[C320-list] fresh water pump

[Graeme Clark]

Hi again Bill,

I’m not sure if this helps, but when one tank gets low I find the pump cycles on for two or three seconds or longer. With a gradual loss of pressure it tends to just run for one or two ‘strokes’, a short ‘blip’ of the motor

I spent ages looking for leaks and eventually found the problem after researching a different sailing forum; it is a known problem on that type of pump it seems.

Mine is a Mk1 so I have no idea how things changed with the Mk11 I’m afraid.

Graeme
#366, Jaskar

On 8 Aug 2015, at 05:03, Beverly Wright <bev.wright at verizon.net> wrote:

> Ditto for my 1993 #15. It was of concern initially but after I realized it
> was because I had closed the valve to the midship tank so I could track
> consumption but the forward tank seemed to run down pretty quickly and got
> too low (not empty) to pump. After I'd open the valve to the midship tank,
> I'd have to leave the faucets open to get the water pressure back to normal.
> Now I just leave the valve to the midship tank open all the time and since I
> never go very long without a fill-up, it hasn't happened again. I prefer to
> turn the water over frequently to keep it fresh so we are not
> ultra-conservative with water.  Then again, we are never very far from a
> water source.
> 
> Bev Wright
> Whoosh #15