jamorgan3777
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I am fairly sure its working properly, but its pretty loud. Its bolted to the floor of the TT. I know there are isolator kits, but what home brew solutions are out there? I'd like to fix this.
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Chuck&Gail
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Ours was loud. I took the water line between the tank and the pump and replaced it with a longer line that made a loop. Noise was then much less, so I never tried step two, floor isolation. So try that first, maybe you'll be lucky like we were.
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2oldman
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The easiest fix is to go to HD or Lowe's and get a flexible sink line. Then replace the pump's output line with it. The noise usually comes from the water hammer noise transferred to the coach's hard plumbing lines via the stiff output hose.
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The Dude Dad
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I took a pool noodle and cut it to fit around part of the pipe that was banging against the floor. Now the pump is quiet as can be and it was a cheap fix.
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wrenchbender
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Along with the above, you may try mounting the pump on rubber hose.If all else fails invest in a centrifical pump and accumalator.
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rrupert
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Somebody on here said he placed a mouse pad between the pump and the floor. It supposedly worked very well.
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robbie69
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i installed the hose kit(2 hoses) from CW and was surprized at the difference.
even the DW couldn't beleive it and she was the one it seemed to bother the most.
don't think i'd want to completely eliminate it-it would be a good early warning if the plumping should develope a leak anywhere.
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Dick_B
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You could search this forum for Pump then the results for Noisy for more responses.
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mobil1racing
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The Dude Dad wrote:I took a pool noodle and cut it to fit around part of the pipe that was banging against the floor. Now the pump is quiet as can be and it was a cheap fix.
Do you have a photo of this??
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Garfie|d
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2oldman wrote:The easiest fix is to go to HD or Lowe's and get a flexible sink line. Then replace the pump's output line with it. The noise usually comes from the water hammer noise transferred to the coach's hard plumbing lines via the stiff output hose.
Yep, in our previous trailer I coiled 15 feet of high pressure vinyl tubing on the outbound side of the pump which does just than -- absorbs the pressure wave before it hits the hard PEX tubing. I also re-mounted the pump on some medium density foam (flattened water pipe insulation). Cost about 10 bucks.
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