[C320-list] Water System

[Kirk Mueller]

Does anyone have their fresh water  pump located under the galley sink?

Kirk Mueller
Second Chance #361 (1996)
Rock Hall, MD

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you buy one of the sensor max pumps, you won't need an accumulator
> tank, they deliver better pressure and are far quieter.
>
> Thanks, Chris Burti From: Jerry Brown
> Sent: ‎6/‎12/‎2013 8:42 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water System
>    Hi Bill
>
>    I do not have the boat anymore so I cannot look, sorry. If the current
>    owner of hull 925 is on the list they could look. I sold it about 5
>    years ago.
>
>    I recall buying the accumulator at Home Depot here in Canada in the
>    regular domestic plumbing department. It was approximately the same
>    length as the pump. Sorry but I do not have more details. I got the
>    idea from an earlier list posting so you may want to search the lists.
>    My version was less sophisticated than the approach in the listing but
>    worked fine.
>
>    Jerry Brown
>
>    #1137 Indigo
>
>    Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
>
>    From: Bill Hutt
>    Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:18 PM
>    To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>    Reply To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>    Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water System
>
>    I cleaned the screen in the filter (which was pretty clogged) but still
>    have the problem.
>    What type of accumulator and where did u get it?
>    Sent from my iPhone
>    On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Jerry Brown <jbrown03 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>    > In our previous (#925) and current boats the filter was integral to
>    the pump and unscrewed from the pump with a wire mesh filter. In #925
>    the pump was under the aft berth and I added an accumulator mounted to
>    the same board as the pump to even out the flow, reduce hammer and
>    temperature fluctuations. It worked well. On the current boat the pump
>    is under the port bench seat in the main cabin and seems to give much
>    more even flow without needing an accumulator, provided I keep the
>    filter clean. Sorry but I do not know the pump makes.
>    >
>    > Jerry and Graça Brown
>    > Indigo #1137
>    >
>    > -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hutt
>    > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 2:06 PM
>    > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>    > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water System
>    >
>    > Does anyone know the possible location of the water filter? I'm
>    looking around and can't find it.
>    > I looked in the schematic and it doesn't show any filter.
>    > Thanks.
>    > Bill
>    >
>    > Sent from my iPhone
>    >
>    > On Jun 10, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Michael Kowitt
>    <kowitt at mail.med.upenn.edu> wrote:
>    >
>    >> I had that problem with my kitchen sink. It helped to open the sink
>    handle
>    >> and clean out the screen that was at the end of it.
>    >> Mike Kowitt
>    >> Elusive, 903
>    >> Dredge Harbor, NJ
>    >>
>    >> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Bill Hutt <bhutt at windstream.net>
>    wrote:
>    >>
>    >>> To all,
>    >>>
>    >>> We have flushed and charged the water system, water heater works
>    well off
>    >>> both the engine and shore power.
>    >>> Took my first shower and the pump seems to pulse (not running
>    smoothly).
>    >>> Every time it pulses I get a blast of hot water, then when it stops
>    it
>    >>> turns cold. Impossible to get a consistent water flow and
>    temperature. Any
>    >>> ideas on why or how to fix this?
>    >>> Thanks to all, new boat is really shaping up.
>    >>> Bill Hutt
>    >>> �Caribbean Soul� #570
>    >>> Cleveland, Ohio
>    >>
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> --
>    >> Michael P. Kowitt, PhD, ABPP
>    >> Director of Psychology
>    >> Pennsylvania Hospital, UPHS
>    >>
>    >> http://www.med.upenn.edu/psychotherapy
>    >
>