Pump Cycling
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I suspect on the H460 you are referring to the Main Fresh Water Tank.
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Overfilling that tank will cause it too Balloon, by flexing over time. I had the "lid" of my Polyethylene 100 gallon tank partially open up at the seam.
If so, I will detail how to repair that seam. My repair, is still holding after 3 years.
Jim...
I have not posted on this in a while. I do have some resolutions and some still unresolved issues. The tank was not the issue, thank you God. The low pressure in the shower heads was hard water build up solved with CLR. The sink was a kinked hose. Released the twist in the sink hose and restored the sink pressure. I removed the sending unit from the suspected leaking tank and viewed in the tank. It was full and not leaking. There was a stream of water trickling from under the tank. Moving on to suspect plumbing lines. Eventually will solve the leaking fitting or hose.
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I was watching some videos on YouTube on how to diagnose a cycling pump in an RV. Their diagnosis was a leaking valve that allowed a trickle inside the water pipe into the water tank that would result in over filling the water tank. I had not considered an internal leaking ball valve.
Here is my analysis of that.
https://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/fresh-water-accumulator-analysis.180421/
Jim...
I saw a light stream of fresh water trickling from under the tank. I believed the tank could be leaking. I removed deck plating to access the water tank sending unit (level sensor) to gain visual access to inside the tank. To my surprise and relief it was full and not leaking. The leak is likely coming from a hose, fitting or valve from behind the tank. Now to yoga exercises with plumbing tools. I need to make a exercise training video that can be sold on TV for 5 easy payments of 19.95.
Reminds me of our fresh water system incident awhile ago. Article here: https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=45&aid=8246&mn=42