Loud 5.7 GPM Water Pump & Accumulator Tanks

jbeletti

Well-known member
Hi gang,

My Shurflo 5.7 GPM water pump really pumps well but can be very loud on its first cycle. Maybe due to air in the line - not sure.

What are your experiences?

I am considering installing a Shurflo accumulator tank. While I understand that they are used to help maintain system pressure, I have also read that they can quiet things down a bit too. One poster on RV.Net recommends using 12" of braided flex line in the input and output sides of the tank.

Others write that in today's modern RVs with rigid plastic plumbing, that this hammering/knocking is common.

This may make a good late fall project. Anyone else considering this?

Jim
 
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