Water pump failure on site now - help!

This has happened to me on two occasions whale pump said it was water in the pump, you wouldn’t believe it would you what is supposed to be in a water pump, it cost me a new pump and one replaced under warranty.

We carry several spares so we can cover most eventualities.

We have an on board pump....we carry a spare

When we had an in the barrel pump, we carried a spare.

We carry a spare toilet pump.

We carry a battery charger that can replace the caravan charger.

We have a fan heater in case our Alde heating fails,

The only thing we cannot carry a spare for is the water heating.

Fortunately, when the Alde failed, in Germany, we were on a site with a decent disabled shower room for OH.

Like KJ, I always carry spares for most things that could fail.  I suppose it goes back to my yachting days when, if something goes wrong, it's bound to be when you're 100 miles offshore and it's blowing a stink! Water pumps are often the cause of problems and we have two - one external and one in the inboard tank. I have spares for both. I also carry a fan heater in case of heating failure and a selection of other bits and pieces that are kept in my 'just in case box'. OK, you can't cover every eventuality, but at least, having the most common items might tide you over until you can arrange a long-term solution.

Although I accept it's completely over the top, it's also the reason why I carry a full sized spare wheel for my car on a roof rack because there isn't room for one in the boot.

I was always taught to be cautious

The issue I had with Whale and carrying a spare, which I do is that when you come to need it and it doesn’t work the warranty has run out and you are back paying another £59. I have found the whole Whale system very unreliable, the last caravan I had I had the ic unit system converted back to the old manual system and no problems then. Unfortunately I had already spent a fortune replacing every part on the ic unit system, lesson learned.

The trouble with JIC stuff is that it all eats into your payload, gets shifted to the garage at home when the vehicle is changed and then doesn't fit the latest replacement.

There are Amazon lockers in all sorts of locations so no need to have parcels delivered to a site.