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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: johnm on September 18, 2007, 09:47:43 pm

Title: faulty pump
Post by: johnm on September 18, 2007, 09:47:43 pm

my sureflow pump seems to have a bad  conection it stops working till i touch the wires going in the bottom should i strip it myself is this comon

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: windowwashers on September 18, 2007, 09:52:21 pm

Quote from: johnm on September 18, 2007, 09:47:43 pm

my sureflow pump seems to have a bad  conection it stops working till i touch the wires going in the bottom should i strip it myself is this comon

I am guessing Matt will pick up this post he seems to know his stuff and has a site about it to ;)

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: matt on September 18, 2007, 09:56:12 pm

its got to be a loose connection, take the cover off and look for the fault

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: Peter Fogwill on September 18, 2007, 10:38:19 pm

Quote from: johnm on September 18, 2007, 09:47:43 pm

my sureflow pump seems to have a bad  conection it stops working till i touch the wires going in the bottom should i strip it myself is this comon

It sounds to me that the switch on top of the pump has burned out, you need a replacement switch.  The switch is housed in the plastic casing which is held on with the 3 screws on top of the pump.


Peter

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: jeff1 on September 19, 2007, 11:37:53 am

If it looks ok and your switch as Peter said is ok, then check for a broken wire at the point where you touch it, this can be caused by Vibration  of the pump when in use.

TIP
If the cable looks like it has a good connection at the pump and your connection to the battery is good, when you wobble the wire and it cuts out and then starts again, this is a sure sign of a broken wire.

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: Moderator David@stives on September 19, 2007, 12:54:07 pm

Check the fuse holder as well , they tend to corrode inside the blue connector.

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: Peter Fogwill on September 19, 2007, 01:15:42 pm

Quote from: jeff1 on September 19, 2007, 11:37:53 am

TIP
If the cable looks like it has a good connection at the pump and your connection to the battery is good, when you wobble the wire and it cuts out and then starts again, this is a sure sign of a broken wire.

The symptoms of a burn out switch are the same as a broken wire, when you touch the wire the pump will come on and go off.

You won't see anything wrong with the switch from the outside, although sometimes you will see browning on the white terminal.

I am 99% certain your switch has gone.

Peter

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: johnm on September 19, 2007, 06:51:51 pm

not had a chance to strip it yet how much for a replacement switch

Title: Re: faulty pump
Post by: Peter Fogwill on September 19, 2007, 07:06:22 pm

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=GW71N&DOY=19m9

Peter