Thought I should ask in case it circumvents a problem happening.
The water pump in the van works fine, but has for a few days, when taps are turned on been chattering loudly and causing solid reverberations through the pipes. Sounds like a jackhammer in the shower cubicle. Can also feel it on taps around the van. The filter on the pump inlet is clean/unblocked.
Any ideas please.
Thanks, Joe and Co.
Tony Bev said
11:03 PM Jun 27, 2019
It could be the pump sucking a bit of air, Joe and Co
One way to find out, may be to put your hand on the pump, when it is running
If a bit of air is entering you may feel or hear the pump momently speed up a bit
You may probably get the same symptoms, if the pick up hose inside the tank, has dropped and touching the side/bottom
Radar said
09:04 AM Jun 28, 2019
Our pump gets noisy as the tank gets emptyer which is a warning for me to turn the tank over, I would think thats where I would look towards.
Hope its an easy fix.
Aus-Kiwi said
11:02 PM Jun 30, 2019
Air in system causing hammer ?
Santa said
08:32 AM Jul 1, 2019
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Air in system causing hammer ?
Could well be, had similar a while back, turned out to sucking air through a minute crack in a hose, took ages to locate.
This is usually accompanied by air spluttering from taps.
Replaced the section of hose and all good again.
Hawk7 said
03:56 PM Jul 1, 2019
As with Farmhat's avatar , the van may be older style with normal domestic tapware . If so , change of washer will sort problem !
Farmhat said
09:26 PM Jul 1, 2019
Thanks for the advice. Still don't know what caused the chattering but I took to the water pump with the hammer.
A few gentle :) taps seems to have stopped the chattering.??? for now at least.
Joe.
Aus-Kiwi said
03:21 AM Jul 2, 2019
Its just that its a female pump !!! Ahaha
Farmhat said
11:59 PM Jul 2, 2019
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Its just that its a female pump !!! Ahaha
It could be, lol.
Joe.
denmonkey said
03:56 PM Jul 4, 2019
one of these jobbys might sort ya
mate stuck on in his camper and raves about it. Reckons it made it so much quiter. He used to get the jack hammering thing quite a bit.
So do I but put it down to a cheap chinese pump.
There are various options like this one but just chucking it out there
cheers Brett
Baz421 said
04:24 PM Jul 4, 2019
Farmhat wrote:
Thanks for the advice. Still don't know what caused the chattering but I took to the water pump with the hammer.
A few gentle :) taps seems to have stopped the chattering.??? for now at least.
Joe.
Pumps chatter liake a basterd if you partially open them,,, try it. Pump has pressure on/off/on/off etc tec in short time. Showers are the worst especially if trying to save water by slow flow rate.
adjust pressure screw if Surflo pump,,, this works,, saves on hammer lol
Thought I should ask in case it circumvents a problem happening.
The water pump in the van works fine, but has for a few days, when taps are turned on been chattering loudly and causing solid reverberations through the pipes. Sounds like a jackhammer in the shower cubicle. Can also feel it on taps around the van. The filter on the pump inlet is clean/unblocked.
Any ideas please.
Thanks, Joe and Co.
One way to find out, may be to put your hand on the pump, when it is running
If a bit of air is entering you may feel or hear the pump momently speed up a bit
You may probably get the same symptoms, if the pick up hose inside the tank, has dropped and touching the side/bottom
Our pump gets noisy as the tank gets emptyer which is a warning for me to turn the tank over, I would think thats where I would look towards.
Hope its an easy fix.
Could well be, had similar a while back, turned out to sucking air through a minute crack in a hose, took ages to locate.
This is usually accompanied by air spluttering from taps.
Replaced the section of hose and all good again.
Thanks for the advice. Still don't know what caused the chattering but I took to the water pump with the hammer.
A few gentle :) taps seems to have stopped the chattering.??? for now at least.
Joe.
It could be, lol.
Joe.
one of these jobbys might sort ya
mate stuck on in his camper and raves about it. Reckons it made it so much quiter. He used to get the jack hammering thing quite a bit.
So do I but put it down to a cheap chinese pump.
There are various options like this one but just chucking it out there
cheers Brett
Pumps chatter liake a basterd if you partially open them,,, try it. Pump has pressure on/off/on/off etc tec in short time. Showers are the worst especially if trying to save water by slow flow rate.
adjust pressure screw if Surflo pump,,, this works,, saves on hammer lol