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Water pump randomly runs for short bursts

TheLostBoy
Explorer
Explorer
Greetings all,
I've had two campers in my life and the first one I had was pretty rough and had lots of issues. One was that the water pump would randomly run for a second or so, which I didn't have the time or funds to look into, so I just turned off the pump at night so we could sleep.
We upgraded to a "newer" (to us) Jay Feather and for the last couple of years, we had no issues with it, but for our last two trips, the water pump started randomly running for a few seconds, just like our old camper. It SHOULD only run when water is called (faucet is opened) and I don't think I have any leaks (that I can see) and I made sure that all of the faucets were closed, but it STILL runs randomly and it it so frustrating. Do I need a new pump (or whatever the sensor is that tells the pump to run when the pressure after the pump drops)?

Thanks,
TLB
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bgum
Explorer
Explorer
No you either have a leak or your check valve is leaking. Could be just a little trash in the check valve. They are inexpensive to change.

CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Explorer III
Could be the check valve. I installed a better quality one from HD.
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