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

[Koen Bennebroek]

I believe the link below is the one we got:
Shureflo Extreme Series Smart Sensor 5.7, Model
5901-0211.
Price paid $200.01 including shipping at River Marine
Supply.

Hope that helps,

-Koen

--- Chris Burti <cburti at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
> > To: C320-List
> > 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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> >              09/18/2006 11:20         problem -
> bad
> > pump?                 
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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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