[C320-list] C320-list Digest, Vol 2182, Issue 1

[Allan S Field]

The hot water heater should have a rubber tube coming out of the relief valve.  I'd suggest placing the tube in something like a dry 1 liter soda bottle, get the water in the hot water heater hot both from the shore power connection and the engine, and see if there is water in the bottle.  These valves fail fairly routinely and may be the source of your water pump cycling.

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD

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From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Schwartz
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320-list Digest, Vol 2182, Issue 1

Ahoy....I had the same issue with #245. I have looked for a leak, and have not found one yet. To reduce the cycling of the pump coming on, I installed an accumulator behind the box under the stove. A good reduction in the amount of time the pump runs......Joe N Beth  


On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 05:57 PM, Lee, Cliff wrote:

> Doesn't really sound like a pump problem.  1) Inlet screen may need 
> cleaning to ensure good prime.  We often need to do that every spring 
> to get a good prime.  2) pump coming on at night may just mean a small 
> leak somewhere.  We had a small pinhole leak in water tubing.  Easiest 
> thing to do till fixed was to turn pump off when not needed.  That has 
> actually become our preferred approach to keep boat bone dry. 3) 
> Foreward/Aft tank faucet spitting just sounds like Foreward tank is 
> low.
>
> Of course, those could all be wrong and you might need a new pump! 
> Good luck.
>
> Cliff Lee - Comfort Zone #268
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> From: Gene Helfman To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Cc: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Potable water pump issues
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>> Our Shurflo 2088-423-244 periodically continues to run after faucet 
>> valve is turned off (over sink or in head).  Sometimes we can shut it 
>> off by opening and closing faucet once more but sometimes we have to 
>> turn off the breaker on the breaker panel.  We also have to throw 
>> that breaker at night because the pump comes on without opening a 
>> faucet.  Also, it stops pumping from forward tank, spitting air until 
>> we open both forward and aft tank valves.
>>
>>
>>
>> SO: is this a known problem, are there parts that likely need 
>> replacing, or should we just replace the entire pump (which is going 
>> to be challenging given how tight the space is where it lives).  BTW: 
>> Shurflo says the
>> 2088-423-244 has been replaced by model #3901-0216. Can I assume that 
>> all the connections match up?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gene
>>
>> Satori, #398, 1997
>> --
>> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia PERMANENT address:
>>    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>>    (360) 468-2136
>>    genehelfman at gmail.com
>>
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