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Pearson Boats - Common Systems => Plumbing and Galley Systems => Topic started by: SailRxSin on January 25, 2021, 04:18:55 PM

Title: What was this for?
Post by: SailRxSin on January 25, 2021, 04:18:55 PM
On my boat it is not connected to anything.   Anyone else have this and know its purpose?  I am referring to the cylindrical pump item.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: popeye323 on January 25, 2021, 09:51:08 PM
On my 323 #360 it is a pump to pump out the water that drains from the ice box/refrigerator.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: Last Resort on January 25, 2021, 11:29:08 PM
That was my first thought as well, a water pump for something.  I also have something similar on my 31-2 for emptying the cooler box. I like your metal one though (it appears to be anyway), as mine is cheap white plastic and I'd really like to replace it (should anyone have a lead, I'd appreciate it :) ).
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: selene on January 26, 2021, 12:27:16 PM
Definitely for emptying the icebox/cooler. Selene has the same pump, and use it regularly. I even got a rebuild kit for it.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: SailRxSin on January 27, 2021, 07:18:31 AM
Thanks for all the replies.  My drain for ice box is into the bilge now, something the PO did.  So it makes sense now as to why there was nothing connected to this anymore. 
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: SailRxSin on January 27, 2021, 07:19:39 AM
That was my first thought as well, a water pump for something.  I also have something similar on my 31-2 for emptying the cooler box. I like your metal one though (it appears to be anyway), as mine is cheap white plastic and I'd really like to replace it (should anyone have a lead, I'd appreciate it :) ).

I have taken it off the counter, if you would like it, I could send to you for the coverage of the postage.  Send me a text, 469-285-1934
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: Last Resort on January 27, 2021, 03:47:08 PM
THANKS for the offer, but I'm in Canada and postage would probably be more than a new one :)  maybe someone else will take you up on it! 
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: Last Resort on January 27, 2021, 07:07:43 PM
thanks to Selene providing me the part number, I was able to find one of these discontinued items in white like mine on eBay :)

Also found it here in case anyone else is interested:  http://www.marineparts.com/p-41214-topsider-hand-galley-pump.aspx

Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: Rusty Pelican on January 28, 2021, 07:44:41 AM
I removed the icebox pump out, and put in a soap dispenser.
Wife loves it
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: SailRxSin on January 28, 2021, 08:32:25 AM
I removed the icebox pump out, and put in a soap dispenser.
Wife loves it

I was thinking about doing that, there is plenty room under for easy access to change out bottles
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: Dolce_Vita on January 28, 2021, 11:16:49 AM
For what its worth, draining the icebox directly into the bilge, although commonly done, is probably not such a great idea. All of the inevitable food spills and leaks in the icebox will result in an organic "sludge" building up in the bilge, causing anything from a mild "boat funk" smell to a full-on open sewer experience. 

The early OEM configuration  had the icebox draining into the shower sump tank, which gets pumped overboard later by its own purge pump.  I believe later designs went to pumping the icebox directly overboard.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: Alma on January 28, 2021, 04:59:31 PM
On my 323 # 74 that hand pump supplies seawater to conserve fresh water in the galley. It comes in handy.

Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: SailRxSin on January 29, 2021, 10:14:02 AM
For what its worth, draining the icebox directly into the bilge, although commonly done, is probably not such a great idea. All of the inevitable food spills and leaks in the icebox will result in an organic "sludge" building up in the bilge, causing anything from a mild "boat funk" smell to a full-on open sewer experience. 

The early OEM configuration  had the icebox draining into the shower sump tank, which gets pumped overboard later by its own purge pump.  I believe later designs went to pumping the icebox directly overboard.

Ed, I agree completely.  We only use our boat for day sailing and so the icebox currently only holds drinks for us.  If I were holding food in there, I would definitely rearrange the drain to another location.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: rkfitz on March 07, 2021, 09:02:32 AM
I found hand pumping the icebox to be tedious, so i installed a small diaphragm pump and a strainer inline.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: ChicagoGeo on May 01, 2021, 07:34:27 AM
My  31-2 has an actual icebox pump under the sink, which is turned on by a switch just behind the door on the upper left. The way mine was plumbed gives you the option of putting the water either in the sink and overboard, or into the left fresh water tank! It took me two seasons to figure that one out.
Title: Re: What was this for?
Post by: grzano on May 08, 2021, 10:27:52 PM
I am on my second 323, lost the first one to a battery fire, make sure that your battery terminals are clean and do not move.

On that boat, both the shower and refer drained directly into the bilge. I the heat of one summer, I could not figure out what the foul smell on the boat was. As Dolce_Vita pointed out, it was sludge in the bilge, that was alive with bacteria, each of those little cells farting, (off gassing), made the boat unlivable. A few rounds with a pressure washer (a low pressure one) at the dock, bilge cleaner, a fresh coat of bilge paint  and some 30 hours later, In installed a shower sump tank and plumbed the ice box drain into that. Magically, the issue was resolved. My new used 323 has the sink pump configuration and I plan on keeping it in place to drain the fridge. I did rebuild it over the winter and it works like a champ. I also replaced the shower sump, the old one was really old and seemed to be cracking and wasting away.

I think next I'll invest in an air head and just rip that old holding tank out. No matter what I did on my last 323, the thing always starts to smell when it gets hot, new plastic tank, new Y valves, anti siphon vents and all new hoses, $600.00, +/- a few hundred, and the thing still stank.

All the best.