I just drained the water tank on my 260(siphoned it dry and worked the faucet pumps til they sputtered) and refilled it with fresh water. Now the faucet pumps suck only air no matter how long I try. I put a little air pressure into the tank and water came when we pumped the handle, but stopped working as soon as the pressure stopped. How do you prime these things? Is the solution to put a 12 volt pump to supply on-off faucets on both sinks?
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12 vdc pump requires 2 x the water supply!
Stan: If you decide you want a 12vdc pump on board you should plan on at least doubling your water supply. My better-half can blow through 35 gal of water so fast you would not believe it (each weekend). When she is not there I can wash dishes, make coffee, clean up etc for several weekends without a fill up. Your problem seems like you have air getting into the system. May be a hose or the diaphrams in the faucets. Be sure that you do not have anything blocking the hose. Run some water pressure back from the faucet to the tank to be sure that you did not pick up something when you drained the tank.
Stan: If you decide you want a 12vdc pump on board you should plan on at least doubling your water supply. My better-half can blow through 35 gal of water so fast you would not believe it (each weekend). When she is not there I can wash dishes, make coffee, clean up etc for several weekends without a fill up. Your problem seems like you have air getting into the system. May be a hose or the diaphrams in the faucets. Be sure that you do not have anything blocking the hose. Run some water pressure back from the faucet to the tank to be sure that you did not pick up something when you drained the tank.
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Peggie Hall/Head Mistress
It's people who waste water
Whether the pump is manual or electric has nothing to do with it. Which, btw Steve, you just demonstrated by comparing how long your water lasts when only you are aboard vs. when your wife is aboard. But it's not a gender issue, either. 40 gallons of water usually lasted me about 3 weekends--with a toilet that used fresh water AND an icemaker.
Whether the pump is manual or electric has nothing to do with it. Which, btw Steve, you just demonstrated by comparing how long your water lasts when only you are aboard vs. when your wife is aboard. But it's not a gender issue, either. 40 gallons of water usually lasted me about 3 weekends--with a toilet that used fresh water AND an icemaker.
I'll disagree.
If you are washing a dish with the faucet pumping water continously you will use more water than pumping with one hand and holding a dish with the other. It takes a lot of pumps to pump 10 gals of water through a faucet. It only takes a matter of minutes to do it with a pump that is pump 3.5 gal per minute. If you don't believe me have a race with someone. You run the manual pump and let them turn of the faucet. Let me know if you can beat them!
If you are washing a dish with the faucet pumping water continously you will use more water than pumping with one hand and holding a dish with the other. It takes a lot of pumps to pump 10 gals of water through a faucet. It only takes a matter of minutes to do it with a pump that is pump 3.5 gal per minute. If you don't believe me have a race with someone. You run the manual pump and let them turn of the faucet. Let me know if you can beat them!
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Peggie Hall/Head Mistress
Who sez the water has to run continuously...
while you wash dishes??? I never did! Wash 'em in the soapy water...stack 'em...drain the soapy water...add clean water to the sink. Rinse dishes in it. Done...in about 2 gallons of water--FROM an electric pump.
while you wash dishes??? I never did! Wash 'em in the soapy water...stack 'em...drain the soapy water...add clean water to the sink. Rinse dishes in it. Done...in about 2 gallons of water--FROM an electric pump.
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Mark
Check previouse posts
There has been mention of these pumps in the past. What we found with our "new" 260 was that the water tank had been installed on its side rather than on its bottom. The result being the outlet was half way up the side meaning more than half a tank to get water to the pumps. I cut the stapping (got a canvass shop to make up some staps with slide buckles) and put the tank so the outlet was at the bottom. I also fitted a non return valve on each side of the "T" piece. The result is that both pumps work perfectly, "all the time". I might add that where we live in Western Australia the water is all underground as has a high mineral content that can cause clogging. "We only ever put rain water in the tank". Good luck.
There has been mention of these pumps in the past. What we found with our "new" 260 was that the water tank had been installed on its side rather than on its bottom. The result being the outlet was half way up the side meaning more than half a tank to get water to the pumps. I cut the stapping (got a canvass shop to make up some staps with slide buckles) and put the tank so the outlet was at the bottom. I also fitted a non return valve on each side of the "T" piece. The result is that both pumps work perfectly, "all the time". I might add that where we live in Western Australia the water is all underground as has a high mineral content that can cause clogging. "We only ever put rain water in the tank". Good luck.
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Stan Chapman
Thanks-I plan to a Par-Max 1
Thanks for the advice. I think I will install a par max 1 beside the tank and see how that works out. Optimizing our water use will be up to our good habits I guess. >>Stan
Thanks for the advice. I think I will install a par max 1 beside the tank and see how that works out. Optimizing our water use will be up to our good habits I guess. >>Stan
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