Now check the voltage at the aux battery. If it's 12V while you run the pump, then you have a lousy connection between the battery and the pump wire connection, under the rear side storage compartment. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 10/19/2014 03:50 PM, Joe Novak wrote: > At the pump wire connections, under the rear side storage compartment. > > > On 19 October 2014 15:36, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote: > > "I'm only measuring 3.5 volts when i flip the faucet on." > > Where you measuring that 3.5 volts at? > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. > > > On 10/19/2014 03:31 PM, Joe Novak wrote: > > Afternoon all, > I've been digging deeper into a problem i wrote about about a > month ago. > My faucet has lost its get up and go... > > After dismantling the Shru-flo, making sure that the values and > all tubing > were free of restrictions and checking the wiring for defects, I > made the > jump and bought a new submersible pump which i installed last > week. Still > no flo... > > I can hear that the pump is trying to do something - there's a > faint hum > coming from the tank > when i turn on the faucet. > > I have a gowesty auxillary battery kit mounted behind the driver > seat and i > can hear a distinctive "clunk" coming from the isolator when i > turn on the > faucet. I dont recall this clunk before I started having > problems with the > water. > > I assume that the amount of power required to run the pump is > the 12v. > I'm only measuring 3.5 volts when i flip the faucet on. > > Any opinions on whether i need a new 2nd battery relay (the > original to the > van as far as i know) or has the isolator gone bad? both? > > thanks! > jvk > > |
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