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

[Chris Burti]

Mine is an older model, 4.5 gpm and it will run on 12v
or 24v.

--- Bruce Heyman <BruceHeyman at cox.net> wrote:

> Is this the pump we are talking about?
> 
>
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/
> 255474/0/0/Shurflo/All_2/mode%20matchallpartial/60/0
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruce
> Somerset 670 SoCal
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 12:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Another fresh water problem
> - bad pump?
> 
> I installed the Shurflo VSD in cuba libre 2 and
> would never recommend
> anything else to install!
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> 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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