RV Water system 101:
You have two parallel water supplies. You can fill the water tank and use the pump to pressurize the system or you can hook up to "City" water and run off the supplied pressure. There is a check valve in the water pump that will keep the "City" water from running through the pump and backfilling (overflowing) the tank. There should be two places for water supply a tank fill, that you can pour water into (no direct connection) and your "city" water hookup that a garden hose hooks up to.
You should have a hose from the fresh tank to the pump, and then a hose from the pump to the trailer system. Unless something was done custom, there is no connection to pump into the tank.
Search on winterizing and tank sanitizing for how to's on both.
You need to sanitize the system before using it for drinking water. This is from the Sunline Spring Startup Guide: (it's in the Files Section)
Quote:
6. If your water has a bad taste or strange odor, take these steps to kill bacteria that may be
present:
a. Fill fresh water tank half way with clean, fresh water.
b. Mix 1/4 cup of household bleach for every 15 gallons of tank capacity in a container
with a gallon or two of clean water and pour this mixture into the water tank.
c. Top off the water tank with fresh water. Go for a drive to mix the solution.
d. Pump water through each faucet so that all the lines are filled with the water/bleach
mixture from the tank. Usually, running a quart of water out each faucet is adequate.
e. The hot-water tank holds at least 6 gallons of water. Run the hot water faucets until this
much solution has passed to insure that the old water has been purged from the hot-water
tank, and it is now filled with the water/bleach solution from the water tank.
f. Let the water stand for several hours.
g. Drain the entire water system, hot water tank included.
h. To remove the bleach odor, mix 1/2 cup of baking soda with a gallon of water and pour
into the freshwater tank.
i. Fill the tank completely and pump this solution through the water heater and rest of the
water lines. This solution can sit in the system for a few days. Driving the rig around the
block will slosh water around and thoroughly clean the tank. j. Drain the entire system and refill with fresh, clean water.
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Is your pump disconnected or are you talking about using "city" connection?
Yes, you can leave the hot water heater bypassed just make sure you don't accidently turn on the electric heater, if you have one, it will melt down if the tank is dry.
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