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Subject:Water pump test results
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Sun, 1 May 2016 20:49:19 -0400

Hi all,

My potable water pump is not working. I replaced the faucet with a
Shurflo, not necessarily because the original faucet was bad, but
because I wanted to. Having city water is not a consideration for me;
I've never hooked up to city water and don't intend to. I also like
the fact that the Shurflo is variably adjustable and that the faucet
itself is adjustable up and down.

After installing it, I made sure there was enough water in the tank
that the pump should work. There has to be .5 to .8 gallons or the
pump won't turn on. I had enough water in it that the yellow light
came on on my display, roughly between a third and half a tank. I
checked the voltage at the blue and brown wires coming from the pump
itself and got 0 VDC with the faucet off. With the faucet on, the
voltage was 12 VDC (or maybe -12 VDC). This seems to indicate to me
that the faucet switch is working correctly and that voltage is
getting to the pump when the faucet is turned on. It also seems to
indicate that the pump itself is bad. Am I interpreting my results
correctly?

Thanks,
Marc Perdue

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