[A/S] Water line drain '77 31' Excella 500

[Terry Tyler <tylerbears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Craig,

We had a '77 31' Excella 500. Almost immediately after getting it, I 
added a drain to the water tank. It was a simple installation. I'm sure 
you've read about the access panel under the tank in one of this week's 
posts.

  All I did was merely attach an elbow and copper line extending from 
the tank drain under the access panel to the outside edge of the 
trailer's body. I used a bracket attached to the belly pan to keep 
water line from dangling. i capped the outside end with a faucet and 
loosely secured it to the belly pan also.

The water line was protected by a discarded water hose I slit down the 
middle encompassed the line. Stone chips on the Alaska Highway never 
touched the water line.

At no time during years of roaming the continent was there any problem 
with this modification. For less than $10 in parts, it was money well 
spent.

Also, draining the water tank was a breeze whenever we hit a patch of 
especially cold weather (low twenties) for a week or more.

The convenience of having an outside water faucet went well beyond my 
original thinking, plus it provided easy outside hand washing while 
parked on BLM land or boondocking sites.

If you'd rather not do the installation yourself, that's okay. In any 
town across America, an ordinary plumber can do the modification. It's 
a simple job that will yield a major convenience.

Terry