galley water pumps

[notaclue]

🙁 hey tugnutters, don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but the switch on my johnson pump took a crap and i tried to rectify the problem thru the company following Andrew's suggestions, to no avail ,, [ absolutely no reflection on Andrew,, we all love this guy,] johnson pumps basically told me to go pound salt but they would arrange to sell me a new switch through a retailer for 49bucks plus s@h of course... [ this item is a crappy piece of plastic with a small spring after 2 whole years it turns out that the pump is [[ of course]] out of warranty. given the choice of spending 50 bucks plus for a new switch for a pump that Andrew told me had numerous other problems , i opted to go down to my local [very small rv store] and bought a shureflow [sp] 2.8 gpm pump. i did not mount it to the underside of the helm seat , but chose to not mount it at all but double clamped the hose connections... the difference was amazing. i can barely hear the pump in the galley and can't hear it at all in the head. if any one else has a problem with their johnson galley pump, i would strongly advise getting rid of it.. the shurflow cost me 74 b ucks out the door. cpt steve [notaclue] next day, just turned on my computer and can't tell whether or not i sent this diatribe . i'm going to hit the submit button and i apologize if this post has been sent twice, sometimes i really don;t have a clue

 

[j&lgray]

The Laurie Ann is on its third fresh water system pump. The first pump simply jammed and would cycle only when it was repeatedly tapped with a hammer. Andrew came to the rescue with a new pump model that Johnson had improved upon. During this past winter, I failed to adequately protect that pump from freezing and the pump housing just split. I looked at other pumps on the market but the factory really came through for me again and I am using another Johnson pump.

Though I thought about putting the pump in a different location than the underside of the helmsman's floor that is accessed through the cabin heater opening, I stayed with the wisdom of the original engineering. I would be reluctant to allow any mechanical machinery, like a pump, to be not secured to a wall, floor or ceiling in a boat environment that is rocking, slamming and vibrating. I thing allowing the pump to be only secured with the hose connections will be put a preventable strain on those connections that they were not intended for and the results could be a lot of water in the interior spaces.

 

[Tom Ray]

It's not just the hose connections. The wires will vibrate more with a loose pump, which can result in wearing the insulation out and/or breaking the wire inside the insulation.

 

[notaclue]

good point tomray, i am going to stick with my instincts on this one the original pump was installed with about [ no kidding] 30 inches of extra wire, more than enough to compensate for any vibration, isolatiing the pump from the hard connection to the helm seat virtually elimated the noise, which in all reality probably doesn't bother most.... but it does me.. i would be willing to bet a tank of diesel that this install serves me well . but should it fail you guys will be the first to witness my meaculpa. later