Low Flow Water Pump for Truck Camper
Hi fellow camper owners. (New here BTW.) I have a Lance 805 truck camper, which is a super minimal and lightweight no-frills hard-side truck camper from '07 (edited model from easier typo) . The on...
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Ok, thanks for the comments so far!
That was a typo on the camper model. Sorry... it is the Lance 805 model from 2007. A nice model they used to make that has no bathroom for those who aren't interested. We value the extra space gain and weight savings, so I found this used model last year that has no water heater, bathroom, or shower.
As far as the splashing I mentioned, this is not a big issue and only occurs because the sink is smaller and sometimes when the pressure is turned up high water will splash around the sink. Not worried about it, and NOT the reason I am buying a new pump.
The reason I am replacing the pump is because it is broken and I tried to fix it already. Don't need help with that, but I am definitely buying a new one. Just deciding if I should buy a new one with nearly the same specs and stick with around 3 GPM, or buy a lower flow pump. I wouldn't mind minimizing water use, as HadEnough asked, but yes we can just turn the faucet on lower too.
Based on responses so far, one of my concerns is dwindling, which was that a lower flow pump would have higher pressure and that would be bad for the plumbing on that model that was previously seeing a high of 55 psi. I won't worry about PSI, partly thanks to kohldad's observation about where the greatest pressure occurs.
My other concern was simply that if I went to a lower flow pump to reduce the amp requirement and provide a milder output from the sink, it would be TOO LITTLE pressure for our preferences. It sounds like it would probably be okay to have less than two GPMs if I really wanted to go that route.
That was a typo on the camper model. Sorry... it is the Lance 805 model from 2007. A nice model they used to make that has no bathroom for those who aren't interested. We value the extra space gain and weight savings, so I found this used model last year that has no water heater, bathroom, or shower.
As far as the splashing I mentioned, this is not a big issue and only occurs because the sink is smaller and sometimes when the pressure is turned up high water will splash around the sink. Not worried about it, and NOT the reason I am buying a new pump.
The reason I am replacing the pump is because it is broken and I tried to fix it already. Don't need help with that, but I am definitely buying a new one. Just deciding if I should buy a new one with nearly the same specs and stick with around 3 GPM, or buy a lower flow pump. I wouldn't mind minimizing water use, as HadEnough asked, but yes we can just turn the faucet on lower too.
Based on responses so far, one of my concerns is dwindling, which was that a lower flow pump would have higher pressure and that would be bad for the plumbing on that model that was previously seeing a high of 55 psi. I won't worry about PSI, partly thanks to kohldad's observation about where the greatest pressure occurs.
My other concern was simply that if I went to a lower flow pump to reduce the amp requirement and provide a milder output from the sink, it would be TOO LITTLE pressure for our preferences. It sounds like it would probably be okay to have less than two GPMs if I really wanted to go that route.
