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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 23/11/2018

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that would be a bilge pump i would guess.. mine would do the same..

caravan pumps are different kettle of fish.. cheap motors embedded in a plastic housing.. made to look fancier than they really are..

trog

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 23/11/2018

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 23/11/2018

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that would be a bilge pump i would guess.. mine would do the same..

caravan pumps are different kettle of fish.. cheap motors embedded in a plastic housing.. made to look fancier than they really are..

trog

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No it wasn't a bilge pump, my bilge pumps had a much larger bore. The 45 psi pump was my fresh water pump, feeding the taps in the galley and toilet/shower compartment. When fitted in place the water came out of the taps with the same sort of force as the mains water at home.

My caravan uses a small submersible pump which probably has no more than 4 or 5 psi I would guess.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 24/11/2020

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I have the Carver cascade mk2 in my caravan, and I use a submersible pump in a water container outside and that seems to work fine. Not sure what the difference is between the mk1 & mk2, but I don't think there's much. I presume you have an inboard tank?

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 25/11/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 24/11/2020

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I have the Carver cascade mk2 in my caravan, and I use a submersible pump in a water container outside and that seems to work fine. Not sure what the difference is between the mk1 & mk2, but I don't think there's much. I presume you have an inboard tank?

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The only difference I'm aware of between the Carver Cascade mk1 & mk2 is that the mk1 was gas operated only and the mk2 could be operated by either gas or mains electric which was indicated by the stamped letters on the heater (GE).

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