Service engineer came today to do the first annual service on out Elddis Xplore.
First thing he found was the charger didn't. Van was under the covers until yesterday and I had put the mains lead in for a couple of days a month to keep the battery topped up. He changed the charger and all fine(warranty item).
Next thing he finds is that no water comes out of kitchen tap. Comes out of the shower and bathroom taps fine. He took the tap body out and fitted replacement - still no water coming out and when he switched on the pump it did not run when kitchen tap turned on. As the kitchen tap is merely 'Teed' off the line running to the bathroom we assumed it was blocked somewhere between the T and the tap ( I thought this strange as both hot and cold would be blocked.) Anyway he finished off the service as he was running out of time before his next appointment and I said that I would look at the pipes between T and tap. Well i thought first off I would take out the tap body and see if water would flow through the pipes. Yes it di so I thought I would now refite the body and see if it would flow - maybe airlock I thought. No flow with tap body fitted, pump runs for a couple of minutes then stops. When I turn off the pump and remove tap body there is big residual pressure behind the body (hence pump stops after a minute or so).
Now I have checked the orientation/alignment of the tap body and tried both new and old body but still no flow through the tap. new body is reich 173 and old body is FLO2b but they seem identical physically.
Can blow through both taps when open and not when taps closed. Can blow back through the pipes.
Why doesn't the water come through????
First thing he found was the charger didn't. Van was under the covers until yesterday and I had put the mains lead in for a couple of days a month to keep the battery topped up. He changed the charger and all fine(warranty item).
Next thing he finds is that no water comes out of kitchen tap. Comes out of the shower and bathroom taps fine. He took the tap body out and fitted replacement - still no water coming out and when he switched on the pump it did not run when kitchen tap turned on. As the kitchen tap is merely 'Teed' off the line running to the bathroom we assumed it was blocked somewhere between the T and the tap ( I thought this strange as both hot and cold would be blocked.) Anyway he finished off the service as he was running out of time before his next appointment and I said that I would look at the pipes between T and tap. Well i thought first off I would take out the tap body and see if water would flow through the pipes. Yes it di so I thought I would now refite the body and see if it would flow - maybe airlock I thought. No flow with tap body fitted, pump runs for a couple of minutes then stops. When I turn off the pump and remove tap body there is big residual pressure behind the body (hence pump stops after a minute or so).
Now I have checked the orientation/alignment of the tap body and tried both new and old body but still no flow through the tap. new body is reich 173 and old body is FLO2b but they seem identical physically.
Can blow through both taps when open and not when taps closed. Can blow back through the pipes.
Why doesn't the water come through????
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