Re-occurring washdown pump issue.
1. OEM pump crashed two years ago. Replaced with same pump as it was clearly trashed and time for new.
2. Replacement crashed after one day of use. Thinking I had ground problem, I chased down and all appeard fine. Same time swapped in new panel switch as it seemed to be intermittently failing (not entirely certain). Had the replacement pump warranteed and re-installed.
3. After about two day of use the warranteed pump crashed.
4. Replaced with different brand and added water filter after bench testing the warranteed replacement. Checked all intakes, lines, fitting, hoses for breakage/blockage - all is 100% clean.
5 New Brand pump crashed, again after one day use (@#$%)
6. Now I am completely confused and not quite sure what gives. New Brand pump worked for about 10hours before crashing. Water inlet filter is clean and clear so no issues there. This pump did revive itself for about 20mins at some point last fall but dead since then.
Gotta to be an electrical issue...I think. All connections soldered in waterproof casings so no issue there. I never left the pump switched on while towing home so no failure there. Never a circuit breaker/fuse popped. Just dead and the wash down switch light shows does not light up when turned on.
Before I run new wires from panel down to pump etc....I thought I would reach out for some advice on how to check continuity. As well wondering if I require a switch to bench test pump or can I simply connect directly to battery pos/neg?
Thanks for help
1. OEM pump crashed two years ago. Replaced with same pump as it was clearly trashed and time for new.
2. Replacement crashed after one day of use. Thinking I had ground problem, I chased down and all appeard fine. Same time swapped in new panel switch as it seemed to be intermittently failing (not entirely certain). Had the replacement pump warranteed and re-installed.
3. After about two day of use the warranteed pump crashed.
4. Replaced with different brand and added water filter after bench testing the warranteed replacement. Checked all intakes, lines, fitting, hoses for breakage/blockage - all is 100% clean.
5 New Brand pump crashed, again after one day use (@#$%)
6. Now I am completely confused and not quite sure what gives. New Brand pump worked for about 10hours before crashing. Water inlet filter is clean and clear so no issues there. This pump did revive itself for about 20mins at some point last fall but dead since then.
Gotta to be an electrical issue...I think. All connections soldered in waterproof casings so no issue there. I never left the pump switched on while towing home so no failure there. Never a circuit breaker/fuse popped. Just dead and the wash down switch light shows does not light up when turned on.
Before I run new wires from panel down to pump etc....I thought I would reach out for some advice on how to check continuity. As well wondering if I require a switch to bench test pump or can I simply connect directly to battery pos/neg?
Thanks for help