R-pod Owners Forum : water pump http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks : water pump Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:38:36 +0000 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:07:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1292 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ water pump : I vote with Treck. I think it... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10742#10742 Author: cane2
Subject: 1292
Posted: 19 Jun 2010 at 3:07pm

I vote with Treck. I think it is blockage especially if you did not change anything.]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:07:11 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10742#10742 water pump : He hasn't changed anything... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10740#10740 Author: Guests
Subject: 1292
Posted: 19 Jun 2010 at 2:44pm

He hasn't changed anything there since our Alabama trip and we used the pump then.  The shower and kitchen sink on hot stop working.  ]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:44:58 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10740#10740 water pump : If it pumps fine when a cold water... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10736#10736 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1292
Posted: 19 Jun 2010 at 1:49pm

If it pumps fine when a cold water faucet is open (as you indicated above), its not the pump.  That narrows it down to something on the hot water side.  Check to see if it does this on the sink faucet and the shower faucet.  If only one of them does this you have a blockage in the hot water faucet or somewhere in the line to that faucet.

If it does it on both, check the bypass valves behind the water heater (as I indicated above). 
]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:49:17 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10736#10736 water pump : It will run for a few seconds... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10726#10726 Author: Guests
Subject: 1292
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 12:16pm

It will run for a few seconds then the pump shuts off.  Maybe something internally in the pump?]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:16:32 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10726#10726 water pump : I worked fine when we were in... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10725#10725 Author: Guests
Subject: 1292
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 12:14pm

I worked fine when we were in Alabama and were on battery only.  This is just freaky!!  ]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:14:41 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10725#10725 water pump : Anything blocking the pipes leading... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10719#10719 Author: rpodcamper.com
Subject: 1292
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 9:50am

Anything blocking the pipes leading to or from the hot water heater?]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:50:51 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10719#10719 water pump : Do you have the valve on the hot... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10713#10713 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1292
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 9:09am

Do you have the valve on the hot water line, behind the water heater, opened?  The system gets pressurized on the cold water line so if the hot water valve and the bypass valve are both off the water pump will turn off once the water lines and hot water tank are pressurized.  This is what may be happening:
 
water tank ----> water pump ----> cold water line to hot water tank ----> hot water tank ----> hot water line out ----> valve (closed) ----> hot water line to faucets ----> faucets
 
In summer mode the hot water and cold water valves behind the hot water tank should be on (parallel to the pipe), and the bypass valve between the hot and cold pipes should be off (perpendicular to the pipe).
]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:09:29 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10713#10713 water pump : That is weird! I have never heard... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10706#10706 Author: TerryM
Subject: 1292
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 4:28am

That is weird!  I have never heard of that before.  If it works when using cold water then the pump is just fine.  There is something else wrong.  Do you get hot water when you are hooked up to a outside water supply and pump turned off?

Terry
]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:28:47 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10706#10706 water pump : Has anyone had a problem with... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10705#10705 Author: Guests
Subject: 1292
Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 8:17pm

Has anyone had a problem with their water pump stopping when using the hot water?  It works fine with the cold but when you turn on the hot it quits.   Hate to buy a new pump if that isn't it.]]> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:17:17 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1292&PID=10705#10705