When rv water pump troubleshooting check the label on the pump to see what the gallons per minute and psi levels are supposed to be at.
Flojet rv water pump pressure adjustment.
Being only a cheaper 3 chamber style pump it was noisy with a machine gun vibration.
The rv water pump is what supplies your unit with an on demand water source.
The cougar fifth wheel came with a flojet brand water pump.
Under the cover of your pressure switch you will see a second screw in the middle of the pressure switch.
Can you adjust a flojet pump reply 5 on.
Then open a hot faucet and drain the pressure out of the line.
Flojet rv water pumps there are several high quality brands of water pumps on the market today including shurflo and seaflo but a flojet and an aquajet rv water pump are solid choices as well.
Go turn on the pump for a second and see if water cones out of the water heater relief valve.
Leave the valve open and go open the pressure relief valve on the water heater.
You can adjust the pressure psi by turning this screw 1 4 of a turn at a time counter clockwise to lower the pressure psi clockwise to increase it.
Adjusting a seaflo water pump pressure setting.
If water comes out let it drain until it stops.
Turn on your shower.
The flojet manual says nothing about adjusting the water pressure on and off cycle.
This screw determines the pressure psi of your fl pump.
Before replacing the pressure switch as the manual suggests adjust the recessed phillips screw 1 8 to 1 4 turn on the switch end of the pump.
First turn off the switch to stop the pump.
This includes shurflo flojet and aquajet.
Iirc the flojet 3526 series pressure switch is not adjustable factory preset at 45pis shutoff if there is a center screw in front end of pump assembly that may be an adjustment turn screw clockwise to increase and counter clockwise to decrease.
For example ray at loveyourrv replaced his flojet brand water pump on his cougar fifth wheel trailer with an aftermarket shurflo water pump.
I searched the internet high and low and couldn t find the information even checked with rv dealers on how to assemble the pressure switch on a flojet pump f.
January 08 2007 09 53 05 pm the screw simply applies more or less pressure on a spring which is acting on the switch slacken the screw slackening the spring lower cut off pressure.
City water should bypass your rv water pump and provide plenty of water pressure.
