the member who a few weeks ago posted about problems with his/her water system and discovered filters within the taps. We were cleaning out our system last week and had problems with the pump not staying on... the only 'tap' working was actually the shower.
Fiddled for ages then I remembered the post, removed the mesh filter from the two taps and found plastic filters inside completely blocked up. Removed them and all was well! So thank you to that member whose name I cannot recall and I can't find the original post!
Well THANK YOU.... we fiddled for two hours trying to get the flow right and had our service chap on the phone as well and he couldn't fathom it.... all in all saved us a trip to his workshop.
Still can't fathom why the pump has a filter, there's an in-line filter and then they have these stupid little plastic things up inside the tap! Crazy. Still they are gone now!
Thanks again!
oh dear get them put back asap once you have seen an ear wig emerge from a tap you will understand why they are there! a sight from childhood I will never forget
okdokies well it could just be to stop the calcified water deposits but surely you would want them to flow out? I know a lump in your coffee/tea isn't what is wanted but you wouldn't want it stuck in a pipe either
Quote: Originally posted by GCMS2012 on 23/3/2015
Are these filters on all models and ages of caravans??
No, apparently not as my old 1992 Coachman Genius had a filter built into the housing but my 1999 Coachman Amara doesn't have one at all which the handbook also states. Having experience of a water filter I think they are an extra expense and can be more trouble than they're worth especially in winter if the temperature drops and any water in the filter freezes. In severe circumstances it can crack the housing around the thread which it did on mine so it was an expensive repair having to replace both filter and housing.
Quote: Originally posted by GCMS2012 on 23/3/2015Are these filters on all models and ages of caravans??
No, apparently not as my old 1992 Coachman Genius had a filter built into the housing but my 1999 Coachman Amara doesn't have one at all which the handbook also states. Having experience of a water filter I think they are an extra expense and can be more trouble than they're worth especially in winter if the temperature drops and any water in the filter freezes. In severe circumstances it can crack the housing around the thread which it did on mine so it was an expensive repair having to replace both filter and housing.
The filters we're referring to are the tap nozzles ........ I would make sure a seperate filter in a housing was drained for winter.
i cant see much point in having filters at the outlet end of the taps.. except to slowly block up and cause flow problems at some point in the life of the taps..
trapped earwigs (and monster spiders) are best let out anyway.. he he he
I have never seen a pump with a filter on the end in over 30 years of vanning I have seen Crystal filters just after water inlet ,and inline filters in side of van before water heater and taps and filters in outlet of taps which act as aerators but never a filter on suction side of pump, what type of pump ???
Quote: Originally posted by naturlist123 on 24/3/2015
I have never seen a pump with a filter on the end in over 30 years of vanning I have seen Crystal filters just after water inlet ,and inline filters in side of van before water heater and taps and filters in outlet of taps which act as aerators but never a filter on suction side of pump, what type of pump ???
Most pumps I have ever had have had a type of filter/cage on the end to avoid large particles getting into the pump and causing problems,
Quote: Originally posted by naturlist123 on 24/3/2015I have never seen a pump with a filter on the end in over 30 years of vanning I have seen Crystal filters just after water inlet ,and inline filters in side of van before water heater and taps and filters in outlet of taps which act as aerators but never a filter on suction side of pump, what type of pump ???
Wasn't aware it was filters on the inlet side of the pump the original poster was referring to.
I was referring to the screens on the tap nozzles that on my Knaus are two part and very fine.
Most pumps I have come across (not specifically caravan) have screens on the inlets to prevent stalling but my problem was the nozzle screens.
Filter may be the wrong word but the original poster explained it pretty clearly IMHO
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