During our last camping trip I apologized to our camping neighbors. What had I done, you ask? Something that so many campers do in their trailers - run their hideously loud water pumps! Luckily she was understanding and said that her camper does the same thing.
I'm not sure if that water pump, being configured the way it was, couldn't have been louder if they had attached cymbals to it. Every time it came on it was like a steel drum band was full force, and we felt like every camper in a 5 mile radius must be looking our way wondering if our little trailer was about to explode. Just a quick flush of the toilet could wake the dead. Heaven forbid anyone take a shower!
But all that has changed with just a few simple pieces of piping. Jon built what is commonly known as a pump isolator. Just a few pieces of pipe on either side of the pump to keep it from transferring it's nasty gyrations to the rest of the trailer. And he did it without even buying the kit which makes it that much better (and cheaper). When we turned it on tonight we didn't automatically cringe and cover our ears. Amazing!
Why RV manufacturers don't include this as part of the standard install I don't know. It's almost like they try to make it as loud as possible running pex tubes through steel holes that double for a percussion instrument. I had read somewhere that these isolation kits don't work all that well, but if you are having problems with the full band water pump I whole-heartedly recommend trying one out.
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