Which is the quietist electric freshwater pump you know?

[DickB]

I have a really noisy old fresh water pump and reckon it is time for a replacement. The thing is i hate the whirring noise of pumps running so the quieter the better. Any suggestions?

cheers

 

[oldsaltoz]

Gravity

 

[Sans Bateau]

Yes! But I cant remember the name. I will have a look and see what it is we fitted and get back to you.

 

[Guest]

Get to a caravan shop and discuss with them what you need ... they have all sorts of submersibles ... inlines ... etc.
You will find same as in Chandlers - but more variety and usually price well down. They also usually know what they are talking about !!

 

[Sans Bateau]

This is what I have fitted, they are not cheap, but you will smile when you turn the tap on and you are trying to hear the pump.

water pumps

As they work with a constant variable pressure you do not need an accumulator tank.

 

[PIGLETSDREAM]

The way you snore and fart I would have thought the louder the pump the better??? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Guest]

Many moons ago .. I had Pampas GT Caravan ... with electric water system / showers etc. The taps had microswitches in Hot and cold .. the pump was near silent .. I mean as near silent as I ever found any van !! Whale items.

 

[sarabande]

It's also important to make sure the pump is mounted on a surface which does not reverberate and amplify the motor sounds (i.e . doesn't act as a drum)

 

[Anonymous]

We use the Par Max pumps for the watermaker and the fresh water. Not the constant variable volume ones referred to earlier. I am very happy - they are extremely reliable and we don't consider noise to be an issue but they are not silent. You can get spares for the Par Max and they don't fail catastrophically, they fail gradually, usually.

 

[AlanPound]

Its also useful to be able to hear the pump running - after all, that's your water it is running off, and you might want to know that!

 

[Hoolie]

When I was looking for a new pump I came across a US forum (reference now lost) discussing the SensorMax VSD and it got rather mixed reviews. It seems a bit of a lottery - either it works superbly, or it's noisy and unreliable and you get a lot of hassle with ITT who deny problems. We settled for a ParMax 3 which is much quieter than the previous pump and a lot cheaper than the SensorMax.

 

[AIDY]

Bottle of evian /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[DickB]

Thansk for the help... I will probably get the PAR pump but looking at ASAP they all work on the same basis. A rotating diaphram pump whic I guess is never gogin to be entirely quiet...

cheers,

 

[TiggerToo]

Dick,
I agree with Alan: the noise the pump makes is useful as an alarm: mine also tells you when the tank is about to run out!

 

[nedmin]

Flojet and it will run dry.

 

[youngwrinkley]

I fitted a Jabsco Sensor Max in our Barbary Ketch last year and think it is brilliant - just cant hear it !

 

[Billjratt]

and remember to isolate the thrashing (well vibrating) pipes from the boat as well. Personally I agree with those above who like to hear what's going on, you can shout at her indoors for using too much, and when it gives an occasional little botty-burp in the middle of the night, you know you've got a F.W. leak somewhere...