Since I purchased our "newsed" Regency a month ago, there has been a water leak problem when hooking to city water. After turning on the hose, water would begin leaking at a fairly good rate below the hose from inside the wall. The same thing happened if the pump was turned on, even if there wasn't a hose connected.

I found that the part you connect the hose to had been replaced and, although it worked, it wasn't the correct part (round vs original square part) for my Barth. I pulled it off the side of the coach to inspect a bit further and found the cause of the leak. It was a loose fitting on the back of the water entry. I tightened it down and no more leak.

We went on a quick weekend trip before the coach went in for service and, after hooking up to city water, the leak was back in a different spot so, no water on this trip. I was later informed that water pressure can be as much as 120psi in some parks and the original plumbing in the Barth was designed for about 40-50psi.

I found a water fill that is square and although this one is chrome, it fits like it was meant for the Barth. I also picked up a pressure regulator and installed them both. The regulator will remain attached to my city water hose for trips. I turned on the water and hey, no leaks from either location. Now the leak was coming from the other side of the coach (curb side). I'm hoping this is nothing more than tracking down the leak and tightening the fittings. So far, this coach has had some nitnoid problems but, one by one, they are being taken care of and this is turning into a really nice coach!

Any ideas on what or where I should be looking to correct the leak will br greatly appreciated.

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Since I purchased our "newsed" Regency a month ago, there has been a water leak problem when hooking to city water. After turning on the hose, water would begin leaking at a fairly good rate below the hose from inside the wall. The same thing happened if the pump was turned on, even if there wasn't a hose connected.

I'm not a Regency guy, but it sounds like you should take a look at the check/fill valve where it connects to the coach water line. Maybe all it needs is tightening.

Hi Bill
Do you have a waterline that is curbside and is not inside the coach? Our 90 Regency water lines to the sink and hw heater on the curb side all run inside. (Pretty sure, can't find any by crawling around under it.) Also there is a shutoff valve to hw heater under the closet floor with the heater. If your valves are like mine they are a flimsy plastic affair. After a winter in storage and no outings last year we had 2 that weeped a little.
We have a city water inlet street side that has a built in regulator I think. It is chromed and has "water pressure regulator" cast into it. But haven't checked into it yet.
We also have 3 of these plastic valves labelled "water fill" in the water compartment but you only need to open 1 of them to manually fill the tanks. (We have 2 tanks side by side??)
We have an autofill switch above the door that buzzes when the tanks are full and a 12V electrical gizmo on the fill line that gets real hot when on and has a warning sticker on it to that affect. Do you know what it is?? Do you have one on your coach? I thought it might be the autofill?? And the other 2 would be to manually fill each tank seperately??
It looks like we both have issues to resolve on our "new" Barths, ... we had a nice little outing last weekend too. Went to the beach! I broke the %#@&$$$ handle off the Norcold refridge!! Just opened it to get a beer!
The gas solonoid to the hw heater gave up the ghost, and ... there is a mandatory gov't $120. LP test that has to be done after installing the new $180. solonoid!!
Have fun! Don

Maybe you're not a Regency guy and not everbody wants to be one, but you're definitely a Barth guy and your repsonse is greatly appreciated!

I just put in a new check/fill valve yesterday. I'm wondering if other connections down stream from the fill valve have become problematic due to over pressure issues.

A new problem (?) popped up a couple of weeks ago whie driving. I heard a beeping tone coming from somewhere around the entry door. I thought it might be the security system since I had been flipping switches and turning the key outside the day before. The previous owner told me it didn't work and I was checking it. Yesterday, while filling the tank and checking for leaks, I heard it again and saw a light flash on the control panel above the door. I'm not sure which one it was but I think it was around the auto fill light. I read here that an alarm will sound when the tank is full while using auto fill. I'm going to see if I can duplicate it again today but, I don't think the tank was close to being full.

GO Team Barth!

If I forget to turn off the autofill switch while driving it will beep now and then due to water sloshing around maybe?
Had my dw up and looking when it happened to us.
Hasn't happened again but I check all switches are off now!
Don

Hey Don,

While our HW heater is street side beneath the dinette bench, we do have the other lines you were referring to at curbside. I haven't checked them as far as how they're labled yet and ours certainly need to be re-labled since ours were labeled in pencil and the writing has faded significantly since it was done.

I'm not sure how much pressure the water regulator was allowing before I replaced it but according to the technician I talked to, the flimsy plastic lines can't handle all that much. Even though I added a new valve with a built in regulator, it still allowed as much as 65 psi so I added another that would drop it down to 50. If that is the wrong way to go about it, hopefully someone here will tell me.

I still have to check the lines and valves to see what is happening when I turn them. There are apparently three drain valves and the rest - I'm not sure. I'm not sure what the electrical gizmo is that you referred to but I'll take a look. As far as I know, I only have one fresh water tank that is curb side.

I have never used the HW heater although the guy that cleaned my black/gray tanks said it was in good shape. Well, at least it was after it was serviced. I'll let you know what I find.

I had an identical issue on my Breakaway, and replaced the city fitting and regulator. That cured the problem.

Although everything plumbing is leak-free now, I never hook up directly to city water - just refill the tank and use the onboard pump.