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Old 05-27-2013, 09:39 PM   #1
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Question another water pump question

When our water pump cycles it's so loud that the RV 5 doors down can hear it. Is this common for anyone else? Is there a solution?
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Not sure why this happening, as ours is not loud enough to be heard 10 feet away. Could you be missing the rubber mounts between the pump and the surface it is mounted to ? If the pump is mounted directly to the trailer body, with no cushions, it would transfer vibrations to the entire trailer, and could be fairly loud. Just a thought.
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Check for hoses touching a side wall, pump vibration damper or ear plugs?
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another water pump question

One of my hoses had gotten under another, so when the pump was running it was vibrating against the floor. A little rearranging and all was good. I bought some pipe foam insulation that I am going to put on that pipe to keep it from doing it again.
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