Trickle from Galley Sink - Please Help

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mikeypaulding

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Happy Monday, fellow Tugnuts,

I’m reaching out because I have a technical question. When I open the galley faucet on my 2013 R27 Classic, the slowest trickle of water comes out, regardless of whether it’s hot or cold. It’s a little more than a dribble.

On the other hand, the faucet in the head has better water pressure than my home in Southern California.

Would you please give me some hints of what may be preventing the water flow at the galley sink? What should I diagnose as likely suspects? I’ve already cleaned the filter on the fresh water pump and I don’t think that’s the issue, since the head faucet flows so well.

Many thanks for your help.
Mike
 
Hey Mike,
The head on the galley faucet is notorious for blocking up. Did you try removing the head from the line by unscrewing it and checking the flow of the water from the line? If it still slow you have a blockage between the pump and the faucet. If it flows freely then the faucet head is blocked. When mine did this I had to use back pressure, air or water,using the head's faucet, to clean the faucets screen and spray nozzles, sometimes going as far as using a brush to clean every opening. Finally I elected to install a new faucet.
Some have replaced just the faucet head and i believe they purchased a new one on Amazon. If you do a search there are threads on this site that link to which one to purchase.
Hope this helps.
Terry
 
There are a few things to check by working your way backwards until you get a good flow. All most likely is related to an accumulation of grit in the screens.
- Remove the aerator
- Remove hose from faucet head
- Remove supply line. Sometimes Ranger installed screens where the faucet hose connects to the supply line.
- Remove check valve. I say do this last because it is a pain to do. There is a small Phillips screw at the bottom of the faucet under the counter. A stubby screwdriver is needed. Loosen it and the hose should slip off. Inside the hose is a small check valve. This is useless and causes grit accumulation. Take it out and throw it away. The grit will now accumulate later at the screen where the hose connects to the faucet head. A much easier place to clear the issue.
 
There are at least 2 screens in the spray/faucet head. One is part of the aerator and the other is in at the base of the spray handle. Good luck!
 
Same boat, same problem. After cleaning the screens I removed the supply hoses, disconnected the other end at the pump (very easy with the quick disconnect on the Jabsco pump) and shot compressed air into the hoses. That seemed to clear them and water pressure improved a lot.
Under the head sink I installed shut off valves on hot and cold lines to be able to reduce pressure by turning them slightly off. Before, I couldn’t effectively regulate pressure when showering and always wasted way too much water.
I also installed a whole-house water filter under the head sink that filters all water after the pump before it goes anywhere else. Hopefully that will keep lines from plugging and give me confidence in water quality from the tank to know it’s drinkable.
I also installed a Scandvik transom shower just inboard from the diesel fill on the transom.
All good improvements.


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Going through the same problem as we speak (on both my head and galley sinks). When I removed the screens they were all blocked so after a good cleaning and replacement the flow returned. To avoid in the future, you may want to sanitize your fresh water tank (easy but time consuming) by googling the process on YouTube. Also recommend using a few drops of bleach whenever adding fresh water to your boat. All my other water outlets work without any issues.
 
Both of my sink water flows have been solved. The galley sink low flow was solved by replacing the handle itself with a new one from the manufacturer. The no-flow in our head was solved by removing the faucet to properly view the screens at the tip of the faucet itself - the first screen was minimally blocked BUT the next screen (which was tricky to remove) was totally blocked with green "stuff". Once cleaned, the flow was back to a steady stream - hope his helps you. If you want to know the faucet manufacturer/model # for your particular model - Ranger customer service can provide that for you (mine was ITC Marine).
 
Dear Terry, Mike, Bob, Jeffrey and the Texas Tuggernaut,

What a great community. Thanks to all your input, I was able to fix the low-flow situation on the galley sink. I traced down the culprit based on your recommendations, starting from the faucet. There were two screens on the faucet with minimal buildup. I cleaned them with rubbing alcohol, but still low flow.

Then, I disconnected the supply line from the accumulator to the faucet. Blew into the faucet line and there was incredible resistance. The air would barely make it through.

This weekend, I brought an air compressor down to the boat and with very little PSI (around 15), I was able to dislodge the particles (likely calcium buildup) that had collected between the accumulator and the galley faucet. Below are pictures to what the particles looked like after clearing.

My galley sink flows like Niagara Falls now, many, many thanks to your input.
With gratitude,
Mike

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mW0JIWelc3TCn8O9wW_uYGeN129WOoJ2/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mOjTYIEd8FIwaQ0lrUCvJnUomDB9L0i4/view?usp=sharing
 
Mike,
This may be a process you need to follow every 2-3 years or so. We replaced the galley faucet handle 3 times in 7 years on Our Journey for the same reason.
 
MIKE - When you refer to the accumulator, what is that and where is it located - thanks.
 
Thank you. After reading this I removed faucet head from the flex hose and finding nothing in the aerator screen, took the
lower end of the head apart. Just past the place where the hose screws on to the head I found white beads of what appeared to be calcium particles, very hard and difficult to dislodge. Back flushed in the house with water, and dramatic improvement. I knew it had to be in the head somewhere because there was a good flow out of the flex hose with the head removed.
 
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