The Plumber Showed Up - We Got A New Faucet - But No Water From It

I have always maintained that Plumbing and Electrical work are two areas I should stay away from. I'm not too bad with woodworking but as soon metal becomes involved I'm calling for help.

So Plumber Derek from Affordable RV Repairs in Quartzsite came right on time, and he had a new faucet with him. It took him one hour only to install the new faucet, something I would have needed a day for it and probably would have gotten blood flowing from my hands. (not kidding here)

When it was time to test the system, I turned on the water pump. We waited, and waited.....and waited. The only thing coming out of the new faucet were a few droplets.

WHAT?????

Left, the new faucet - right, the tap for filtered water - both fed from the same water line

Now, besides of the new faucet is a little tap from where filtered water was actually running. The basic waterline is the same as to the regular faucet, but it just branches off to the filter. So how could it be that there was water from the little tap, but not from the main faucet?

Plumber Derek didn't know it either and so we checked around for some shut-offs, but found nothing. Now, there was also water in the bathroom faucet, but not from the faucet in the toilet room. The shower, however, showed full pressure! Very mystical!

But at least we could have the water pump running and didn't have to carry water around the rig.

So, this morning we were packing up to take on the last 2.5hrs from Quartzsite to Holtville,CA. Before leaving the area we topped up our water tank.

Had a great morning ride and arrived in Holtville mid-morning local time.

There I started the water pump to wash my hands. As soon as the water was flowing I heard Bea shouting from the kitchen: There is water here!

Ready set up at the Holtville Hot Springs LTVA

WHAT???

Sure enough, the new kitchen faucet had sprung to life and was producing a steady stream of water. However, the faucet in the toilet room is still mute. What in the world is going on???

Now you know why plumbing is not a favorite occupation of mine.