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Have recently purchased a 1979 Mk III and am thinking about installing a 4 gallon hot water tank and pressurized pump. Will also have to change taps in galley and head. Has anyone undertaken this project? If so how difficult was it? Any pointers and suggestions?
Regards,
Sixpence
I contemplated putting in an electric water pump when the pump in our head sink failed. A friend suggested that I get used to being out of water on a regular basis. People use pressure water like water at home, he said, which means they leave it on constantly while brushing teeth, rinsing dishes, etc., no matter what you say to them. I replaced the manual pump.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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When the hand pump at the sink in Aragorn's head area failed a couple of years ago, I replaced it with an electric pump but NOT of the pressure-demand type. The new pump originally had an on-off switch which (luckily) soon failed so I replaced that switch with a spring-loaded push-button which inherently conserves water and also makes it impossible to go away and leave the pump running!!
As to a hot water supply, a friend with an O-Day 26 has replaced the temperature measurement fitting on the head of his Atomic 4 with a short pipe nipple , and a tee. The temperature sensor fitting goes back into one side of the tee and the other side of the tee becomes an outlet for hot water off the engine head when the A-4 is running. The water pressure (derived from the engine's water pump) is very low, but the head required is only a few inches to get hot water via some piping he installed to the sinks for hand and/or dishwashing. The water, of course, is untreated river or lake water.
He says that the indicated engine temperature reads lower because the sensor is no longer directly inside the engine cavity but claims it will still show a rise if the engine starts to overheat. It would seem that this arrangement would 'steal' some of the cooling effect of the water from the exhaust system but he says "No problem"-- He uses hot water in this fashion only when at anchor or on a dock with the engine at a medium idle speed.
Clare Jordan -- Aragorn
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