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Post by ribbs65 on 2/6/2010, 7:04 am

We have very low pressure in the shower - dry camping or with hookups. I took the the shower hose off on the faucet side. Coming out of the faucet fixture there is only a small hole, offset so that it looks like hardly any water could get thru. Has anyone drilled out this hole to increase the water flow to the shower head? Good idea or bad?

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Post by mga60tw on 2/6/2010, 8:43 am

I took the stainer out of my shower head and all is good. You should be able to do the same.

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Post by WVHunter on 2/6/2010, 10:35 am

Mine had pieces of wood in it.

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Post by ribbs65 on 2/6/2010, 11:39 am

I have a new Camco shower head but the pressure is still low. Has anyone heard of D Spud connector that replaces the vacuum breaker connection to the faucets?

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Post by Mopar_Earl on 2/6/2010, 11:50 am

My shower head assy was also full of wood when I first used it. Had to take it all apart to get the wood and sawdust out of it. I used a tooth pick to clean out the spray holes.

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Post by Frank on 2/7/2010, 4:56 am

ribbs65:
Check your outside shower. make sure the hot and cold water valves are cut off. If the valves are on and the shower head is cut off, the water bypasses in the valves causing low pressure. It will also cause lower hotwater temp. in the shower and sinks.

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Post by oldelmer1 on 2/7/2010, 5:02 am

Do you have the original shower head, the white one?

We replaced ours with this

Made a big difference, even when the pump was supplying water.

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Post by 2+2inacamper on 2/7/2010, 5:22 am

We replaced the old one with a new shower head. Works fine now

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Re: Low Shower Pressure

Post by ribbs65 on 2/7/2010, 5:56 am

We have a new Camco showerhead. Pressure seems to be the same - low - as it was before. Read somewhere that replacing the vacuum breaker at the faucet with a "D Spud" would increase the water flow. Anyone heard this? Thanks.

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Post by 2+2inacamper on 2/8/2010, 12:32 pm

Never had a problem with vacuum breaker. The head was plugged from to many showers. Bought the Chrome set this time, LOL.

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Re: Low Shower Pressure

Post by North7 on 2/9/2010, 7:53 am

We also replaced ours with a cheap model from Wal-Mart that had a longer hose. My daughter likes to remove the shower head from the mount and hold it in her hand and the original hose was hard and not quite long enough.

I also had a problem with wood/sawdust but mine was with the bathroom sink... I couldn't get a drop to come out of it. After looking at the plumbing lines to ensure there were no shutoffs, I took the faucet apart and was shocked at the amount of stuff in there!! Cleaned it out and it worked like a charm.

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Post by Portagie1968 on 4/30/2010, 10:53 am

I have to watch what park I stay at. I ask before hooking up my water hose. A lot of the parks here are regulated. Add another regulator at the trailer and water pressure is, well what water pressure.

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Post by keithbennett on 4/30/2010, 12:05 pm

Ditto what Tom said

I also have an Oxygenics shower head and I like it so much I bought one for the house.

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Re: Low Shower Pressure

Post by ScottandGrace on 5/1/2010, 2:39 am

I drilled out the littel hole and got a lot more water out of it. A good and simple mod if your going to keep the stock head.

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