Truma Water connector

[judsley]

Hello fellow caravanners,
I'm hoping to pick someones brains if I may?
I've just bought a Swift Challenger 540 which has the Truma water connection point on the outside of the van.
My previous caravan had the Carver connection and as a result, I had bought a mains connector kit to reduce trips to refilling the Waterhog.
Just my luck, I can't connect my old mains kit to my new caravan as the connector is different. To buy a Truma Ultraflow kit is the best part of £70(ish).
Can anyone tell me if I can buy an adaptor which I can use my old mains kit with my new 'van? I also have the Floë drain kit which has the same issue.
Is there a solution other than putting all the above onto eBay?
Thanks for any advice, eith good or bad!!
Jon

 

[woodsieboy]

I have never really got on very well with the pressure reducing systems,and now use the float that fits into the water container,and connects to the mains tap at the other end,the benefit is that you can use it with whatever type of water connection fits into the side of your van,as the pump draws water in from the container,the float allows the water to refill the container.I have not had any problems with the system. I am sorry I have no experience of the Floe drain kit, but wonder whether you could fit the truma connector,available as a seperate item,to your existing Floe kit.

 

[judsley]

Woodsie,
I'm with you on the idea of the float kit valve... I just wanted to not have to take a waterhog to a serviced pitch that has a direct water supply.
I actually bought one of those ball valve kits but I think the one I bought was faulty as it didn't seem to work. That being said, I will look at it again!
Cheers, thanks for the advice.

 

[RayS]

I assume the float valve kit you have is the surt that fits into the side of the Aquaroll when the Aquaroll is standing upright.
The float has to be free to work up and down when in place, and you may have to turn it relative to the aquaroll cap to achieve ths.
Suggest you first screw the cap fully home onto the roll and then mark the cap at the '12 Oclock' position. Take the thing out of the aquaroll and check that the valve does in fact move up and down such that the 'up' position lines up with the mark you've made. This may require you to turn the valve relative too the cap and my require slackening the clamping nut a little. Tighten it after you've aligned the valve.
Then make sure you fit the unit each time such that the 12 oclock mark is at the top.
These fittings are iun my opinion much better than the direct connection type. Should the pressure reducing valve of this fail, there is some risk of gettting full mains water pressure in the caravan plumbing (which is designed for much lower pressure) resulting in a very messy and expensivr flood.

Sorry if you already know all this, but better safe than sorry