[C320-list] Potable Water filter and Bilge Pump

[Bruce Heyman]

Hi Ken,
Can't help with 1 but can with 2.  The bilge pump is very noisy and some of
us like it that way.  Though I'm sure in the middle of the night in a nice
quite anchorage maybe not so much.  It should not take flight and you should
be ok.   The float switches are notoriously unreliable (in my opinion) since
we realized we shouldn't be making things with mercury.
Bruce
Somerset, San Pedro CA

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Ken
McCrimmon
Sent: Monday, June 7, 2021 6:45 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Potable Water filter and Bilge Pump

Hi
First time out this weekend for me on Kia Ora.  I had two items that I am
looking for input on.


  1.   The water that is available at the dock is the municipal water
supply.  When I tried it this weekend, it was undrinkable.  Tasted like
clorine or bleach.  Can't cook with it, drink it, don't even want to bath
with it.  I saw an article on the Technical page about putting in a filter.
It was either from Jeff Hare or Warren Updike.  I would be interested in
more information, such as where to install it and what to buy.  The original
article was from 2016, so there may be new information available.
  2.  Bilge pump.  I tried my bilge pump this weekend for the first time.
     *   It kept running in either automatic or manual mode, even though
there was nothing in the bilge.  Could be the sensor.  Have seen an article
on the Technical page about replacing the electronic or mechanical switch.
Does that sound like the right fix
     *   The pump itself makes a lot of noise.  I took a video of it running
and it has the sound.  Sounds like a playing card in the spokes of your bike
wheel but you are doing 100 mph.  I can share the video if it would help.
It is a model 37202-0000.  Are bilge pumps supposed to sound like this or
should I be looking to replace it before it takes flight

Any advice is appreciated.

Ken