[C320-list] Aft Water Tank Replacement

[Jacob Lang]

Ordering direct from ronco did save some money. They will ask you to provide a drawing and for my boat I used the attached drawing. Pay special attention to the fitting sizes, unless you would like to buy new ones anyways then adjust however you’d like. 

VR 
Jacob 
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> On Nov 19, 2023, at 21:24, Greg Arnold via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Seyler
>> 
>> 231 W. Livingston Place
>> 
>> Metairie, LA 70005
>> 
>> mseyler at cox.net  <mailto:mseyler at cox.net>
>> 
>> (504) 289-6966
>> 
>> 
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