water supply

Hi everyone just got back from bron y wendon had a great time, only problem was when pumping water into camper from my water butt it was very slow ,after half an hour checked flow through taps that was fine , but still very slow when filling . all suggestions appreciated. 

Presume you were using external Whale pump, if so I believe there is a filter at the van end of the hose that can clog up and may need cleaned

The filter is a small piece of removable metal gauze on the inlet side of the solenoid valve fitted close to the back of the Whale water inlet socket.  The filter is needed to protect the solenoid valve.

I have tried many times to remove that filter and never succeeded. But I have cleaned the chalk and grit from it. Now that I have a Shurflo pump with its own filter the inlet filter is less necessary. But how did you remove yours without destroying it?

inspiredron wrote:I have tried many times to remove that filter and never succeeded. But I have cleaned the chalk and grit from it. Now that I have a Shurflo pump with its own filter the inlet filter is less necessary. But how did you remove yours without destroying it?

I was wrong - you can't remove the filter.  The whole solenoid has to be removed to clean the filter.  I was confusing myself with another piece of gauze that I removed from my last caravan.  

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I have permanently removed the solenoid from my system to remove a point of failure and a place where water is trapped and to give the external Whale pump a better chance.  The pump still switches off when the tank is full.

Have fixed water problem, it was a clogged up filter in solenoid. Thanks everyone this forum has saved me hundreds of pounds over the years.