Water pump/no water through taps

[TJBi]

It worked last weekend. We then drained and now refilled water and closed frost valve.

Are you initially attempting to obtain cold water or hot water?

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Try first using one cold water tap (or cold water setting on a mixer tap). Give it time for water to come through pipework.

 

[AndyWill64]

Off Topic but Love your avatar.

Thanks very much. I do have a Rottie and a Border Collie, and the likeness is very close, but those aren't actually my dogs - the picture is AI generated.

 

[mr brown]

bit obvious , but have you checked the leisure battery voltage ?

 

[Bridgetjones3]

Are you initially attempting to obtain cold water or hot water?

There is a reason for this question!
Try first using one cold water tap (or cold water setting on a mixer tap). Give it time for water to come through pipework.

Yes cold water but still nothing is coming through.

 

[TJBi]

Yes cold water but still nothing is coming through.

OK, in that case, it does sound as though it's an issue with the pump. I have no experience with Whale submersible pumps. Others have suggested that it might be simply a priming issue, otherwise it could be a more serious problem with the pump - perhaps frost damage if there was water in it when temperatures were below freezing, perhaps an impeller issue.

 

[mr brown]

if pump was operated while frozen ,i can imagine the electric motor spindle stripping the plastic impmpeller . so you could still hear it spinning even though it's ruined

 

[TJBi]

if pump was operated while frozen ,i can imagine the electric motor spindle stripping the plastic impeller . so you could still hear it spinning even though it's ruined

Or the water may have frozen and expanded, cracking the pump.

 

[mr brown]

a new pump could be about £20 or less ,just check the litres per minute

 

[SheilaB]

We had an issue with no water coming through having emptied & refilled (not sure of our pump make/model, so this may not apply...). Pretty sure our problem was an air lock. We drove around for a bit (actually, aborted a short trip & drove home) and presto! water came through fine.
Just a thought

 

[Bridgetjones3]

Hi All, well after having 4 nights away in the motorhome without any water coming through taps, we drove home & tried the pump again and guess what, water comes flowing from the taps! Sod’s Law! Thanks for all your suggestions though…

 

[The laird]

presume air lock was the problem then

 

[Bridgetjones3]

Yes it seemed to be. Next time we fill up with water we will make sure the taps are all open!

 

[Burge]

Yes it seemed to be. Next time we fill up with water we will make sure the taps are all open!

Not a matter of open taps, once system is full switch on pump & open hot taps first to fill Boiler once flowing through without spitting then shut off & run Cold taps till no air in system.

 

[cheyenne]

Or the water may have frozen and expanded, cracking the pump.

if so why was there no water all over the place .cheyenne

 

[TJBi]

if so why was there no water all over the place .cheyenne

If water freezes, expands and cracks a submersible pump when the tank has been drained, probably leaving a bit in the tank, I'm not sure that there would be that much water anywhere else.

 

[nabsim]

I always carry some water in containers so never reliant on tank or pump