Water pressure pump in camper keeps priming
Submitted: Monday, Mar 12, 2012 at 18:35
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Member - Serendipity(WA)
I have a Shurflo water pressure pump in the camper and while out camping recently it would keep priming every 15mins. There are no leaks I could find and the prime is only half a second. Anyone else have a pressure pump which keeps doing this? Is this normal?
I have had the camper for a few years now and if I left the power on to the pump overnight it would prime up in the early hours of the morning as things got cold and I could understand that but this constant half second "brrrrb" sort of
ruins the quiet of sitting around a
camp fire. My solution was to turn the power on and off as we needed water but that seems to defeat the point of a pressure pump - ready to go.
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Frank P (NSW) - Monday, Mar 12, 2012 at 18:55
Monday, Mar 12, 2012 at 18:55
There has to be a leak somewhere, mate, otherwise it wouldn't happen.
A slow drip in a tap, perhaps, though you've said no leaks, so maybe not?
It COULD be an internal leak in the pump - one of the valves might have a bit of grit in there, in which case you might have to strip it down, clean or replace bits and see how you go.
I've never had to do this myself so I don't know about availability of parts. Camec (www.camec.com.au) might be able to help. Or Whitworths Marine (www.whitworths.com.au).
We have a small storage hot water system. The thermostat failed once and it overheated. Combinationof heat and pressure made one of the plastic hot water lines burst. Fortunately we were there to intervene, but ever since then we switch pumps off when we've finished with them. Yes, it reduces convenience, but it beats the hell out of a boot full of water.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member -Dodger - Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 at 17:12
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 at 17:12
Parts are available.
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