Washdown pump working on slat and Fresh water! - 2013

End of January 2013 - Anchored in Barra-Bahia de Navidad lagoon, Mexico

 It is a SHURflo SMART SENSOR 4.0 fresh water pump. We got the 4.0 because we though we could use it as a fresh water pump in case ours dies but we since bough another for back up. It is after all a real important pump, the fresh water pump.
Now we are thinking of adding another wash down pump to the stern. We like the bow one so much. We have it hooked to a "Y" valve so we get fresh or salt water, of course the fresh uses the fresh water pump. If do the stern it is possible we could get a 5.0 GPM for the bow and use the 4.0 GPM for the stern.

We had a 5.0 GPM pump for the fresh water but it gave us problems because of our plumbing. We switched to the 4.) SHURflo SMART SENSOR 4.0 fresh water pump and all is fine. For ash down though it is all ½ hose so no plumbing problems.

Debbie heat shrinking some wires, we are at anchor.

Connected to the through hull valve with a sea strainer.

Connected to Y valve in anchor locker.

 We first just connected some wires to the pump and when we wanted to use it we ran them over to a fuse block in the head and connected them. It worked but not what we wanted. Then we installed a push pull switch in the head inside the aft cupboard. That’s are fare as we got. 

 Then while Debbie was working on the Spectra Watermaker 200T Deluxe we wired the SHURflo SMART SENSOR 4.0 fresh water pump to the hose battery bank through the buses. With no switch wired yet we use a fuse which sits by the through hull valve to turn it on and off. It only really runs when you open the hose nozzle.

 

Of course I hooked it up backwards 😕 so we had to flip it upside down. Not what the ump wants. When we move it it will be correct. It is in the right direction now but the in is the out etc.

The SHURflo SMART SENSOR 4.0 fresh water pump sits in the forward hanging locker. It is on the aft bulkhead and because of the HVACducting we want to move it to the forward facing bulkhead because of some space in there. This will free up some hanging locker space.
 Next we want to move the pump a few feet and then wire u the switch. It is all complicated x ten while cruising!