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From: Ken Williams (no email)
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 15:17:25 EST
Brent Wrote>
SNIP > I did this mod a couple of years ago. For the "sumps" I used a couple
of
> cheap dishwashing tubs form Wally-world, (about $3 each) and two of the
> smallest Rule pumps I could find. To get around this back flow, I
> installed
> check valves about a foot down from the pumps. I know that check valves
> are
> a no-no in a regular bilge pump line, but in this case it had worked
> flawlessly. My boat has a large, 5 gallons or so, shower sump for the two
> showers. I plumbed the output of these two pumps into this sump to avoid
> any
> more holes in the hull.
Greetings,
I ended up yanking the shower sump reservoir because there was always
some water lying in the bottom of it. With a float switch, it never
completely emptied. Besides that, steam would rise out of the reservoir
after a hot shower and I never could keep the bilge under the forward
stateroom completely dry. <KK42> Eventually the odor crept underneath the
bed and into the stateroom. I tried modifying it, but ended up hard piping
<hosing> the showers through a small sea strainer <to capture the hair etc>
and then to a diaphragm pump. In each head, I installed a 15 min mechanical
timer, so when you take a shower you have to turn on the timer, which starts
the pump. I had a similar setup in another boat except without the timer.
Just a switch in the shower but usually one would forget to turn it off,
hence time timer option. This has worked great and the forward bilge is DRY!
Respectfully,
Ken
KK42 Continuum
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