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anon125
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Apr 09, 2015

noisy water pump



our water pump is now very noisy, sounds like it is shaking itself apart!

how do we convince it to work quietly? (cheaply!)
thanks all

PS it is 2006
  • anon125 wrote:
    ... our water pump is now very noisy, sounds like it is shaking itself apart!


    Everyone says that but It's not the pump itself that's noisy but rather is caused by pump vibration being induced into other parts of the trailer where it is then amplified. Most of this racket radiates from pump's output hose and from your pic it would appear the rig's manufacturer has done a particularly poor installation job. I've quieted many pumps by mounting the pump on a foam pad, wrapping the hoses in foam pipe wrap, cable tying those hoses so they can't vibrate against a cabinet panel, sometimes replacing hard wall PEX tubing with soft wall tubing, etc, but my most successful has been in our current trailer ... 3 pics and a video are here if you're interested.
  • First determine if the pump actually is going bad, it could happen. It could be the mounting is allowing it to vibrate a bit causing a lot of noise, or the lines are vibrating causing noise.

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