[C320-list] Fresh Water Pump Keeps Failing

[Peter Herron]

The Sensor Max warranty was still three years, so I'm getting another  
one for "free" (my sixth one).  I hope it lasts the season.  I bought  
a regular type Shurflo as a backup, and maybe that will work until  
2015 or so.

Pete
Dreamtime


On May 9, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Timothy Grennan wrote:

> I got sick and tired of that pump as well. I purchased a west marine  
> brand pump of similar output. It was a little pricier but a good 3  
> year warranty. If there is a problem w/ the pump, the west marine  
> store I purchased from said to walk in with it and the bill, and he  
> would pull another off the shelf and I would be good to go. No  
> sending the pump in, testing, blahblahblah. I am now in season two  
> after a very hard winter in MI and as soon as the fluid hit the pump  
> it started pumping. No priming or screwing around.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> cheers,
>
> Tim Grennan
> hull 843
> Evening Star
>
> --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fresh Water Pump Keeps Failing
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 9:07 PM
>
> 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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