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Hi all. Here's another technical conundrum.

Upon taking my (t)rusty Monza out for it's first spin in 5 months, I turned the kitchen tap and nothing happened. same with the bathroom one, and both worked fine last time. The battery is fully charged and the pump works because I stuck the DC wires straight from the battery into the pump and it whirred away happily (though not sure this was a good idea).

Any ideas as I'm trying to avoid electrician expense!

Ian

do you know if you have a pressurised system or do you have micro switches (10) on the taps?

Hi Michael,

Don't know for sure, but there dosn't seem to be much pressure going on with the tap and it's a very basic 'van so I doubt anything's pressuised! Just an audible click as you start to turn it (which still occurs, just nothing happens). From memory, there's no variation in flow. just on /off. Does this sound like a micro-switch to you?

Ian

That's what used to happen...after the click the pump would kick in, but not now. We just have cold water only. I'm visiting the van (in storage) tomorrow so I'll check for wires goining up to the taps. Any other tips?!

Thanks for your responses so far, Michael

Ian

if you can not get hot water to come out of the taps and you have the caraver 2 heater,you could have a faulty non return valve on the heater.

1 Burner control Module 3 Insulation Jacket 5 Drain Plug 7 Hot water outlet,New Type 10 Water Inlet,Non Return Valve 11 Wall Switch/Remote 12 C2 Pressure Relief Valve/Fast Drain 13 Flue Cowl Ass. Ivory/White 14 C2 Fusible Plug 17 GE Thermal Cut Out(Reset) 18 GE Thermostat 20 C2/GE Tank Repair Kit 21 Wall Switch New Type 22 630w Element (230v) 23 830w Element (230v)

The 12V fuse switch is on. we don't have mod cons like a car / caravan switch on our old lady-less to go wrong I suppose, and sorry didn't make it clear it is on cold water as that's all we have. Good job as the water heater looks pretty fiddly from the diagram!

The bloke in a caravan shop yesterday advised us we probably had microswitches and to spray a bit of WD40 on 'em. Failing that I'll follow ClanJones's adice and Kick it!

Ian

do not know the make of tap you have so look here for more info

http://www.stowford.co.uk/faultfinder/index2.asp

Thanks for the web site, Michael. Looks like it might be a connection problem as the pump definitely runs, just not when it's connected to the van when either tap is tried.

I've bookmarked the web site for potential future use!

If you cant hear the pump running when you turn the tap then its Not going to be a valve or O-ring, it Will be an electrical fault. It might be a microswitch problem but as the kitchen and bathroom taps have the same problem its a little unlikely, it's more likely to be a problem with connections where the pump connect's to the van socket (if this socket appears in a storage locker check that a wire has not been pulled loose) or a problem with the 12v running to the microswitches.

Hope this helps a liitle bit - if you are happy to go proding around with a voltmeter or test lamp then you will soon find the problem as your setup is very basic; if not you might know a local sparky or electronics hobbyist who would be able to track down the problem in no time.

Good luck - Mark