Will The Valterra Fresh Water Tanks Work With RV Showers

Updated 05/20/2025 | Published 11/03/2021

Question:

Im a non-expert refurbishing a 1950s camper/trailer with no water tanks. Im envisioning fresh water tank that will serve the kitchen, bath and shower. Your tanks all seem to say no electric water pump. Does this mean your tanks wont work since a shower must be pump fed? Thanks!

asked by: Mike Y

Expert Reply:

Since the Valterra Fresh Water Tanks we carry like the # R8018 are not for use with an electric pump you would have to install a hand pump to feed the shower in the trailer you're renovating which would technically work, but would make showering quite a process unless you had someone else there to work the hand pump.

expert reply by: Kevin C

Mike Y.

11/3/2021

So regarding the pump/shower/tank question. Do you sell water tanks that can be used with an electric pump so that a shower can be non-hand-pumped (which would be quite the process...)? Mike

Les D.

11/5/2021

@MikeY I am sorry to say that we do not swell fresh water tanks that can be connected to a powered pump. All of ours are gravity feed, or hand pumpted.

Alan T.

5/16/2025

Is more information available as to why no electric pumps are to be used? Is there inadequate makeup air flow to the tank?

Nick S.

5/20/2025

@AlanT Hey Alan, our Valterra water tanks can only handle low pressure flow which is why they are only to be used with a gravity or hand pump. An electric pump would provide too much pressure for the tank.