Water Pump in Bathroom not Working

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Water Pump in Bathroom not Working

Hi SOI Folks:   ALONG with rivet questions.... I took a quick look in the bathroom of our winterized 2007, 16 ft. Scamp, and found water on the floor (oops, forgot to close the window!!!)  No problem, I thought, I’ll just pump it out.  Well, turned the switch on.....nothing.  Pump not working.  The sink pump worked fine, so I don’t think it’s an electrical box problem.  The pump has always worked slowly, but we cleaned out the trap last summer, and haven’t showered in it yet.  SO we think it’s a fuse problem.  My maintenance guy found a fuse box near the refrigerator, is this it?  What fuse would it be to the shower pump?  If it’s not one thing, it’s another!

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Sounds to me like you're referring to the drain pump underneath the shower. Not knowing how you winterized can't say for sure, but if the pump head was left with any water in it and you didn't pump winterizing solution through the bath drain and run the drain pump a bit to circulate it throughout the pump head then it may have frozen.

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Thanks Greg for your reply.  Have been doing maintenance past several days with our helper George.  He found the problem.... thinking it might be a fuse, he went looking for the fuse box, and found the one for the shower pump near the refrigerator (our 16 ft, 2007 has the frig in line with the shower/potty).  He changed out the fuse, and presto!  The pump started up again.  Lesson:  always have some fuses in hand and find all the fuse boxes if you can, before trouble on the road.  

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I like inexpensive, simple fixes. yes

Yes, a good assortment of fuses for both the trailer and the tow vehicle is a very good thing to carry.

Glad you got it working.

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Shower pump failure

Hi, I just came across this thread.  When I fired up my Scamp 13 this spring the shower pump 'ran' when switched on but didn't draw standing shower water.  I cleaned the filter and the drain catch, all clear. I took the Shurflo pump apart, but it all looked fine. I rebuilt the pump with the replacement valve assembly, (pretty easy to do), I sure hope that solves it though I've yet to reinstall it for testing.  I realize now (by your suggestion above) that when I put antifreeze in all the sink traps and drains last fall I never intentionally ran the shower pump to draw antifreeze into it.  I'll bet there was residual moisture in the pump and the pump sits higher than the filter so gravity flow doesn't reach it.  I (probably) won't make that mistake next fall. If my rebuilt fails then it's ~ $120 to replace the whole pump (though cheaper online and readily available).  Thanks for the tip Greg A. 

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Thanks Lee for adding this pertinent information.  Though we usually don't have very serious winters here in Central CA (except this past winter with temps in the teens!!),  we tried to think of every pathway the water flows through in our trailer, and pumped antifreeze there accordingly.  I hope your shower pump was OK.  Lupine

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Shower pump failure

Yes, it works!  Pretty simple to replace the inner gasket once I had the pump taken apart.  Nevertheless, I hope you never have to do it!

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