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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fallsrider wrote:
I know this is resurrecting an old thread, but I made my own pump silencing kit yesterday and installed it, along with an accumulator tank. I had already mounted the pump on a thick sponge. By adding in braided water line after the pump, the noise dropped substantially. My pump already had braided line from the tank to the pump.
An old thread but since it's been revived I'll mention my own solution which was to add 25' of potable water hose to the pump output, resulting in the pump operating so quietly I also added a light so I'd know when it was running.
Silencing the Water Pump - 3 Pics, 1 Video Demonstration
I replaced the hose 3/4" GH connectors with 1/2" FPT but I notice ShurFlo now sells 3/4" GH > 1/2" FTP Wingnut Adapters that would allow using a standard potable water hose for this purpose without having to first replace the connectors with 1/2" FTP.
