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Personnesstaylor
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Hi, I am new to all this, sort of, been living in my little elddis knight for 6 months. My water pump became haunted over the weekend and now wont turn off unless I manually turn it off at the switch. I have read some other posts on the site and I am thinking it could be a pressure switch? I wont to eliminate this first but have no idea where it is or even what it looks like, let alone how to adjust it?! Can anyone help??


Personjeff juke
23/9/2013 at 1:04pm
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Some times it can be just an air lock in the pump,shake the pump inside the water barrel when full.

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thank you Jeff. I will have a quick go, I have changed my water though


Personmichael
23/9/2013 at 3:29pm
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http://www.myidealcaravan.co.uk/pressure%20switch.html

see here

 



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23/9/2013 at 7:09pm
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Thanks but I have no idea where or what a pressure switch is?


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mine is on the left side of my hot water tank just behind the inlet socket for the water

 


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23/9/2013 at 9:27pm
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I will have a look in the light tomorrow


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from wizards page...double click pic.

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Personnesstaylor
23/9/2013 at 9:31pm
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At least I know what it looks like my tank is no where near the inlet!


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This is what my pressure switch looks like and its near the inlet on the floor


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What age is your van? Are you sure it has a pressure switch system, or possible micro-switches on the taps?

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24/9/2013 at 8:28pm
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Its around 1995 its an elddis knight. Sorry I am a single girl who never even stayed in a caravan now I live in one!


Personjeff juke
24/9/2013 at 10:12pm
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We had the pump running too last month but,like i said it was an air lock.If it happened as soon as you took the pump out to refill the barrel my money is on an air lock.
Run one tap at a time to see if it starts to splutter,also the shower if you have one.

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PersonG7ACU
24/9/2013 at 10:15pm
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There is a chance that the van doesn't use a pressure switch to control the water, but could use micro-switches fitted to the taps. If you have good hearing, you could hear a very slight 'click' as a tap is turned on and off which would suggest switched taps. One of these could be duff and stuck closed or shorted out, which could also give you a permanent pump run.

If you have a pressure switch though, you should be able to find something similar to one of the pictures above; either a pressure switch built into the back of the water inlet (as per Michael's photo), or an in-line version in the pipework near to the water heater, as per Chindley's image.

You really need to identify which type of water system control your van has before progressing further, as you might just be tearing your hair out looking for something you don't have.

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Personnesstaylor
25/9/2013 at 10:19am
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Thank you everyone for your advice, I will try to identify my water system first thank you Paul!!   


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Before you make and changes make sure your battery is fully charged, if you have a pressure switch low battery power will cause the pump to run.

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