Loud Water Pump
I have a 2013 Heartland Prowler 31TPS FW. It has been out a total of 5 times. We have gone dry camping once and all other had at least water and electricity. Last time we took it out, I had the ri...
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louiskathy wrote:mlts22 wrote:
The first thing I'd add to a water pump is an accumulator tank. This allows for water pressure to be maintained without the pump having to cycle on and off.
That, or a variable speed pump which only needs to run as fast as the water demand happens.
Either of those will solve the pump noise, assuming the pump, and the pipes are mounted with proper shock/vibration mounts.
That's exactly what my hubby added to our TC... but I'm not sure "accumulator" was the name. (and I just asked him and he can't come up with the name either.) But it sure worked to solve the noise problem.
Accumulator is correct. We've always added one. There are a couple different styles available. We use the stainless steel tank I get from West Marine.
