Water Pump (continued)

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Your water pressure should be a minimum of 45 psi. The pump you have in the
coach is the wrong one for any sort of pressure at all. I have installed
the 5.7 gpm @ 65 psi in my coach and love it.
Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma


At 11:24 AM 5/7/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Water Pumps: my 1982 PT40 has decided to only slowly let water pump. It
>trickles out of the bath & kitchen sinks, the toilet hand held runs slowly
>but will do the job and almost zero pressure from the shower. We have been
>using the bus w/shore power for the last many months and have found that
>when the pump was on it never seemed to shut off (ie when it hit the 35
>psi and goes off until it goes down to 20psi), so we would just shut it
>off when not in use. Also the bird manuel states to open the water line
>first before starting the pump (just read that one). The current pump is a
>Flojet 4406-143, type IV quad. Itshows max 3.2 gpm, max pressure 35psi. My
>questions:1) is the pump necessarily bad or could the lines all of a
>sudden plug up, 2) I have a used, working Shur Flo 200-210-39 max flow
>10.6 gpm w/3.3 flow existing - will this work or will it over pressure the
>system. Both of these pumps are for a non accumulator tank model. Good
>thing both companies are in Orange
> County, where I am. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated from
> you expert veterans. I love the knowledge and sharing that passes through
> this group.
>
> Jerry & Lucy Legris
> Anaheim/Fresno Cali
> 1982 PT40 6v92
>
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