Headhunter waterpump plus aux sur flo 5.7 extreme waterpump

[bill lambrecht]

My 99 vogue xlv coach#1094 has headhunter water pump system.It also has a sur flo extreme pump in the system.I have never heard the aux pump activate.Dont know how to turn on or off.Wonder what reason pump is there for.Anybody got one on their bus? thanks BILL LAMBRECHT

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I cannot answer the question specifically because I am not that familiar with Vogue or how your pumps were set up to run, but typically the second pump is back-up. Try shutting off the Headhunter and see if the Shurflow will kick on when the pressure drops.

Since you have the two pumps you certainly want to make sure they are both functioning. Don't forget, you can always give Parliament a call.

[merle&louise]

Bill,

I have an auxillary water pump as a back to my Headhunter. It is controlled by a switch over the microwave. If the Headhunter fails, just flip the on/off switch and bleed the air out of the lines by opening a water spigot closest to the pump. A backup water pump is a nice feature. Especially when you are taking a shower and the Headhunter quits!

[sawdust_128]

Alek is the expert here!!

[bill lambrecht]

Thanks TUGA,I will look for the switch. BILL LAMBRECHT

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Newell and Vogue may have similar components, but I suspect they may have different philosophies regarding switches, placement and even if they have a switch beyond a circuit breaker. Step one is to determine the voltages of each pump.

Headhunters are usually 120VAC and Shurflo are usually 12 or 24VDC. Look in the 120V panel for the Headhunter switch if none can be found in the kitchen for example, and I have no clue as to where to look for the Shurflo switch. But there is likely to be some way of killing power to the pump.

[gmcbuffalo]

What is the reason these Headhunter pumps have backups, are they troublesome pumps. How may coaches have backup water pumps? I have two 12v RV pumps in parallel but they come on at the sametime. I always assumed that they were to increase flow.
Greg

[Jon Wehrenberg]

We could get into a big debate about water pumps, reliability and backups. At one time on older coaches I think most converters used a pair of Shurflo type pumps. I don't know if they ran simultaneously or if they were set up independently, but that was typical back when I had my 87. At that time Liberty seemed to be alone in their use of a big DC motor powered water pump. It was like something out of an industrial application, but it sure worked well.

I don't know when the shift began, but the converters and their customers began looking at the Shurflo type pump as an RV thing, cerainly not fit for a Gazillion dollar Prevost conversion. I think Headhunter pumps became the standard. I have a 97 Liberty and it still has a big industrial looking pump. However, stuff fails so I installed a Shurflo type pump as backup. I occasionally run the little pump to make sure it still works, but most of the time I leave it turned off.

I don't know if converters install back up pumps or not but when the Shurflo were installed failures happened but since everybody knew they were just a typical RV pump and they were cheap the just went down to the Camping World store and bought two, one to install and one to stick in the bay for when the next one quit.

With Headhunter pumps I have heard of failures, more than I think I should have heard about due to the cost of them, and I don't know if that is normal or if it just appears to be a problem. I suspect anyone that has one fail will install a back up if they do not already have one. In the meantime I'm loving my big, white ugly water pump that just keeps on working.

[truk4u]

This is the big white ugly pump Jon is talking about and there is no comparison to the Shurflo's. The Shurflo's will give you anywhere between 2.0 and 5.7 GPM depending on pump model, but the big ugly white 12v Paragon gives you 11.0 GPM. Of course it was standard with Liberty!

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[Jon Wehrenberg]

That pump is not pretty and it is loud, but it is as reliable as an anvil.