New to Rving. First winter. please help me lol

[Thewinkette]

We have a 2019 381m. Just arrived in New Jersey 3 days ago. Still waiting on heated water hose to arrive.
So, we have been filling up the fresh water tank. Using the water tank heater. and Also gas heat.
we noticed today when going outside to fill the tank up that we have water dripping from the
fresh water tank. I'm very new to this. im not sure what the correct name is but its where the water comes
out when pulling the valve to empty it. if anyone could possibly give me any advice as to what is wrong I would
greatly appreciate it! thank you!!

[BabyBober]

Welcome. That is the fresh water “dump” valve. That is how you empty the fresh water tank. It is just an exit port attached directly on the tank itself. Is the valve handle fully seated? We can’t tell from the pic. If not push it in. You should “feel” it seat. If it is in then you just don’t have a good seal. Could be a bit of dirt on the gasket, etc. if it is not leaking much ( read just dripping) and not effecting your camping experience using the water tank, don’t worry about it. It goes no where but out to the ground.

Jim.

[vonzoog]

I would not mess with it now. Looks like a small drip leak. Wait till the weather gets warmer to try to get the valve to seal properly.

[Thewinkette]

thank you so much for all your help!

[tndhunter]

We have a 2019 381m. Just arrived in New Jersey 3 days ago. Still waiting on heated water hose to arrive.
So, we have been filling up the fresh water tank. Using the water tank heater. and Also gas heat.
we noticed today when going outside to fill the tank up that we have water dripping from the
fresh water tank. I'm very new to this. im not sure what the correct name is but its where the water comes
out when pulling the valve to empty it. if anyone could possibly give me any advice as to what is wrong I would
greatly appreciate it! thank you!!

Hi there,
whenever we had the smallest question about our 5th wheel - we brought it back to the dealer to check out and replace using the warranty. they were great and we got everything little thing fixed through the dealer.

good luck.

[Thewinkette]

yes it is still under warranty. we just drove 1500 miles. I was seeking advice on the forum in hopes to being able to resolve it myself. i

[Bamaman]

I've never had any heated water hose, and we've been known to just leave the kitchen faucet with a small drip to keep water moving through the system.

I've never even used the water tank in my Reflection since we never boondock.

In the most frigid nights, I've been known to fill up a couple of old milk cartons to flush the toilet, and just unhook and drain the water hose from the faucet.

[tndhunter]

is there a grand design dealer nearby? we didn't want to mess with it because if for some reason we messed it up even more; we weren't sure our warranty would be covered - so we put everything on GD.

good luck - have an awesome trip!

[Cate&Rob]

yes it is still under warranty. we just drove 1500 miles. I was seeking advice on the forum in hopes to being able to resolve it myself. i

Thewinkette - This forum is all about "solving things ourselves". You have come to the right place for this type of advice! As mentioned earlier, this small drip is not worth worrying about in sub-freezing temps. In fact it may go away by itself or with a simple open/close cycling of the valve . . . once the weather warms up. This is not something to worry about!

Rob

[D2Reid]

I tend to agree that it is a fresh water tank valve leak. It is not under the fresh water tank overflow tube. Not knowing your weather pattern there when/if it warms up to 32f, or you get a lot of sun on that side of the RV and it feels warmer, I would exercise that valve, open/close, open/close and see if that cures your problem.

Welcome to the land of winter camping, come join me in Park City, UT, it was -0 this morning. I know, pretty hard to get -0, but my thermometer starts reading in tenths when it gets down to single digit temps, so it actually read -0.8f when I got up this morning.