Water System

[Fred McPherson]

We want to replace our galley and head manual water system with something that works more efficiently and is more convenient (i.e. electric pump). We also are looking for ideas about a better way and place to store water rather than the collapsible water tanks that came with the boat. Any ideas?

 

[Thomas Tongue]

add-a pump

I've got a simple little 1 gpm Jabsco pump placed inline, in both the head and galley. Put a press to pump switch next to the original manual fixture. Now I've got running water, and a manual backup should the batteries quit. Just put a little extra line in to keep the pump primed below the tank. And use a single action switch so as not to run water needlessly.As for extra water, I've talked to guys that put an oversized bladder under the V-berth and plumbed it back to both locations.Tom

 

[Tom Hultberg]

BOAT/US

I just bought and installed new faucets with elec. pumps in both sinks. I bought them from BOAT/US for about $38 per complete unit. No nswer about the water storage. I would think that biger containers would be all you can do. You do have limited room under the sinks.

 

[Jim Loats]

I'll be modifying my pressure H20 system

The previous owner put in a Flojet (3 gpm with built in pressure cut-off) eletric pump (just one)- mounted it with a Plastimo 28 gal bladder next to the batteries just aft of the bed under cockpit. He ran a line forward to a T near the the bilge pump. Then lines to head and galley. A switch on the panel turns it on or off. The pump only runs when we press the galley spigot (or when there is a leak in the system.)It works great... but I don't like all the weight aft. The 26 is too stern heavy whenever there are people on board....This winter's project will be to move the batteries and water system to the storage area under the V-birth.Good Luck.Jim "Grizzly Bear" Loats

 

[Toomas]

"manual" foot-pump

Fresh water is a precious thing out there. My experience is a convenient foot-operated freshwater-pump. It's too easy to empty the tank with an electrical system. If I have to work for it, I save my breath as well as the water and battery. After more than 20 years of sailing in different boats with different systems, I prefer the robust and separate ones. Cooler with a solarcell or windgenerator and battery. Fresh water with a manual-or foot-operated pump. Always ONE system for ONE purpose. My suggestion - which I will install this winter in my "new" H26 is a freshwatertank under the V-bed (100 litres) and connect it to the sink through a foot-operated pump - that gives me hands free while the water is running.Toomas

 

[G. Ned Christensen]

Dmand Pump is great

Sorry to be so tardy with this response. I havn't checked this page for a while. When I bought my 95 Hunter 26 it had a soft 25 gallon bladder under the V-berth and a "pressure demand" pump mounted in the same area. The hose leads back on the starboard side under the setee, and to the galley. There is a twist type faucet there. The pump only runs when you open the faucet and the pressure in the system drops. I have been staying on my boat most of the last year and it works great. I may put a "T" in the line and run another hose back on the port side to the head. The pump is like the ones they use in motorhomes. I would recommend it without reservation.Ned ChristensenSecond Wind