Why not just put one of those tiny water valves in the line like they use
on Ice Makers, Aquariums etc.?
Should be a $1.00 fix.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:50:19 -0400 Edward Maglott
<emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> writes:
> I think I will try this method.  I talked to the electronics
> instructor at
> the school where I work about electrically reducing output.  He said
> a
> solid state  voltage regulator would probably be the ticket, and
> only a
> couple $ in parts.  Then I could use a switch to have 2 speeds of
> water.  But someone else said that running the pump on lower voltage
> would
> probably do more damage to it than just restricting the hose.  Also
> hard to
> pass up the cheap fix...
>
> Edward
>
> At 6/24/02 03:25 PM, you wrote:
>
> >I did this on my  '77 Westy (tightened a hose clamp around the hose
> between
> >the pump and the faucet), for exactly that reason.  By
> tightening/loosening
> >the clamp to "fine tune" the restiction, I was able to get exactly
> the flow
> >I wanted.  The best benefit was that by reducing water useage, the
> tank
> >water lasted much longer between refills, which was a big advantage
> when
> >fresh water was not readily available.  I was concerned that this
> "fix"
> >might cause premature failure of the pump, but if it did, it
> happened over a
> >year and a half later (as that is when I sold the bus, with the
> pump still
> >working).  I figured that at around $25 for a pump, my worst-case
> financial
> >risk wasn't huge, and the prospect of a two-minute, ten-cent fix
> was too
> >tempting to pass up. :-)
> >
> >- Ron Salmon
> >   The Bus Depot, Inc.
> >   (215) 234-VWVW
> >   www.busdepot.com
>

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