2010augusta
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For the past month I have been trying to figure out how to make the UDC easier to use for fulltiming. A few of my goals in doing so were:
1. include a real pressure regulator, so we can take high-flow showers.
2. Use a satellite television multi-switch to have at least three feed to the TVs.
3. Make filling the freshwater easier.
4. Make flushing the black water tank easier.
5. Stop have to do the "hose Ballet" in order to do 3 and 4.
Here is what I can up with. I began by installing the household water regulator in the UDC, but did not like it hanging out of the hose connection. I then removed the female hose connection and the check valve for the fresh water and used a hole saw to enlarge the hole so a hose could fit through it. I connected the main supply line to the regulator behind the wall of the UDC and ran the hose through the new larger hole. This worked great and freed up a lot of room as compared to haveing the regulator in the UDC compartment. I picked up a 4-way brass manifold with shut-off valves from a garden center and attached it to the regulator through the wall of the UDC. In order to connect a supply hose to this manifold, I cut the male end off of my fresh water hose and added a female end. I then sacrificed a spare hose to fulfill goals 3 and 4. I cut the female end at about 2 feet and ran the cut end into the fresh water tank fill hose. I cut the male end of the the hose at about 1 foot and installed a new female end on the cut end. I used this short hose to jump from the manifold to the black-water flush connector. This setup allows me to leave one hose connected all the time and by opening valves on the manifold I can flush the black water tank and fill the fresh water tank.
For the satellite stuff I removed the factory coax wires on the back side of the UDC that ran to the TVs and install two short jumpers that connect to the multi-switch. Then connect the two factory wires to the outputs of the multi-switch along with an additional wire I ran to the entermainment center slide.
whew!! hope you followed all that.
Here are some pictures.
1. include a real pressure regulator, so we can take high-flow showers.
2. Use a satellite television multi-switch to have at least three feed to the TVs.
3. Make filling the freshwater easier.
4. Make flushing the black water tank easier.
5. Stop have to do the "hose Ballet" in order to do 3 and 4.
Here is what I can up with. I began by installing the household water regulator in the UDC, but did not like it hanging out of the hose connection. I then removed the female hose connection and the check valve for the fresh water and used a hole saw to enlarge the hole so a hose could fit through it. I connected the main supply line to the regulator behind the wall of the UDC and ran the hose through the new larger hole. This worked great and freed up a lot of room as compared to haveing the regulator in the UDC compartment. I picked up a 4-way brass manifold with shut-off valves from a garden center and attached it to the regulator through the wall of the UDC. In order to connect a supply hose to this manifold, I cut the male end off of my fresh water hose and added a female end. I then sacrificed a spare hose to fulfill goals 3 and 4. I cut the female end at about 2 feet and ran the cut end into the fresh water tank fill hose. I cut the male end of the the hose at about 1 foot and installed a new female end on the cut end. I used this short hose to jump from the manifold to the black-water flush connector. This setup allows me to leave one hose connected all the time and by opening valves on the manifold I can flush the black water tank and fill the fresh water tank.
For the satellite stuff I removed the factory coax wires on the back side of the UDC that ran to the TVs and install two short jumpers that connect to the multi-switch. Then connect the two factory wires to the outputs of the multi-switch along with an additional wire I ran to the entermainment center slide.
whew!! hope you followed all that.
Here are some pictures.
