[C320-list] Another fresh water problem - bad pump?

[Chris Burti]

I made the switch two years ago, it is almost a
drop-in changeout and we find it to be a first class
pump and a huge improvement. Count me in the five star
group.

--- drshoffner at aol.com wrote:

> If you go to the WM site and read the customer
> reviews, about half give it one star and the other
> half give it 5 stars.  The unhappy customers
> apparently had early failure of the pressure switch,
> and,though the company apparently replaced them in a
> timely fashion, they failed again.  One does wonder
> about those installations.  It sounds as if one of
> the installation problems has been people trying to
> install them with an accumulator tank which is a no
> no.  I had been thinking about this upgrade anyway
> just for noise reduction, so now seems to be the
> perfect excuse.
>  
> Thanks,
> Mike
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vergaar2004-catalina at yahoo.com
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Sent: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Another fresh water problem
> - bad pump?
> 
> 
> Yes, I'm pretty sure we got the Shurflo VSD (I'll
> check when I get home 
> tonight). What kind of negative experiences have you
> read about?
> I bought some Whale fittings from Hamilton Marine.
> Not sure if they still carry 
> them.
>  
> -Koen
> (Big Cat, #224, 1995)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: drshoffner at aol.com
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 11:20:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Another fresh water problem
> - bad pump?
> 
> 
> Ken,
> 
> Which pump did you buy?  I've been reading customer
> reviews on the Shurflo VSD 
> and they're either great or awful based on the
> customer's experience.  Also, 
> where does one buy Whale fittings since West Marine
> no longer carries them?
> 
> Mike 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vergaar2004-catalina at yahoo.com
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Sent: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Another fresh water problem
> - bad pump?
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> our pump would start cycling on on its own last
> season so my first thought was a 
> 
> leak in the water lines. Some people on this list
> suggested opening up the pump 
> and cleaning it. Instead, since I did not like the
> fact that the pump is 
> single-speed and makes tons of noise, I purchased a
> variable-speed pump and 
> installed it. What a difference! We need to teach
> our guests to only open up the 
> 
> faucet slightly and the pump will output enough
> water while hardly making any 
> noise. Highly recommended!
> 
> -Koen
> (Big Cat, #224, 1995)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: drshoffner at aol.com
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com.
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:22:23 AM
> Subject: [C320-list] Another fresh water problem
> 
> 
> List,
> 
> Thanks to all who responded to my "no forward so
> reverse" thread recently.  It 
> turned out as some had suggested that the problem
> was a very fouled prop with 
> marine growth that had accumulated in less than 2
> mos.  I've had the boat in 
> this location for 3 years and this is the worst
> growth I've experienced.
> 
> Now to the new problem.  This weekend my fresh water
> pump began cycling breifly 
> about every 20 seconds.  I looked at all the whale
> fittings and they were dry.  
> I didn't loook down the entire length of the tubing,
> but I think it's unlikely 
> to be a failure here.  Has anyone had a pump go bad
> and behave like this?  Any 
> thoughts as always will be appreciated.
> 
> Mike
> #171
>
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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