Dave, Yea that was my first thought. It started with just removing the tank to clean it out. Then I noticed that the fittings that the existing pb tubing had connected to it broke. Plus, it hadn't been maintained very well so all the hoses have a lot of slime and gunk in them. So a combination of broken things, dirty tubing, very strange existing plumbing configuration, etc... just made me think it was easier and less complicated to just replace it all. Plus I can set it up a bit cleaner and more efficient. I'll probably just continue with where it was located and just see how it does.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:46 PM Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Kevin - What prompted the decision to re-plumb? if it was the need for a > new pump, then the new pump's 6' requirement, why not just drop the new > pump in in place of the old and try it? If it works, move on... I > replace my pump on my 33, didn't even read the manual other than GPH on the > box (close enough) and it works perfectly, took 30min, and I'm > now gleefully tossing boat bucks at other stuff. > I think you could DIY a fitting relocation on the water tank if you wanted > too, but why? As stevan points out, getting this stuff done professionally > is expensive (did my large hoses on the holding tank - more critical) My > C$.02... > > Dave > > > > > > > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:38:21 +0000 > From: Kevin Paxton <kpax...@paxdesigns.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Relocate Water Tank Fittings > Message-ID: > < > caokrqrwbfadvukwz+p+jy+tdjfbxfn0mdwmfxwnwyiqf4ae...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > My tank is under the port settee as well. However the pump was located > under the galley sink on the starboard side. So the tank outlets were > forward, then the tubing ran towards the galley. There was a T after it > entered that storage area which one way went to the foot pump the other to > the electrical pump. I don't know the history of the boat, so I don't know > if it originally started with just the foot pump. I'm the 3rd or 4th owner > I believe. I've thought about relocating it to where the tank is, however I > don't want to run a completely separate line to the foot pump. > > I did just read somewhere though that the distance listed for self priming > pumps is actually only for vertical distance? Is this true? If that's the > case, then I don't have a problem. Vertically it will only be 6"-12" above > the height of the outlet on the tank. > > Thanks, > Kevin > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 11:24 AM Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to imagine how the pump is 7 or 8 feet from the tank. On my 32 > > the 30 gallon tank is located under the port side settee. Tank is located > > aft in this storage space and pump is forward of tank. My boat did not > > originally have a pump at all (just foot pumps). I installed a jabsco > just > > forward of the tank where the port is. If your tank is like mine, it can > be > > positioned either forward in that storage space, or aft. In it's default > > orientation it's aft with port forward but I don't see why, if I needed > to > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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