[C320-list] Fresh Water Pump Keeps Failing

[Irving Grunes]

How do you clean the filter???
Irv Grunes
#851

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Allan S. Field <allan.field at verizon.net>wrote:

> Do you routinely clean out the filter?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Peter Herron
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:28 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Fresh Water Pump Keeps Failing
>
> Can anyone recommend a good fresh water pump?  By good, I mean one
> that lasts a few years.  I've had really bad luck with the Jabsco
> Sensor Max VSD pumps.  My 5th one just failed, for an average life of
> under 10 months, a low of 2 months and a high of 16 months.
> Fortunately they had a three year warranty (I think they've reduced
> that to one year).
>
> I have no clue about the cause of failure.  They simply work one day
> and not the next.  All failures have been at the dock while connected
> to shore power through a True Charge 20 (I think that's the name)
> charger.  The tanks were never empty, the fuses were never blown,
> polarity was always correct, there was no sign of corrosion.  And
> everything else on the boat keeps on working.  On the plus side, I can
> remove the sink cabinet, change the pump and replace the cabinet in
> about 20 minutes.  Maybe blindfolded.
>
> The original equipment pump lasted 4 or 5 years before rusting out, as
> did the replacement (with the same type of pump).  Four or five years
> looks  great to me now.
>
> Any suggestions?  Shurflo?  West Marine?  Jabsco?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete Herron
> Dreamtime, C320 #329
>
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