Why Isn’t My Shower Draining?
This tip applies directly to the Scamp travel trailer, but may also be relevant to other small travel trailers. Toward the end of our 9 day trip to Lake Tahoe, we noticed that our shower floor wasn’t draining very quickly (even with the water pump running).
When we got home, I called Scamp and they told me to check the water filter under the trailer. The drain waters from both the sink and the shower (grey water) are pumped to the grey tank, but first pass through a filter to remove debris to help protect the pump and give it a longer life span.
I peered under the front of the trailer and quickly found the water filter, a black cylindrical plastic case with a clear top sitting between two clear hoses (see photo 1) . One of these hoses leads directly to the water pump. It didn’t take too much effort to twist the clear plastic top off the case.
The cylindrical metal screen pops right out. In our case, it was completely clogged with a lot of debris. It only took a few seconds to wash it off with a hose. Once clean, it should be put back into the case and the top twisted back on to close.
We immediately saw that after cleaning the water filter, the shower water again drained very quickly like when we first started using the Scamp in February 2020.
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