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From: Bob Peterson (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 01 2005 - 20:16:26 EDT
Dean, you can save yourself a lot of grief if you figure out a way to
install the shower drain pump BELOW the level of the shower floor. I'd look
in the engine room or other space below that level. Then you can get away
with a less expensive bilge pump. Mine is in a tub so that shower drain
water lifts the float switch in the tub, turning on the bilge pump and it's
all gone! It even came with a screen separating the incoming half of the
tub from the pump half, to try to keep most of the hair and gunk out of the
pump. Works great
Bob Peterson
47' Lien Hwa CMY
"Lopaka Nane"
San Francisco
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dean_smith
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 5:12 PM
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Subject: T&T: Shower Pump
I recently purchased a 38' Californian. One of the problems I found was a
non-functioning shower drain pump. The pump is located up under the sink,
about 3 in ABOVE the water level in the shower drain. The pump is a Jabsco
diaphram pump that is capable of self- priming. When I took the pump apart,
I found small wads of hair, etc, blocking the closure of the diaphrams
(there are three in that particular pump). I cleaned it out and reinstalled
it and it worked fine for a few days. Now it has lost its prime again. I
don't want to have to clean this thing every week. Here is my question for
the
group: Should I replace this pump with a similar design, or should I look
into a real sump pump. There isn't much room under the shower and the
present drain hose is only 1/2 in. Installing a larger drain would be
difficult.
Dean Smith
Desiderata
'76 38' Californian
Everett, WA
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