Video Transcript for Let’s Check Out the Valterra Telescoping RV Gravity Fill Water Inlet

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Valterra Flush Mounted Telescoping Gravity-fill Water Inlet for RVs. This unit allows you to add or replace a gravity-fill water inlet on your RV. To open the unit, just lift up the latch, then you can pull the unit out. It's got a stop on it so it doesn't come all the way out. That gives you the opening so that way you can pour your water in and fill up the tank that way. It does have a seal right there so it's going to create a nice, tight, leak-proof connection once that's closed.

It just snaps back into the down position to lock into place. It does feature the appropriate seals. There is a small hole located on this point right here, so if you wanted to pass through a lock or something to help keep that shut then you can certainly do that with the unit. It's a flush mount installation. You got your mounting flange and that's going to contain 4 mount holes. Mounting hardware is not included.

The mount holes are going to be separated on center by pretty close to 2 1/2 inches. It's going to be the same distance between each hole. That's a square pattern. There is a cut out that's needed for installation. This area right here, it's going to give us a diameter of right around 2 1/2 inches. The unit also features an air vent.

That's located at the top of the rounded portion right here. There is an air vent located on the unit. That's going to allow air to escape to keep pressure from building up inside the fresh water tank. This is going to be your 3/8 inch connector for the air vent. Then it has an opening at the top, back edge internally.

That's where it's going to allow the air to escape. This would connect to a hose that connects to the water tank and then as you fill the water tank up, it's going to push that air out and it's going to reduce the amount of pressure that could build up inside the tank. The connector right here, for the hose to feed the water into the tank, it's actually got 2 different sizes. You can see this portion right here's a little bit smaller in diameter. This is 1 3/8 inch barbed inlet and then it gets a little bit wider. This is 1 1/4 inch barbed inlet. You can use whatever one works best for your application. The unit's made from a durable plastic construction and it's ivory in color. That's going to do it for today's look at the Valterra Flush Mounted Telescoping Gravity-fill Inlet for RVs.