Water pump slows to a trickle
My water pump is pressurizing very slowly; Aside from the pump strainer, what else can I check?
I filled the fresh tank to do the bleach sterilization and draining it through the faucets took hours. (In fact, if the fresh gauge can be trusted, there is still some water in the tank.) If I have all of the faucets off and turn on the pump, I can hear it bring the system up to pressure, and that takes about 30 seconds. Then if I open a faucet I get a nice blast of water for about 10 seconds and then it slows to a trickle. The pump runs while putting out that trickle. It doesn't matter which faucet I use, bath sink or shower or kitchen, they all do the same.
The pump sounds fine; I don't have a lot of real RV experience so I'm mentally comparing it to my grandparent's Class C 25 years ago and it sounds fine. The mechanic, who seems to be trustworthy, briefly checked the pressure last week with a few gallons in the tank. I asked if he ran it long and he said no. He might not have had it on long enough to give it a good test.
I saw no valve handles underneath such as a city/fresh valve, nor is there any such reference in the manual.
Aside from the pump strainer, what else should I look at?
I filled the fresh tank to do the bleach sterilization and draining it through the faucets took hours. (In fact, if the fresh gauge can be trusted, there is still some water in the tank.) If I have all of the faucets off and turn on the pump, I can hear it bring the system up to pressure, and that takes about 30 seconds. Then if I open a faucet I get a nice blast of water for about 10 seconds and then it slows to a trickle. The pump runs while putting out that trickle. It doesn't matter which faucet I use, bath sink or shower or kitchen, they all do the same.
The pump sounds fine; I don't have a lot of real RV experience so I'm mentally comparing it to my grandparent's Class C 25 years ago and it sounds fine. The mechanic, who seems to be trustworthy, briefly checked the pressure last week with a few gallons in the tank. I asked if he ran it long and he said no. He might not have had it on long enough to give it a good test.
I saw no valve handles underneath such as a city/fresh valve, nor is there any such reference in the manual.
Aside from the pump strainer, what else should I look at?
