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Subject Topic: Problem with me water works! Post Reply Post New Topic
19/5/2009 at 10:24pm
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My new (to me) van has an odd problem with the water - when I turn on the cold tap in the kitchen I can here the microswitch click on and a little bit of gurgling but no water comes out.  If I then turn on the hot tap it works perfectly and while it's working the cold tap springs into life too if it's still open.  The taps in the bathroom both behave themselves, it's just the kitchen cold tap that only works when the hot tap is also open.

It uses a submersible pump off the leisure battery if that makes a difference.

Any ideas what the reason may be?

Thanks,
Jim.



19/5/2009 at 10:28pm
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its the micro switch in your cold tap that is not working. the hot tap is starting the pump for you and making the water come out of the cold.

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Fitting-a-new-Microswitch-to-a-Whale-Elegance-tap_W0QQugidZ10000000004417222



Post last edited on 19/05/2009 22:37:16

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19/5/2009 at 10:32pm
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my avondale does this just give micro switch  a few gentle taps and it works.

neil



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THanks for the super swift reply.

That makes sense to me, can a micro switch be repaired or replaced or is is built in and needing a new tap?



19/5/2009 at 10:38pm
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Quote: Originally posted by moondust on 19/5/2009

THanks for the super swift reply.

That makes sense to me, can a micro switch be repaired or replaced or is is built in and needing a new tap?


see above on repair,this whale but most are similar

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19/5/2009 at 10:43pm
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thanks again.


19/5/2009 at 10:50pm
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welcome[:o)]

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Def the microswitch, & depending on the system, can be replaced - we had the same issue - actually, the wires were loose, so check that before any major re-wiring job - wires checked & replaced & all OK xx

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22/5/2009 at 7:41am
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I had a similar problem. The kitchen taps and the bathroom hot tap would only work if the bathroom cold tap was on. When I had it serviced the microswitches were just cleaned to see if that did the trick and it did, so worth a try before you have them replaced.

Nora


22/5/2009 at 10:01pm
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they do stick when not used for a time a bit of WD40 works wonders some times.

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