As mentioned in an earlier post, the Rialta has a built in shower. Its four gallon water tank is heated either electrically or simply from the engine's heat after a short time of driving. We had tested the functionality of all the hardware before we left home, but it wasn't until tonight that we thought to put it to full use. After a few days on the road, it was time.
Jill went first and had no problems until after she was finished and flipped the switch to pump the standing water from the floor basin. The pump was pumping but no water was being drawn out. After digging into the rigs innards, I found the pump was dry, likely from when I had emptied the lines to replace the system drain valves, and also concluded that the pump was not self priming. We didn't have a hose or anything to force water into the line, so we improvised.
By removing the shower head, the shower hose just barely reached down to the drain hole in the floor. We made a gasket from a wet paper towel and forced the hose as far in as possible, then turned on the drain pump and then the pressurized water for the shower hose. After a few seconds the line and pump were primed and everything was working as it should be. Now it was my turn for a hot shower and man, was it nice!
Afterwards we got everything wiped down and stowed just in time to enjoy our first beautiful North Dakota sunset. You gotta love this "roughing it" lifestyle!
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