Trying to install the water system. This consists of 2 tanks (should have been 4 but I messed up..)(will have to revisit it later) and a pump and related hoses, and fitting connected to faucets and water heaters and pumps.
Ah in a simple world, all would play nice. But this is the real world, where priests molest kids, and nothing ever goes easily. So heres the deal. I chose 2 years ago almost to go with a system by Whale, a British company that manufacture pumps, faucets and water related stuff for boats, rvs and industry. They have a unique system that uses rigid 15mm plastic pipe to transfer water thought the boat. The fitting snap together. Simple right?
Except there are BSP fittings or British standard and NPT or national pipe thread and they DO NOT fit together. Of course then there are male and female fittings..... now which idiot figured out that way of determining how to classify pipe fittings? Again, maybe I am a idiot, or confused, or maybe this is way to frigging complicated for the average guy. I have spent to much time, and to much money on this. Should have just used 1/2" hose and hose clamps, and cut off the threads on stuff. Would have been easier
I have finally asked for direction from Whale. Maybe should have done that in the first place, but you know, this ain't rocket science.
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Totally feel your pain here... Putting in a new galley faucet and adding a filtered water fixture and associated hoses was a living nightmare. Some stuff sold by inside diameter, some by outside diameter, pipe threads never match with what you're trying to connect, compression vs soldered vs snap on fittings, adapters for adapters, on it goes. I'm with you - going to do hose and clamps when I redo this!
ReplyDeleteWow what a loser blogger I am. Sorry I didn't reply to your post 9 years ago. I was in a funk after the boat sunk and really didn't want to think about it. For many of those 9 years I swore off sailboats like a alcoholic would swear off booze, but in end goes back to it. At least I might. Aaron hope you guys got it worked out alright and your in a far off tropical isle savoring life.
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