We will need to secure the hose and the anchor windless cables more as this project proceeds.
This is the only place we could find would conform to the pump requirements of
being above the water line etc. and have access to a through hull and have the
hose run through the head.
We thought about the chain locker but there is not much room
and the pump would be in harm’s way as the anchor chain could catch on it,
ripping it out and causing some major anchoring problems.
We tried under the sink in the head but there is not enough
room there either and the hose would need to get routed lower into the chain
locker which we do not like for safety reasons.
So for now this is the best place we can find for the SHURflo Pro Blaster Washdown Pump 4.0 GPM.
It actually does not take up much room as my jacket for instance lays right
over it.
About 15' of 1/2 ID hose.
We routed the out ½ hose
from the pump to the chain locker. It was not hard at all and that was a
relief. We will connect it to the Y valve in the chain locker. It is currently plumbed
to fresh water (house) only.
The hose connectors that come with the pump have a 1/2 ID but a 3/4 OD and require a 3/4 hose. Not so fast there, that is more $$ and harder to route. We bought the 1/2 SHURflow hose adapters and replaced the ones with the 3/4 OD. So now we route 1\2 hose.
We just stuck it into the Y valve for now not really
plumbed.
As we were looking at the "Y" valve I noticed the 90 deg elbow on the
quick connect. That I will want to change out because it restricts the flow of
water. I have learned some things since
we originally plumbed the "Y" valve.
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