[C320-list] Aft Water Tank Replacement

[Greg Arnold]

The aft water tank on your boat and sold by Catalina Direct is a Ronco B349.

Ronco will sell to you directly:

ronco-plastics.com/product/water-waste-holding-tank/

Ronco says they use NPT fittings.


On 11/19/2023 5:45 PM, Mark Seyler via C320-list wrote:
> Does anyone know whether there is another, more economical source than
> Catalina Direct for water tanks?  After I got my old water tank out from
> under the berth in the aft cabin, I concluded that I need to replace the
> whole tank.  I just can’t get the old tank acceptably clean inside or out.
> A new tank is available from Catalina Direct for $420.  Buying a new fuel
> tank from Ezel instead of Catalina Direct saved me several hundred dollars.
> I’d love to find a less expensive source for a water tank, if possible.
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> One collateral benefit of buying a new tank is that the manufacturer can
> tell me whether the tank outlet is a ½ inch NPT thread or ½ inch BSPP
> thread, so I’ll know what fitting to buy to connect to the 15MM WhaleX water
> line. To the extent that anyone else has to replace the fitting on an
> existing tank, I determined that I could buy the Whale WX1513B fitting that
> Bob Borelli suggested (1/2 inch NPT to 15MM female), and a Whale WX1522B
> fitting (15MM male to 15MM female elbow) from Defender Marine for $21.50.
> And for $4.88 more, I could add a Whale 1515B fitting (1/2 inch BSPP to 15MM
> female) so that I’d be covered no matter what the thread was in my old tank.
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> Mark Seyler
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> 231 W. Livingston Place
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> Metairie, LA 70005
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> mseyler at cox.net  <mailto:mseyler at cox.net>
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> (504) 289-6966
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