Priming the Fresh Water Pump

[Gregory OConnor]

Shawn, The pump should have an arrow showing the direction of water
in and out. If you can,
1- remove the output hose.
2- losen the input side until it leaks.
3- retighten the input hose. and run the pump.
result should be a burst of water. if not pump may be bad. if yes then
4. shut pump off and reattach output hose.
5.turn pump on and see if you have pressure at any valve. if yes than
check if pump cycles off when you close all house valves. Remember to
give the hotwater heater time to fill up.
It took a long time to fill my hot water heater up so I shut the
input to the heater off while I traced the problem with my pump
system.
If that doesnot work, the water must be cycling in a circular motion
maybe back to the tank? Dont know
Greg 94'pt40Romoland California

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Shawn Fountain"
<shawn_fountain@h...> wrote:
> The pump does just keep running. I am not familiar at all with how
things
> work. This is my first rv. Thanks for you patience. I have
separate inputs
> for the fill versus commercial water, so I assume no valve for
switching.
>
> SDF
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Gregory OConnor"
> Reply-To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Priming the Fresh Water Pump
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:22:23 -0000
>
> Shawn, I had the same prob but it was the valve that changes the
input
> water from 'hookup pressure' to 'tank fill'. I dont know if you have
> the same set up but the electric valve on my camper was holding
open.
> Does the pump keep running?
> Greg
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "shawn_fountain"
> <shawn_fountain@h...> wrote:
> > I drained my fresh water lines on my 35FC80 side bath using the
knobs
> > at the rear bed compartment. I filled the tank halfway and tried
the
> > sinks. I hear the pump running but no water is coming out. The
> > commercial hookup works fine. No water is leaking out anywhere.
Does
> > the pump need to be primed? If so, how?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > SDF
> > 35FC80