plate , about 1' high by 2' long.  Remove the plate; it is held onto the wall by spring snaps.  Inside the box behind the plate, you should see the water pump, a filter, plumbing pipes, etc., and a Red Hat valve.  The Red Hat valve is the electronic water fill valve.  If it is original, or otherwise old, then it could be getting weak and need replacing.  Also, excessively high shore water pressure could be overpowering its ability to stop the water flow to the water tank.  Flip the water fill switch while listening to the valve; you should be able to hear it working.  I replaced our Red Hat valve with a US Solid rotating ball valve found on Amazon.

If the above doesn't sound like your problem, then keep looking.  lol

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Technical Support / Re: I cant find the shut off for a water drain

« Last post by Roy Warren Co-Admin on June 16, 2025, 02:23:04 AM »

Mike,
If you have an electric fill switch in the coach under the kitchen sink you can normally shut it off by pressing it down.  Turn your kitchen faucet on and see it that reduces or increases flow.  If that doesn't work try turning it off then back on.  Also try with the same switch in the water bay and possibly in your bathroom.  I know I have to operate the switch once to start to fill then again a full on/off to stop the cycle.  If nothing else works, turn off the water to the coach and use your pump until you need to refill.
Roy Warren

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Technical Support / Re: I cant find the shut off for a water drain

« Last post by Carl Boger on June 16, 2025, 12:03:30 AM »

Mike on mine the plastic pipe is a ABS drain for the fresh water tank and there is a valtera valve in the storage bay that will let the water drain out.  It is kind of hard to see and toward the middle of the coach.  If the fresh water fill is not fully turned off or is leaking water will continue to fill the fresh water tank.  If so it will either come out the overflow or the drain which as you noted are located close to each other.

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Technical Support / Re: I cant find the shut off for a water drain

« Last post by Mike Berg on June 15, 2025, 09:39:47 PM »

Thanks for reaching out. I grew up in San Luis Obispo Ca. I can beleive the fresh water is full because I did try and fill it but water keeps coming out it seems no mater what I do with city water on. I know it is somthing I have done as I get to know this rig. Maybe overthinking

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Technical Support / Re: I cant find the shut off for a water drain

« Last post by Richard Davis on June 15, 2025, 06:18:59 PM »

Mike
It sounds like you are filling your fresh water tank and then the water is going out the overflow pipe.  If you have a fill valve for filling the fresh water tank, check that.  Or, you may have a check valve that is allowing the fresh water tank to fill when you do not want it to.
Richard

p.s. Did you by chance grow up south of Seattle?

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Technical Support / I cant find the shut off for a water drain

« Last post by Mike Berg on June 15, 2025, 05:32:10 PM »

I have a 1998 Bever Patriot 40 ". IN the center of the MH 2 feet behind front wheels are 2 drains. On is in the pan and that one is OK. The other one is right next to it andit is a rigid pPVC pipe that goes up. When I am on city water it is a steady stream of water coming out. Will flood the parking lot in 5 miniutes so heavy flow. I had a guy looking at my waterheater . Any Idea what valve got opened to cause this?

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Technical Support / MOVED: Chassis Air Conditioning 90 Reducer

« Last post by Eric Maclean Co-Admin on June 13, 2025, 12:12:02 AM »

This topic has been moved to Suppliers Credits, Comments, Kudos (Members Only).

https://beaveramb.org/forum/index.php?topic=12442.0

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Technical Support / 2005 Patriot Thunder Air Bag replacement

« Last post by David Jackson on June 12, 2025, 06:06:46 PM »

I took my coach in to a truck shop today to have some fluids and filters changed, brakes checked and air bags checked.  No air leak can be heard but left for a few hours, one side of the coach sags a little so I thought I’d have them checked. They couldn’t verify any leaks, but did note weather checking and dry rot on 6 of them.  They will call me with a price shortly.  Any idea what I should expect to pay for parts and how much labor to expect?  Four were on the steer axle and 2 on the drive axle.  Appreciate any ball park estimates so that I know whether they are in the same ball park!  Best,

Dave

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Technical Support / Re: Lost 12V power to refrigerator compartment

« Last post by Joel Ashley on June 11, 2025, 11:07:59 PM »

Pierce, I assume you’ve already got the 12v fridge, but if not you should consider a Dometic instead.  Let’s simply say that Norcolds’ history is less attractive than Dometic’s.  Hopefully by now Norcold has nullified their past problems.

That said, the “battery bay” and “electrical bay” (streetside forwardmost) contain mostly chassis-related/ignition components, fuses, relays, auto-reset circuit breakers, air ride/leveling module, etc.  Coach-living 12v add-ons like interior lighting, sensors, vent fans, porch light, slide-out(s)… things generally not involved with driving the coach but rather living in it, commonly have fuses in an interior cabinet, very often in the can or the bedroom.  On our Monterey they’re in the same cabinet as the AC breakers.

So when ferreting out an issue, remember to classify it first.

Joel

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Technical Support / Re: Lost 12V power to refrigerator compartment

« Last post by Pierce LeFevre Jr on June 11, 2025, 07:47:40 PM »

Thanks much Frank!  I'd seen that box with the throw style breakers for the larger equipment, but never noticed the little sticker on the cover plate to the right signifying replaceable 12v fuses.  So that was it.  Legend on the back of that cover took me straight to the blown refrigerator fuse.  Thanks again!