Date:         Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:13:47 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Follow-up: priming the sink pump
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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On Jun 14, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote:

> Back in January of this year I experienced a problem where no water
> would come out of the sink faucet even though the pump could be heard
> working. There was an associated condition: the water tank had been
> completely empty prior to the problem. This happened a couple of
> times.
> I posted a request for help solving this odd issue. Various excellent
> ideas were supplied, but one turned out to be the quick and easy fix:
> suck on the faucet with the pump running.
>
> We ran into the same problem on Monday, having just filled the
> tank. The
> pump whirred, but nuttin' came out of the faucet. So I looked
> around to
> make sure that no one except Mrs Squirrel could be watching,
> applied my
> lips to the end of the faucet and sucked. After a moment, water
> sprayed
> out. It worked.
>
> I'm not proud that I did this. I could even feel a little dirty for
> having done it. Cheap and used. But sometimes a fellow has to do
> things
> he's not proud of to take care of himself or his family. With sink
> water
> assured, I knew Mrs Squirrel had a fully-operational kitchen. She
> stared
> at me with her hand over her mouth, trying not to giggle. I averted my
> eyes shamefully, wiped off my chin, muttered something about
> priming the
> pump, and skulked off to set up the barbecue or something.

Much nicer to suck on the water pipe than to siphon the gas tank?

Tom B.-have only done the gas job