Loud water pump and possible solution?
Travel Trailer 32 ft. Newbie. So loud water pump kicks on every time you open any water source. Being a master repair plumber for 35 years, I cant help but feel adding a small, bladder / resorvoire ta...
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Doug33 wrote:
To make things worse, my pump is located near/under the master bed. Which makes no sense, since all the plumbing is on the other end of the TT.
The reason the pump is so far from the plumbing is probably because it's close to the fresh water tank. You've got to remember, when you first fill your water tank and turn the pump on, there is air in the lines between the tank and the pump. The pump has to suck that air out as it sucks water up the line. The farther the pump is away from the tank, the longer and harder it has to suck air. Sometimes, a pump will not even work or fails if it sucks too much air. The solution is to shut the pump off and turn it back on again and then it usually works ok again. But that the reason the pump is at one end, it's close to the water tank.
About the pressure tank. Although in homes on a well, the tanks are usually placed at the location nearest the spot where the water line actually enters the house, there is really no rule where the tank needs to be installed. It can be anywhere in the line and still work. So if you don't have room at the front of the camper, you can always install it at the back of the camper. Just make sure it's installed on a cold line, and not your hot line.
