One of the most vital pieces of equipment in any RV is going to be the water pump. Without it, your shower, sink, and toilet are not going to get any water. So much to our surprise and horror, we started having issues with our water pump.

This of course should not have been. This pump is brand new. We purchased it to put in our Cargo Trailer Conversion. It worked normally until we started our summer voyage. The wife just went to use the water and the sink and nothing came out. The pump did not kick on.

This of course meant I had to go through all the electrical connections on the pump. I could not seem to find any reason. There were no loose wires anywhere, until I got to the pump itself.

On a typical water pump for an RV there are two wires, a red and black on that come off it for the positive and negative side of the DC circuit. The black wire goes to the motor and then the red wire goes to a switch of some sort and then a red wire goes from there to motor. It seems there is a loose connection in that switch.

At first I just giggled the wire and the motor came back on. I tried to see if I could seat it and it came on and stayed on. But after a 2nd move, it did it again. I again played with the wire and got it work off and on. This meant only one thing. We needed a new pump ASAP.

If we were not on the road, this is where I would have just taken the pump out and sent it back for warranty work. This was not an option here. Luckily were were able to find a pump at RV supplier near us. It was about $20 more than we would have paid online but that supplier is really nice and they have a free water and dump station that we have used a lot, so we felt justified spending the extra money.

Installing the new pump was a little tricky since there was water in the system. Luckily with the way the fresh water tank is, we were able to plug outlet hole, while I replaced the pump. There was minimal water loss. Which is a good thing when you are boondocking.

The new pump is a louder than the other one. Not sure why that is.

We do plan on sending the bad pump back to the maker for warranty repair that way we have a spare. Not sure yet were we are going to be having them send it back to. That is a problem for another day.

UPDATE

The water pump maker just had me send them photos and the receipt for the pump. They then did a good will replacement and are just going to ship me a new pump. At this time, I am having it sent to my sister's place until we come back next fall.