Turns out that the pump is getting power, it's just that the PO had well water and the hard water has left enough deposits that the fins on the pump won't spin without some assistance to get it started. Of course, the plastic fins are brittle that it's just falling apart too. At least the wiring is good! Thanks for all the advice to this new (and obviously thick-headed) Westy owner! Love, Light & Laughter, Jay
-----Original Message----- From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@attglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 4:27 PM To: Jay Roth Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Addendum Re: Facet's water pump
At 04:33 PM 6/10/2003, David Beierl wrote: >stuff is -- make sure you're getting 12v between those terminals when >faucet switch is on. If so, pump no doubt died. The original was made by Forgot to say, check the ground before you start messing with the pump...you need one wire at +12 and one at ground. But you knew that... d
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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