Shower discharge thingammebob
Mas Dubh
the system roughed out but am baulking at the waste disposal. The heads
compartment is a moulded part wall and floor section in plastic. I may
have to cut this to fit in a drain bund to the pump suction.
Anyone out there familiar with this sort of scope in this craft or a
similar one and how to resolve this elegantly with a minimum of
disruption to existing moulding?
Bruce
wrote:
I built a system in a 40 ft. boat (which is undoubtedly different). I
fabricated a fiberglass sump which contained the waste pump and routed
the waste line to the sink drain. To save space in the sump I used an
air pressure bilge pump switch to activate the pump.
Glued the sump to the floor of the Head compartment.
Cheers,
Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
Mas Dubh
I am not familiar with air pressure switches - I'll check them out. My
problem is the fact of cutting out for a sump may weaken the plastic
moulding and could give rise to future leaks. Offshore on N/Sea oil
platforms it seemed always the case that the deck drains, supported by
drain pipework, ended up higher than the surrounding droopy plate - I'll
need to watch for that too. Ideally there should be no residual pooling.
The disposal route via the sink drain is my favoured option too.
Bruce
wrote:
My experience with the usual float switches for bilge pumps has not
been good - every one I ever installed failed. I came across the air
pressure switches which are a diaphragm operated switch connected by a
hose to a small plastic cup that mounts in the bilge. As water in the
bilge rises so does pressure in the diaphragm operated switch. I've
had these installed for years without failure.
I epoxied the sump into the floor in the Head with a couple of layers
of glass tape to reinforce the joint. No problems with the joint in
something like 6 years and we spend about half our time on the boat.
The sump contains a small Rule pump that connects to a fiberglass tube
epoxied into the sump, which in turn connects to a hose to the sink
drain. The pump wires lead through a hole in the side of the sump and
are sealed with 3M 5200. Never has a leak.
Cheers,
Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
mmc
"Mas Dubh" <in...@gordonspamill.org> wrote in message
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This is what I've got in my boat
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|51|26832|319659&id=680799
There is a flush thru hull in a molded in recess in the head floor and a
hose that leads to the drain fixture under a different section of the deck
which has a hatch board.
Mas Dubh
md
Mas Dubh
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That's the sort of thing I was considering however the cut out depth is
too much for my small boat. I am now looking at building a bespoke
"strip" along the companionway threshold lip, with holes drilled low
down to take the water down an incline to the pump suction. I'll sort
the details out when I check the clearances. The pump can be manual as
its capable of run dry operation for small periods (or so it says on the
box).
Richard Casady
wrote:
>I am sussing out how to fit a shower in my Hunter Horizon 26 TK. I have
Scuttle it for the insurance and buy something with everything you
want already there.I think they can hang you for barretry so don't get
caught.
Casady
Mas Dubh
a surveyor along with the rest of the craft before plonking in the briney.