Manual vs Electric galley pump...

[philip_stevens]

There is an advantage to filtering all the water in the galley if you only have cold water. As the kettle is used to supply all hot water, it prevents it furring up.

Rob.

I suppose we are lucky with our water supply in west Cornwall, as our water is very soft, and we don't get any furring-up at all.

But then, when we go to other ports.......so, yes, there is good reason to have the filter on all cold water outlets on the boat if you only take drinking water from the main cold tap.

 

[martinteeluck]

Rob has made a good point on furring-up that I hadn't considered. I'm finding my way around the (first) boat we have just purchased and I recall it having some form of water filter on it...will definately bear this in mind when overhauling the system.
Going back to OP I'm guessing the capacity of our water tank is circa 50 litres so my thoughts are that an electric pump is not worth considering unless we replace tank with a higher capacity one.

I suppose we are lucky with our water supply in west Cornwall, as our water is very soft, and we don't get any furring-up at all.

But then, when we go to other ports.......so, yes, there is good reason to have the filter on all cold water outlets on the boat if you only take drinking water from the main cold tap.

 

[alahol2]

We don't have anything sophisticated at all, but we do have a 12volt pump in parallel with the foot pump. It's not pressurised and only works when you press the button but for a sink full of water or even a pint or so into the kettle, it's easier and quicker than the foot pump which is there as a back up.

Ditto. We have a whale Flipper pump and a small inline pump at the low point of the piping (so that it is permanently primed). For a bowl or kettle full we press the switch; for a cupful, a flip of the flipper. I have found the small inline pumps rather unreliable so if anyone can suggest a switchable free-flow pump which would be more reliable I would like to hear about it.

 

[noelex]

Filtering all the water has advantages as noted but it usually means placing the filter a long way from the tap.
In my experience the plastic pipes, even when food grade, do impart a smell and taste to water, particularly in warmer weather.

If you want the best drinking water have a short run from the tank and put the filter ( which does remove some of the plastic problem) as close to the tap as possible.

 

[Boathook]

I have a whale foot pump and a simple whale in line electric pump for general galley use and a pressurised system for the general ecology filter system for drinking water. The water is ok to drink without the filter system so this is not all ways on.

 

[TQA]

Electric pump feeds a mixer tap. The feed from the tanks does not pickup the last 5 galls.

Foot pump with seperate outlet. The feed to this DOES pick up the last 5 galls.

Second foot pump for seawater.