Lance, For now, just washdown. If I did use for fresh, I would locate a 5 gal portable near the intake. I'm not keen on even using the fresh water tank aboard except washing. We carry the store-bought 1 gal spring water for drinking & cooking. Which Barefoot Sailing Club - We have one on Lanier, NE of Atlanta. Art
--- Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Art, > Does it run your fresh system or just for wash down? > How did you run your > lines if you used it for fresh too? > > Lance Jones > Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club > Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce! > Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Art Czerwonky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:40 AM > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Pressure water system > > > > Lance, > > I put a West 3.4 wash down into my Rhodes, > installed > > in a corner of the laz, never been more happy. > Fresh > > water, different pump, no problem. > > Art Czerwonky > > s/v Mary Jane > > --- Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Has anyone out there installed an electric water > >> pump for their water system? If so, any insights? > >> > >> Lance Jones > >> Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club > >> Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce! > >> Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel! > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Phil Agur > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:16 PM > >> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Quesdtion about > >> solar pannels > >> > >> > >> Joe, > >> > >> > >> > >> Solar goes from a little flexible pad that is > the > >> equivalent of a wall wart trickle charger to a > >> multi-panel system capable of running all of > >> cruising boat's systems with no other power. > >> > >> > >> > >> Both ends of the scale are well defined but the > >> middle ground is buyer beware. I think we got 6 > >> panels on my brother's boat for a total of 840 > >> watts. We went with a Morningstar regulator I > flush > >> mounted in a replacement teak panel above the > >> navigation station. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > http://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/ProStar/index.shtml > >> > >> > >> > >> Certainly if a 60 watt occasionally run > alternator > >> is keeping her charged now then you may not need > >> anything more than 60 watts. The occasional use > may > >> become the tricky part. The solar is only going > to > >> output it's rated wattage in the tropics (the > angle > >> of the sun's ray impacts the total available > energy) > >> during midday. > >> > >> > >> > >> We have a 60 watt system (two thirty 30 watt - > >> frameless) with a non-temperature compensated > >> regulator and it's too much to leave connected > all > >> the time. Letting it winter here will fry the > >> batteries in a few months. The cure would be to > go > >> to the Morningstar regulator, which is a > temperature > >> regulated smart charger, instead of the simple > >> voltage regulator I have now. Know you can have > some > >> reserve power without overcharging. > >> > >> > >> > >> The other approach is a simple flexible low > power > >> solar trickle charger. It won't have the capacity > to > >> fight the batteries being run down by a running > >> bilge pump but it shines in ease of use. > >> > >> > >> > >> The best folks to ask are the ones around you > >> geologically. > >> > >> > >> > >> Boat US would also recommend you change any > above > >> water through-hull fittings to brass. Their > >> insurance records are full of cases where > freezing > >> water cracked an above water fitting and a > temporary > >> snow load pushed it below the waterline. > >> > >> > >> > >> Phil Agur s/v Wing > Tip > >> > >> Secretary/Treasurer Call Sign WCW3485 > >> > >> IC27/270A MMSI > 366901790 > >> > >> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > >> Of Joe McCary > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:06 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: catalina27-talk: Quesdtion about solar > >> pannels > >> > >> > >> > >> My boat, new to me this past spring, has an > >> outboard (9.9 Honda) and charges batteries just > >> fine. But I am worried about what happens over > the > >> winter. I plan to keep her in the water (private > >> slip, no electricity). She will not get the use > she > >> has had over the warm months and I am worried > about > >> the batteries (2) draining and the bilge pump not > >> working. I have considered a wind generator but > >> think a solar panel would do just fine. The boat > >> point almost due North so the stern will have a > nice > >> southerly exposure. I would like to get a solar > >> panel that I could mount on the lazuratte hatch. > I > >> know that there are electronic devices to put in > >> line that will prevent over charge and I plan to > get > >> one of these also. My question is, can anyone > >> recommend what size solar panel to buy and maybe > >> what brands or models I should look at. I should > >> note that the winters here on the Bay are mild > and > >> while we do get snow, it is nothing like our > friends > >> in Alaska. I could also mount the panel on the > >> cabin top as well if the thought is that would be > >> better. Also, any thoughts on having the panel > >> connected to both batteries instead of just one. > >> > >> > >> > >> Joe McCary > >> > >> Aeolus II # 4795 > >> > >> West River, MD > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >
