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 Hi all, after stopping the night in Guyra last night.

we have discovered our pump won't work.

any ideas on what is wrong and how it can be fixed would be appreciated.

i should add that is was so cold we had ice inside of van



-- Edited by Kaid on Saturday 14th of July 2018 04:01:11 PM

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If all the pipes where frozen, so was the pump. Good chance it was damaged when the water expanded as it froze.

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Thanks for your reply. Thought that might be the case 



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Not the same cause but I had the diaphragm  in my Shurflo split. Bought a new pump. No problem,

Then I found out the local Produce/Irrigation place keep spares. They keep lots of spares because they use them in sprayers and other pumps on the farms.

Much cheaper than any other place I found including caravan places and Ebay. I found out all I needed was a new diaphragm. 

Hope that would be all you need, If it has frozen and split.



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Kaid wrote:

 Hi all, after stopping the night in Guyra last night.but

we have discovered our pump won't work.

any ideas on what is wrong and how it can be fixed would be appreciated.

i should add that is was so cold we had ice inside of van



-- Edited by Kaid on Saturday 14th of July 2018 04:01:11 PM


 We had some success with a Irrigation shop in Armidale last year when we had water problems, just a thought.



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Is there power getting to pump ? Fuse etc ? Could be frozen ? Lag or cover to keep from Freezing . Thought we had pump issues to find our M/H has two switches aha Vanity and sink . Only had it four years !

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Not sure on how to check if is getting power Aus-Kiwi



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Camping in freezing conditions like Guyra it is a good idea to turn pump off at night time and open a tap to allow expansion in case it freezes. 

To check pump power supply you need and should carry a 12volt test pen it has a needle point and a cable tail with a clip, simply clip to negative steel frame push needle point through cable insulation to touch copper cable. These units are less than $10. but only for 12 volt



-- Edited by JBDUBBO on Sunday 15th of July 2018 06:38:48 PM

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RE: Water Pump Issue.


Thanks for that info JBDUBBO,

I suppose we were pretty naive in this whole situation. 

We had never camped in such cold  before

Where would we purchase a 12 v pen from. 

We have learned a very valuable lesson



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Ours did the same in Charliville last night (water didn't freeze and pump was still vibrating when turned on). Disconnected inlet to pump and backflushed the system to the tank now working , must have been a blockage between inlet of the pump and the tank. (some have an inline filter fitted.) so if you don't have a flow at the pump inlet no go they need a positive head pressure to work.

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Something more to think about

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Kaid wrote:
Where would we purchase a 12 v pen from.

 Pen is not a good term to be searching with if you were trying. This page has several contact voltage testers on it. Amongst then I would suggest Low Voltage Circuit Tester 6 - 12 & 24 Volts or 3-30VDC Tester with Voltage/Polarity Readout



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Jaycar have them and plenty on e-bay. Ones with the needle point the best as you can prod through insulation and easily test fuses in situ.



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Will go and have a look at Jaycar today . I think Aldi also have then on Sale tomorrow 



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Thanks for all the helpful advice regarding pump. Turns out it was a fuse.
All fixed and two very happy campers

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