I bought a new water pump, one of the better ones have made a insulated sandwich board to mount it on also have a accumulator tank with flex pipes going into the pump out of it to the tank then out of the tank into the coach and it still sounds quite loud any ideas. I put the pump on the table outside a bucket of water to suck it up no problem and no noise.
Den.
Lonney Wade said
01:41 AM Oct 18, 2013
I also took out the water pump that came with our 5th wheel and put a better one in and did all that you did, the problem is that the pump vibrates the floor so I made rubber washers 1 inch tall on all four mounts, that made the whole pump 1 inch taller, I can hardly hear the pump now, you really have to listen to hear the pump, quiet is the name of the game.
Lonney
el Rojo and Pam said
11:42 AM Oct 18, 2013
The only way I could quiet ours down was to suspend it from the top of the compartment, this let it swing "some what" and I was concerned about traveling with it that way. But it was quiet. I haven't replaced ours yet.
mylittledogs said
01:36 PM Oct 18, 2013
Hi, I removed the bolts to the pump put a rubber mouse pad under the pump an replaced the bolts.
Terry and Jo said
02:04 PM Oct 18, 2013
I guess I'm a weird-o. I like being able to hear the pump because once I get a sense of how the pump is supposed to sound, any changes prompts me to check things out to see if there are problems. I've been that way with all kinds of equipment over the years, and it has helped me isolate some problems. When we had a recent "blow-out" of a water inlet fitting to the toilet, it was the change of sound that prompted me to get up and see what was causing it.
Terry
RVRon said
04:11 PM Oct 18, 2013
Look for places where water lines attached to the pump may be in contact with and vibrating on the wall or floor area. That was the source of noise with our pump and once I insulated those areas with foam it stopped the "buzz".
bjoyce said
04:18 PM Oct 18, 2013
I also like hearing the pump. But my reason is as a reminder to conserve water. When dry camping or in water/electric campsites we live off our tank and the pump noise tells us to keep our water usage low. Some friends installed a quieter and much stronger pump and found it reduced their dry camping time, they used water faster than they realized.
el Rojo and Pam said
09:35 PM Oct 18, 2013
Lots of good comments here. I thought about getting a new higher pressure pump, but now reading bjoyces' comment about conservation I won't, he just saved me $150.00. Bill, I guess I owe you lunch, thanks.
Red
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
05:39 PM Oct 19, 2013
I haven't changed ours out yet, but someday the loud Surflow will go. Bill does make a good point though about the noise reminding you about usage.
bjoyce said
06:01 PM Oct 19, 2013
Recently our Shurflo 2.8 broke and we were unable to get a replacement. We replaced it with a Shurflo 3.0, which still makes noise but is not as loud and might not be as annoying as the common 2.8. The model that reduced the number of days our friends could dry camp was the Extreme 5.7 (though I think it was 5.6 in those days). I am sure that some careful effort to control shower water flow would gain at least some of those days back. Our friends were not heavy boondockers and they lived with the change, mostly they were happy to have the increased water flow. Heavy boondockers take sponge baths and use other tricks to make their tanks stretch as much as possible.
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
02:15 PM Oct 20, 2013
We also have an inline whole house 3M B3 waterfilter that slows the flow to 3.5gpm when new. As the gallons flow thru it actually drops to about 2.6/8 over time as it clogs. Good pressure just low flow.
charles said
03:12 AM Nov 22, 2013
Den., mount the pump on a piece of carpet or rubber mat. Bingo, very little noise from it. Just enough to know when it is running-----too long.
CCC
Hi Guys.
I bought a new water pump, one of the better ones have made a insulated sandwich board to mount it on also have a accumulator tank with flex pipes going into the pump out of it to the tank then out of the tank into the coach and it still sounds quite loud any ideas. I put the pump on the table outside a bucket of water to suck it up no problem and no noise.
Den.
I also took out the water pump that came with our 5th wheel and put a better one in and did all that you did, the problem is that the pump vibrates the floor so I made rubber washers 1 inch tall on all four mounts, that made the whole pump 1 inch taller, I can hardly hear the pump now, you really have to listen to hear the pump, quiet is the name of the game.
Lonney
Hi, I removed the bolts to the pump put a rubber mouse pad under the pump an replaced the bolts.
I guess I'm a weird-o. I like being able to hear the pump because once I get a sense of how the pump is supposed to sound, any changes prompts me to check things out to see if there are problems. I've been that way with all kinds of equipment over the years, and it has helped me isolate some problems. When we had a recent "blow-out" of a water inlet fitting to the toilet, it was the change of sound that prompted me to get up and see what was causing it.
Terry
Look for places where water lines attached to the pump may be in contact with and vibrating on the wall or floor area. That was the source of noise with our pump and once I insulated those areas with foam it stopped the "buzz".
Red
CCC