[encantotom]

when we got settled in the rv park in tahoe with clarke and elaine this afternoon, i hooked everything up and needed to fill the water tank so decided to use the autofill. i normally dont use it but thought i would see if it worked. i hooked up city water, turned it on, turned the autofill on and watched it fill up and then the solenoid clicked as it filled up to the sensor but it kept filling up. the solenoid was stuck open. i drained enough water from the tank to allow the solenoid sensor to be off and the solenoid clicked as the switch energized it, but it was still stuck open. now the water pump didnt work when on tank setting because it was sucking air from the top of the tank because the valve was stuck open. so....i thought, hey i dont use it anyway, and i had plumbed it all in with sharkbite fittings when i redid all that a few years ago. so off to the hardware store that was 2 minutes away and bought two 3/4" sharkbite caps and the sharkbite removal tool. i would just take that section out, cap both the tank and the other end and not have the autofil for now.

now for the funny part. it is a bit of a reach to back where that line comes off the top right side of the water tank. without thinking i used the tool and removed the sharkbite fitting....now water was gushing out of the top of the tank as the water level was above the line. so i plugged it with my finger. but...i had not removed the plugs from some pretty strong packaging. at this point i was laughing pretty hard. i had my finger in the line, trying to open the package that had the plug in with my teeth. and when i got it open, i still had to take my finger out of the pipe to grab the plug. anyway...a gallon or so of water later i had it capped. meanwhile i was laughing the whole time and darlene thought i was nuts.

i took the entire solenoid valve out and capped both ends, and walla, i have water again....

tom