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Outdoor Faucet Replacement

Does anyone know if there's a replacement faucet for the outdoor unit that can be purchased easily online?  I believe mine is the original and has a slow leak.

Thanks,
Benjie
Benjie, Ashley, Zoey, Fallon, and Lake
Round Rock, TX
In search of our next monster...

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Reply #1 –
Is yours like the standard big heavy chrome faucet?  I'm taking mine off and replacing it with just a sprayer.  My rig is "at the shop" right now and it'll be another 2 weeks before I can get to it.  You are welcome to have it if it fits... and IF the shop didn't throw away my faucet!  I'll have to call and tell them to keep it.  Looked like the one attached.

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Benjie,
Parts are available for our faucets. I replaced the hot & cold cartridges on mine last year. I think it is a Moen faucet. I was able to find parts with very little effort. Unfortunately I did not save the information.
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1997 U320 40'
Xtreme Remodel
2010 Scion XD

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Reply #3 –
Yes, exactly!  Not a bad idea to replace with a sprayer!  However, how are you attaching the sprayer?  Are you going to have separate sprayers for hot and cold or are you putting on an entirely new lower assembly to control hot vs. cold mixture?

Quote from: Steve & Kathy B –
Is yours like the standard big heavy chrome faucet?  I'm taking mine off and replacing it with just a sprayer.  My rig is "at the shop" right now and it'll be another 2 weeks before I can get to it.  You are welcome to have it if it fits... and IF the shop didn't throw away my faucet!  I'll have to call and tell them to keep it.  Looked like the one attached.
Benjie, Ashley, Zoey, Fallon, and Lake
Round Rock, TX
In search of our next monster...

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Benjie,
We had to replace our cartridgs a while back and ours is a Moen that looks like the one in the pic. Here are the part numbers that fit ours: HOT side #121550 and the COLD side #121551. We just went down to our local plumbing supply house and they were able to fix us up. Should be available off the net.

Pamela & Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

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Reply #5 –
The faucet is a service sink faucet. Mine is a Chicago brand. You should be able to get stems or cartridges for most brands. If you remove the unions on the back of the hot and cold supplies (which are 1/2" IPS connections) if you can not secure the pipe behind it you may create more problems. If you put a spray on you should still have a shut off before the spray and if you want to have hot and cold or mixed you will have some kind of valve for that. You may be best served to repair what you have. The only problem I have with the service sink faucet is that you have to remember to swing it back in after using it or it hits the door bottom and bends the spout. Try taking a picture and send it to a parts supply to order and have them sent to you.

Phil
1999 U320
Mount Dora Fl

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Quote from: Benjie Zeller –
Yes, exactly!  Not a bad idea to replace with a sprayer!  However, how are you attaching the sprayer?  Are you going to have separate sprayers for hot and cold or are you putting on an entirely new lower assembly to control hot vs. cold mixture?

In 3 years of Rving, I've never really had the need for hot water in the wet bay.  I DID have an "experience" with a little explosion once, but a heavy hand with water & bleach was needed for that! :o  Also a scream to my wife to "Get out here fast!."  My hot water line will be blocked off and just the cold water will be used for a sprayer in the wet bay.  I'll have something I can use to rinse off with quickly and then decontaminate in the shower if need be. HA!

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Quote from: Steve & Kathy B –
...............................In 3 years of Rving, I've never really had the need for hot water in the wet bay................................
Steve,
Very interesting.
I always thought that a good supply of hot water was a mandatory prerequisite to an acceptable Utility Bay.
Then I got to wondering WHY?
Why is it that using warm or hot water seems to clean things better? 
I'm sure we've all noticed that when one uses hot water to clean a stain out of white fabric, it works much better than using cold water.
So........................from a scientific standpoint, why is that?
Well:
The 'heat' (energy) in the water excites the components of soils and oils so that they move more easily when abraded (abrasive scrubbing action occurs).  In other words, warm or hot water loosens up soils and oils so that they can be removed more easily as one wipes, scrubs and/or flushes the area.
Why? 
1.      Increased reaction rates – (kinetics): Heat speeds up all reactions.  Even those as humble as water wetting it's way along the interface between some slime and the fiber of a cloth,  will occur more rapidly and thoroughly with hot water.
2.    Increased dissolving abilities due to entropy:  Even without soap, small amounts of most greases will dissolve in water.  In hot water, the amount that will dissolve can be ten or more times higher.
3.    Melting – some greases are low-melting waxes, and being melted makes it easier for the soapy water to penetrate, detach, and surround them.  Even things that are not quite melted at least get softer.
4.    Catalyst - hot water also acts as catalyst when used with most cleaning chemicals (think detergents, carpet cleaners and dry cleaners).  Essentially the same theory, the heat energy it takes to make the hot water 'hot' gets transferred to the cleaning agent, which in turn acts more aggressively in releasing the soil and stains.

Clearly, one can get results from using cold water.  In fact, some detergents and washing machines advise users to use cold water when washing dark colors because colors might bleed more and stain other clothes if one uses hot water.  But, in this instance, the loosely bound (or overburden of) dye in the fabric is just another form of stain or soil that is reacting to one or more of the four factors above.

The 1998 U270's  came with a hot and cold faucet/sprayer setup, which, to me, seems to be the best of both worlds.  I did install a sillcock directly off my water pump to feed a pressure washer, for when I wash vehicles on the road.
Works for me,
Neal
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Reply #8 –
If you blank off the hot water run at the faucet, how will you drain that hot water leg in cold weather? Gam
joseph gambaro
1999 U295 36'