jefndeb
Guru
Hello,
I thought we had a leak in the old/short sanitation hose running from the holding tank to the macerator pump. That fwd bilge area would always have some fluid in there almost all the time. It didn't really smell like holding tank water but we try to keep that tank empty/flushed, but it did look ugly.
Anyway, i decided since that short hose from the tank to the macerator was probably original and it looked like it might be leaking being there was small amounts of liquid under it, I would replace it.....HA
So long story short, I replaced the short hose and then cleaned and rinsed the area very thoroughly, I also opened the sump cover and cleaned and rinsed it as well while in that area. To help the bilge area to dry faster, I set a small fan in the area.
All was well with a dry bilge now.
Well after all that messing with all that grossness, I took a hot shower and after a few beers I looked in there again and yes, it was full of fluid again...
Ahhh, the shower sump is leaking.?....I ran the water hose to the sump and filled it and it seems the float switch only energizes the pump after about its 3/4 full, and its doesn't seem to pump water out all that fast...
I am thinking that with the float switch not activating the pump until its almost full and the fact that it pumps the fluid out kinda slow, its overflowing into the fwd bilge area?
Can the float switch on this Rule 800 GPH pump be adjusted?
Nothing in the manual that I can see.
Maybe it needs to be replaced.
Anybody else seen this?
I thought we had a leak in the old/short sanitation hose running from the holding tank to the macerator pump. That fwd bilge area would always have some fluid in there almost all the time. It didn't really smell like holding tank water but we try to keep that tank empty/flushed, but it did look ugly.
Anyway, i decided since that short hose from the tank to the macerator was probably original and it looked like it might be leaking being there was small amounts of liquid under it, I would replace it.....HA
So long story short, I replaced the short hose and then cleaned and rinsed the area very thoroughly, I also opened the sump cover and cleaned and rinsed it as well while in that area. To help the bilge area to dry faster, I set a small fan in the area.
All was well with a dry bilge now.
Well after all that messing with all that grossness, I took a hot shower and after a few beers I looked in there again and yes, it was full of fluid again...
Ahhh, the shower sump is leaking.?....I ran the water hose to the sump and filled it and it seems the float switch only energizes the pump after about its 3/4 full, and its doesn't seem to pump water out all that fast...
I am thinking that with the float switch not activating the pump until its almost full and the fact that it pumps the fluid out kinda slow, its overflowing into the fwd bilge area?
Can the float switch on this Rule 800 GPH pump be adjusted?
Nothing in the manual that I can see.
Maybe it needs to be replaced.
Anybody else seen this?