My suggestion is to hook into the current line in an applicable place and hold the pump as near as you can to where it will be located and see if it works without priming. My Jabsco is mounted 6 feet away and level with the top of the tank. The 1/2 inch feed from the water tank feeds the pump in all condition and it can also pump the tank dry.
Moving the fitting may not be required. MarkC&C 39Namba -------- Original message -------- From: Kevin Paxton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 09-09-2016 9:53 AM (GMT-08:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Kevin Paxton <kpax...@paxdesigns.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Relocate Water Tank Fittings 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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