What position was the valve selector in?
I guess I need to replace my Anderson valve. The water went out in the park here while I was in the shower the other day and I was able to continue by turning the pump on. What does that tell me about my valve?
Danemayer, 3 to 5 gpm pumping to a shower is a really big leak not possible through the valve spool clearances. And he does not report fresh water tank overflow while connected to city water.
Got this reply from Anderson:
Ted,
Thank you for contacting Anderson Brass for you valve issue.
No, you cannot draw water from your tank in CITY position. This position
allows water from the hookup hose to go directly to the fixtures.
If you want to get water from your holding tank to fixtures the valve handle
must be pointing to NORMAL.
mountainlovers76, now Anderson knows what we know. I posted back to Ron at Anderson the valve use you described and here is his response.
"Ted,
The scenario you describe actually will work - it is just that we never
advertised it that way. I discussed it with our engineering mgr. and he
confirmed your observations as correct. Thank you for pointing that out to
me."
We now have the manufacturer acknowledging that the pump can draw from the tank when the Anderson valve is in the CITY position.