Check the aerator at the faucet if you have one. Sometimes clogged with
grit.
Ray Shibe
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Walt Dickie wrote:
My C&C 110 has two water tanks, one under the port settee and one in
the v-berth. A valve under the sink in the galley allows me to turn
the supply from each tank on and off, but with the exception of the 6"
or 8" of tubing exposed at the valves almost all of the rest of the
plumbing for the system is really difficult to get at. The outlets at
the tanks themselves are at the base of the tanks and are completely
inaccessible with the tanks in place.
At the beginning of the season no water would flow from the port tank
using either the pressure system or the foot pump, which seems to be
connected directly to the tank or its outlet line. I didn't care too
much about this since we don't usually use much onboard water and the
forward tank seemed to be working fine. But since I couldn't easily
drain the part tank, I left the water in it.
Yesterday out of idle curiosity I turned on the port tank, turned off
the forward one, and used the foot pump. Water unexpectedly gushed
out. When I turned on the pressure system it came on and ran
continuously, which it doesn't do when getting supplied from the
forward tank, and although water now comes out of the tap the flow is
feeble. The flow from the foot pump seems normal.
It feels as though there was some kind of blockage in the supply line
from the port tank and that the blockage has somehow been reduced. I
drained the port tank today while I could, but now I'm wondering about
a fix -- some what to clear the "blockage," if that's what it is. I
don't want to rip the water tanks out to get to the supply lines, but
it seems like it would be worth some effort to clear them. I've never
dealt with the boat's plumbing system before so I'm clueless.
Suggestions?
Walt Dickie
C&C 110, Hull #97
DuSable Harbor, Chicago
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