Galley pump

[Stemar]

Mine has died and the local chandlery has offerings at £100 and £200, both of which are a lot more than I want to pay. There are various cheaper offerings, but at much lower flow rates. How many litres/min do I need, and what pressure, please? It's to feed one tap, drawing water from a tank about 4m away and the pump is about 50cm above the bottom of the tank.

Thanks in advance

 

[Ado]

I have fitted 3 of the cheap 12v water pumps to my boat, 2 freshwater and one for salt water. At £25 I bought a fourth as a spare but in three years it hasn't been required. Flow rate, sufficient to fill a kettle quick enough. They are very noisy, which I consider an asset as I'm able to offer words of advice to anyone not being economical. They have no switch necessitating the fitting of a a push button activation switch for the freshwater, but a simple throw switch for saltwater. Recommended as a simple and basic solution.


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[Boathook]

Pressure pumps are quite a bit of ££.
I use this Whale RV - Products (whalepumps.com) plus also Whale RV - Products (whalepumps.com) . Hope the links work correctly. Also have another Whale pump that is foot operated but doesn't seem to be listed on their website. I do have an expensive shure? pump for the filtered water in the galley that is pressurised. All the other systems just use a simple on / off switch for the flow.

 

[Refueler]

For such items ... I prefer Caravan Dealer shops ..... usually wider range of gear and more reasonable pricing.

Near Gosport ... maybe checkout Chichester Caravans ... or Hants and Dorest if still around ?

 

[Mister E]

Check out Whale type inline pumps.
They don't self prime so really need to be positioned below the tank level in the bilge.

 

[geem]

As has been suggested, caravan shops normally cheaper. 20 psi will be fine. This is good enough to run a decent shower on our boat

 

[chrishscorp]

We have a little electric pump and a swanky illuminated led switch by the sink, i think the pump may be an inline whale one.
Go electric

 

[Refueler]

As has been suggested, caravan shops normally cheaper. 20 psi will be fine. This is good enough to run a decent shower on our boat

I used to have a nice small inline pump ... basically a tube like case that had in one end - out the other with 12v lead ... it never had high pressure - but as a wash down pump drawing water from overside was great for those 'beach' days .... or to wash off the anchor mud on foredeck. After a reasonable life - it gave up ... so of to Chandlers I trot to get another .......... ??????? What ? Obsolete ? Of to Caravan shop .... and there she be waiting for my cash .. Exact same pump, but different label ... and half the price I paid all those years before in Chandlers.

Sadly - such pump is long gone from even Caravan shops - but gives an example .... That pump would have provided excellent Galley service IMHO.

 

[coopec]

Why don't you try eBay (or Amazon). A cheap Chinese one won't break the bank and if it craps itself it won't sink your yacht.

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