Water pump question.

[jmartin99]

The water pump was not mounted when I bought my TT recently. I did find it in the TT. I hooked it up to the tank and tested it with a battery and it worked.

Does it matter how it is mounted? I screwed it to the wall with the motor up and the pump part at the bottom. Is this alright? Will it cause any issues in the future?

Thanks!

Jeff

[wrenchbender]

I have my pump enclosed in a foam block with rubber hose attached to the inlet and outlet.

[prichardson]

A good pump should be able to prime itself while above water level. Sometimes you have to open a faucet so it does not build air pressure in the system before it primes. As far as wiring - the red on the pump needs to be attached to the + positive wire at the wall. You will need a volt meter to tell which one it is.

[jmartin99]

No, it is a 1983 TT that I recently bought. It had some leaking/water damage issues where the water pump is mounted and I thought that is why the pump had been removed. The previous owner put a new floor down throughout the whole trailer. I tested the pump outside the trailer to make sure it worked. When I first tested it, it was above the water level and did not prime itself. Once I lowered the pump below the water level in the tank, it pumped fine.

Maybe I need to fill the tank up because that will make the water level above the pump inlet.

Jeff

[Caveman_Charlie]

jmartin99 wrote:
Okay, I got the pump installed and filled the tank up a little over half full. I am not exactly sure how to hook up the wires. I have a white wire and a blue wire coming out of the wall. The pump has a red wire and a black wire. I have tried it both ways and it does not appear to be priming itself. I am assuming it would try to push water back into the tank if the wires are not hooked up the way they are supposed to be.
I then took the hose coming from the tank off and sucked until I got water and then put it back on the pump and it still would not pump. Any ideas on how to get it to prime itself?

Thanks!

Jeff

Humm,,,, I don't have a lot of info here as to why your pump was not mounted. Is this a new TT? or, a used one your bought? If a used TT I wonder if the reason it wasn't mounted is because it doesn't work?

[jmartin99]

Okay, I got the pump installed and filled the tank up a little over half full. I am not exactly sure how to hook up the wires. I have a white wire and a blue wire coming out of the wall. The pump has a red wire and a black wire. I have tried it both ways and it does not appear to be priming itself. I am assuming it would try to push water back into the tank if the wires are not hooked up the way they are supposed to be.
I then took the hose coming from the tank off and sucked until I got water and then put it back on the pump and it still would not pump. Any ideas on how to get it to prime itself?

Thanks!

Jeff

[prichardson]

For the least noise mount the pump on a solid surface and have a section of hose between the pump and the rigid tubing used for the rest of the plumbing. The pump should have rubber mounting feet. Do not over tighten the mounting screws.

[path1]

there somehow to reduce the vibrations.

Mouse pads were my friends, worked pretty good. Then also used rubber "well nuts". Still more noise than I want.
Next step I'm going to extend hose see "Shurflow Pump Silencing Kit"

[jmartin99]

Kevin,
Yes, I have a shurflo pump.

Dick,
Yeah, I think I am going to remove it from the paneling and mount a piece of plywood in there somehow to reduce the vibrations. I will figure it out.

Thanks!

Jeff

[Dick_B]

Sometime when a pump is screwed to paneling the wood vibrates like a drum and the pump becomes noisy because of that. Attaching it to more substantial wood is better. Isolating it from the wood is even better but difficult to do because of the small spaces where the pumps are typically located.

[7happycampers]

I dont know what pump you have but according to the Shurflo website the pumps can be mounted in any position.

Shurflo Pumps


Kevin & Crew