Knackered Accumulator.

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The old one split and dumped rather a lot of of fresh water into the bilges.
Thinking we had run out of water refilled both tanks ,
Have now removed about 40 gallons of fresh water from my very clean bilges.
The boat is French and all the plumbing is all plastic pipes with those speed fit connectors .
Calorifier is 40 litres so assuming accumulator needs to be 2 litres ? or there abouts.
Fits into system with basic quickfit "T" connection and cannot find a replacement with a quick fit connection.
All the advertised replacement tanks need some rather hard work adaptors.

At the mo we cannot wash,make tea or flush my very posh bog.
Any and all easy ways out welcome.

For those interested we did try to bodge it over the Easter weekend which of course failed miserably. The wife is not amused,
 

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There is no accumulator on my boat .
Just the Flojet pump. The pump has done 12 years with me and may well be original to the boat which is 23 years old this month.
i did have to clean out some limescale from the pump body and strainer at the weekend.
 
Momac said:
There is no accumulator on my boat .
Just the Flojet pump. The pump has done 12 years with me and may well be original to the boat which is 23 years old this month.
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Same here, at least 6 years using the water every day.

I plan to fit an accumulator at some point.

PabloPicasso said:
Could you not remove the accumlator and reconnect the pipes without it?. Even as a temporary fix it'd get you out of trouble.
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This is what I'd expect too.
 
Have bit the bullet and bought one from BES.
Replacement speedfit "T" connector needed and also a 1/2" BSP to speedfit adaptor.
Need to knock up a stainless strap to secure accumulator to bulkhead .

Also over the Easter holiday.
The genny refused to run and the inflatable outboard refused to start.
What else could possibly go wrong ?
 
You can run it without for a short period of time till a new one can be sorted. As it's push-fit connectors, a short piece of 12 or 15mm pex pipe (whatever size is on board) and an end-stop will see you through.

This one looks like it will fit: Accumulator 2ltr
 
johnalison said:
In any case, you could connect without the accumulator and put up with the cycling, though I believe this is not good for some pumps.
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Will knacker the pressure switch to run the pump without the accumulator tank. Don't ask me how I know that. Couple days to get home shouldn't kill it, however.

This is the one I use: Jabsco Accumulator Tank - 1 Litre | Force 4 Chandlery. With a 50l calorifier.
 
oldgit said:
Have bit the bullet and bought one from BES.
Replacement speedfit "T" connector needed and also a 1/2" BSP to speedfit adaptor.
Need to knock up a stainless strap to secure accumulator to bulkhead .

Also over the Easter holiday.
The genny refused to run and the inflatable outboard refused to start.
What else could possibly go wrong ?
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In answer to your last question. Don't forget to check/ alter if required the air preasure on the accumulator.
 
oldgit said:
err.....how exactly...seems to work OK out of the box
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Plenty of tips on the forum.

I adjusted mine to prevent pump cycling whether I had just the filtered water tap or galley sink, bathroom basin and separate shower all running at the same time.

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oldgit said:
err.....how exactly...seems to work OK out of the box

PX. ........................and my inflatable now appears to have develpoed a leak !
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Yes I was referring to adjusting the accumulator preasure. Since its working ok its probably supplied with around 20 psi ( 1.5 bar , info normally found on lable) . This is ok as the recommended preasure is a couple of psi below the pump kick in preasure.
 
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