12v water pump acting up
Our motor home is just over a year old and has a Shurflo Model 4008-101-E65 water pump installed. A few days ago when I turned on the faucet at the kitchen sink we had good water pressure for a few s...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
An awful lot of guesswork here. Go to the RV place get a dummy fitting, hose barb and about four feet of 1/2 clear hose and a clamp. Yep, it's for substituting a dummy feeder to the pump. A small bucket filled with water will supply the water. You're going to find out in a heck of a rush where the problem is once you click on the pump switch.
Thanks, I needed that. Your post was a slap upside the head for me. It helped me find the problem on my new Redwood I'd been chasing with the same problem.
To the OP, I have the same pump as you and I started following this. I dout you hurt the pump, they can run dry and are thermally protected. My problem was multiple leaks on the suction side. Two I'd found. The above helped me find the third. All because of bad workmanship.
Mark
