External shower has low water pressure??
- Thread starter Kazzam
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We still have the same issue - had the mains pressure regulator changed - has made very little difference. Will need to investigate further as external shower is still next-to-useless 
Not a stupid question DS. When I first got my OB I couldn't get the ext shower to work. Rang Jayco. Polite service guy said, try pushing the white button in! Doooh! Felt silly but no one at handover told me. Not good pressure on mine but enough to wash sand off.
nah .... if your on mains it supplies everything the pump does. maybe if you have poor pressure it may pay to look at the fittings we did get a run of bad elbow connectors that were moulded bad, only had a small hole in them, took some head scratching to find that.
I will check out the fittings for the outdoor shower when i get a chance, cheers DaveS
under the van it's usually pretty close to the filler, it's a largeish brass fitting about 50mm at it's widest and about 100-120mm long, never remove it from the system tho as the fittings can fail on high pressure
Our internal shower pressure has reduced dramatically over our last two trips. Going from great pressure to nearly nothing in less than a dozen showers uses.
We have resorted to keeping the tanks filled even in a park and using the pump pressure so it doesn't seem to be a blockage.
I am going to get it checked as it's a pain in the arse.
We have resorted to keeping the tanks filled even in a park and using the pump pressure so it doesn't seem to be a blockage.
I am going to get it checked as it's a pain in the arse.
Our outdoor shower was the same, absolutely useless - could not even use it to wash sand off my feet.
I took it apart this week-end and this is what I found:
This is where the shower head screws onto the hose. How on earth do they expect any sort of water pressure to make it's way through those pin holes? I used a flat blade screwdriver and popped the restrictor out, put it back together and it now works like a proper shower. I also did the same to the internal shower as well. It does mean that we will use a bit more water, but at least there is decent pressure there now. Really only a problem if free camping and water is on a budget though.
Hope this helps someone.
I took it apart this week-end and this is what I found:
This is where the shower head screws onto the hose. How on earth do they expect any sort of water pressure to make it's way through those pin holes? I used a flat blade screwdriver and popped the restrictor out, put it back together and it now works like a proper shower. I also did the same to the internal shower as well. It does mean that we will use a bit more water, but at least there is decent pressure there now. Really only a problem if free camping and water is on a budget though.
Hope this helps someone.
Wow, that would be taking water conservation to the extreme :eek-53:
Any wonder it wasnt the best
Any wonder it wasnt the best
Our outdoor shower was the same, absolutely useless - could not even use it to wash sand off my feet.
I took it apart this week-end and this is what I found:
This is where the shower head screws onto the hose. How on earth do they expect any sort of water pressure to make it's way through those pin holes? I used a flat blade screwdriver and popped the restrictor out, put it back together and it now works like a proper shower. I also did the same to the internal shower as well. It does mean that we will use a bit more water, but at least there is decent pressure there now. Really only a problem if free camping and water is on a budget though.
Hope this helps someone.
Great work, I will get onto this as soon as I can, I knew there had to be something!
Thanks for the tip. Still works in 2017. Found mine restricted as well. Now to check the internal shower.Our outdoor shower was the same, absolutely useless - could not even use it to wash sand off my feet.
I took it apart this week-end and this is what I found:
This is where the shower head screws onto the hose. How on earth do they expect any sort of water pressure to make it's way through those pin holes? I used a flat blade screwdriver and popped the restrictor out, put it back together and it now works like a proper shower. I also did the same to the internal shower as well. It does mean that we will use a bit more water, but at least there is decent pressure there now. Really only a problem if free camping and water is on a budget though.
Hope this helps someone.
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