[C320-list] new water pump (was: Another fresh water problem - bad pump?)

[Koen Bennebroek]

One thing to note is that the new pump is quite a bit larger than the old one.
On our boat, the pump is hung under the galley sink right next to the water
heater. The new pump is large enough that I could not use the bottom mounting
points of the old pump and there is not enough work space to make new ones.
However, the pump is wedged in place between the heater and the backboard
such that one mounting point turned out to be enough. It has worked fine all of this
past season.
 
>From what I've read, the 'drop-in' replacement will be much easier on newer 
boats that have the pumps located under the aft berth?
 
-Koen


 
----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Burti <cburti at yahoo.com>
To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:32:10 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Another fresh water problem - bad pump?


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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