Date:         Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:36:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 86 Westfalia Faucet
Comments: To: Joe Novak <joe.novak.6@GMAIL.COM>
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"I'm only measuring 3.5 volts when i flip the faucet on."

Where you measuring that 3.5 volts at?

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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
>