Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:35:33 -0400
Reply-To: Melvin Mudgett-Price <mprice@ACMEX.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Melvin Mudgett-Price <mprice@ACMEX.COM>
Subject: Re: Faucet modification
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Yes, you could just join the 2 wires which would eliminate the switch
because as you say, the pump only turns on when there's a drop in
pressure at the faucet. I put the switch in there though because if
there was a drop in pressure anywhere along the line, for instance,
there was a leak, the pump would not only keep pumping until the tank
was empty but until the battery was dead.
As it stands, I turn it on whilst I'm at the sink and don't have to turn
it off until I've finished doing the dishes and dried my hands, or ever
if I trusted my own plumbing, which I don't. Also, if you have a foot
switch inside you couldn't use the hose out of the window without a
second person on the inside holding the switch in for you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Malcolm Stebbins
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Faucet modification
I decided to use a 'horn button' (Push and hold for 'on', let go for
'off'), rather than a toggle
switch as I did not want to: #1 waste water getting to the off switch,
and #2 I did not want to
have use wet hands to get to the switch. I put the horn button near the
floor for foot
activation. The Sureflow pump is a nice addition.
Question: Can you leave the red switch 'on' and the Sureflow pump only
works when you release the
pressure at the faucet handle????? Asked another way, is the red lighted
switch redundant and only
there as a back-up confidence light/switch???
The actual head on your van's faucet looks very nice. Nice work. M
--- Melvin Mudgett-Price <mprice@ACMEX.COM> wrote:
> Here are 2 pictures of my $15 fix to my leaking faucet. The new faucet
> is a kitchen sink spray hose from Lowe's ($12). It connects to the
> existing pipe with a $1 brass connector.
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