fresh water pump and hose on E35
Just finished this project, and very pleased. The original pressure water lines and connectors had developed 1or 2 cracks every ear over the past four years. I decided it was time to replace as much as I could. Both the hot and cold runs to the head have been trouble free, so I left them alone.There was nothing wrong with the pump but the location is a knuckle buster when it comes time for replacement.So I had the pump moved to the locker under the starboard berth, just forward of the galley.
My E35 has two tanks, one under the V-berth, and one under the starboard berth just aft of the bulkhead.There’s a tee union there, with simple on/off selection for each tank.I started the new pressure hose from the tee union, and ran it aft to the newly located water pump.I put a tee in the hose about 6” from the pump input, and ran from there a new non-pressure hose to the galley foot pump.Then I ran new cold pressure hose from the pump under the galley back towards the hot water tank.I put in another tee union under the trash bin for the galley cold pressure.Then continued to the junction that splits the cold feed to the head and the hot water tank.I replaced the hot tank output hose plus the feed to the galley with new red hose.
That’s all for this year.All the pressure hose is Seatech 15mm, blue for cold and red for hot; and all the fittings are Seatech as well. The run under the galley required a plumber’s snake and much patience.All of the old hose had to be pulled.Ericson put in cable retainers every foot or so, and those all have to be removed and then replaced on the new hose.
The water pump is marginally louder… but accessible.