brightvision
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hi everyone, wondering if someone could advise me on how to check I my Shurflow pump is working correctly?
It's a 5l 100 psi one and has no controller on it. The pump has the water going in (strainer first) then out to an 8l water heater then onto 2 reels.
I have disconnected the second reel, and tried having the 1st reel fully unwound but the water pretty much just dribbled out of the brush. I tried opening the air valve to clear it, nothing changed. The tap on my IBC is fully open or fully closed depending on your viewpoint!
Out of curiosity I tried putting my mains hosepipe straight onto the reel and the result was that it still dribbled out. This makes me think that possibly the problem is blockage in the microbore? But I dropped into Brodex today and they think the pump is probably goosed as it's 2 years old and probably always run without the controller.
I don't want to go to the expense of replacing the pump to find that I still have the problem so would anybody have any clues?
thanks all
Rob
It's a 5l 100 psi one and has no controller on it. The pump has the water going in (strainer first) then out to an 8l water heater then onto 2 reels.
I have disconnected the second reel, and tried having the 1st reel fully unwound but the water pretty much just dribbled out of the brush. I tried opening the air valve to clear it, nothing changed. The tap on my IBC is fully open or fully closed depending on your viewpoint!
Out of curiosity I tried putting my mains hosepipe straight onto the reel and the result was that it still dribbled out. This makes me think that possibly the problem is blockage in the microbore? But I dropped into Brodex today and they think the pump is probably goosed as it's 2 years old and probably always run without the controller.
I don't want to go to the expense of replacing the pump to find that I still have the problem so would anybody have any clues?
thanks all
Rob