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BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 08, 2013

Trouble-Shooting Senior Moment

I had been re-configuring the battery bank and load testing by running lights and fans, when --suddenly-- the water would not run! Yipes.

Out tool box, poke around water pump, test fuses, check strainer. Nothing. I even took out the accumulator and joined its two water lines together to eliminate that as a possible cause.

Then, when restoring fans and lights to original, I noticed that when turning on the range hood fan and light, I had somehow hit the water pump switch.
  • westend's avatar
    westend
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    Age....the Final Frontier.
    No foul, you have it working and no one is injured.
  • noe-place's avatar
    noe-place
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    Let me join the club. I've done more than enough things like this to qualify myself!! I'd list a couple but there are so many I can't choose!!
  • Handbasket's avatar
    Handbasket
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    I've had my share of idjitiotic moments, myself. Like they say, "Old age come at a bad time."

    Jim, "Over the hill? What hill? I don't remember a hill!"
  • phemens's avatar
    phemens
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    See, if it would have been me, I would have done all of the above, cursed, then gone immediately out and bought a new pump, installed it and then discover that the switch was off. You're still ahead of the curve!
  • Old___Slow's avatar
    Old___Slow
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    I qualify for this club. No doubt about it. that's all I know.

    Old and Slower and slower:S
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    BFL13 wrote:
    I had been re-configuring the battery bank and load testing by running lights and fans, when --suddenly-- the water would not run! Yipes.

    Out tool box, poke around water pump, test fuses, check strainer. Nothing. I even took out the accumulator and joined its two water lines together to eliminate that as a possible cause.

    Then, when restoring fans and lights to original, I noticed that when turning on the range hood fan and light, I had somehow hit the water pump switch.


    been there, done that, got the t-shirt. this is why I always check the simple things first.
  • mena661's avatar
    mena661
    Explorer
    Aug 08, 2013
    phemens wrote:
    See, if it would have been me, I would have done all of the above, cursed, then gone immediately out and bought a new pump, installed it and then discover that the switch was off. You're still ahead of the curve!
    LOL! Yeah, this is me. :(

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