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House Water Pump Suggestion

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Eddieclemons said:
My current dilemma is, My beloved headhunter DC pump has a leak and needs to go back in for warranty repairs. I would buy me a spare but they are back order until 2025. They have also gone up over $500 since last year. I don't like the feeling of being dependent on that pump and am thinking about trying to make a redundant system.
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I have the same pump as you, the Excalibur. I also had a leak and it took out the control board. When i called HH about it, they said they will not under any circumstances sell individual parts and if it was the control board that was bad they consider the pump to be junk. I wasn't too happy about that reply. Luckily, I had a couple in reserve from a saved Ebay search, one brand new and one as 'parts' I took the control board and output end out of the parts pump and installed it into the existing pump and it worked fine. Here's what i learned about the HH 12v pump. The control board sits virtually underneath the water output line and if there is an internal leak inside this area the control panel will get soaked. There is no way for the water to escape due to being an entirely closed chamber. I drilled a 1/8" hole in the bottom of this chamber before reassembly and now if the pump springs a leak inside, the control board will stay dry due the water having somewhere to go...out the bottom, as well as leaving a tell tale puddle. Its a kick ass pump otherwise. Oh, and I can't recommend enough a saved search on eBay. for the person who's patient, you'll always get what you want.
 
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What Pascal said +1... I've got a 240v shallow well jet pump (still have the 32v galley maid).. the jet pumps are cheap, high flow and great pressure, and are available EVERYWHERE!
 
dottieshusband said:
What Pascal said +1... I've got a 240v shallow well jet pump (still have the 32v galley maid).. the jet pumps are cheap, high flow and great pressure, and are available EVERYWHERE!
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But the stainless ones are a little pricier. I went through a couple of Lowes pumps before I sprung for a higher quality stainless one.
 
SKYCHENEY said:
I have a GalleyMaid 32v plumbed in parallel with a 120v shallow well pump. I just set the cut in/out pressures of the 120v pump higher so it takes priority when 120v is present. When no 120v, the the 32v pump picks up.

The shallow well pump is a stainless steel Pearl like this:

https://pumpstoponline.com/products/irrigation-pump-shallow-well-stainless-steel-pearl

I had it for several years with no problems.
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I know that this is an older post but may I ask, do you run off your tank while at the dock or are you running on shore water? I am a bit confused by your explanation. Currently we use shore water but I want to switch over top using the tank all of the time and am looking at a 32v/120v setup. Currently I only have a 120v pump.

Thanks
 
I never run off the dock water, four reasons:

1)- frequently refreshing the tank with city water water keeps it clean
2)- good for the pump to exercise
3)- in sofl, water inside the hose gets burning hot in the sun so the first minute of use will get you hot water
4)- if you get a leak inside the boat, you could sink. Yes the bilge pumps should keep up… but …
 
I never run off dock water in south Fla mainly due to risk of leak sinking the boat. I have 24vdc and 240vac pumps. For the AC pump I use a mid-grade shallow well jet pump from one of the big box stores and buy the longest coverage plan (3-4 years from memory). I added a pump saver that cuts power to the pump on a loss of water or rapid cycle etc. I assume it is very similar to the proprietary pump controller on a HH or Grundfoss pump. I’ll dig up the model info and post here. It’s saved my pump multiple times from dry running and getting killed. These pump savers and similar are often used in industrial applications.
 
RJM said:
I know that this is an older post but may I ask, do you run off your tank while at the dock or are you running on shore water? I am a bit confused by your explanation. Currently we use shore water but I want to switch over top using the tank all of the time and am looking at a 32v/120v setup. Currently I only have a 120v pump.

Thanks
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I only run off of water out of the tank.
 
I did a search for pump replacement and came up with this thread. I think it may be time to replace the Galley Maid 12v pump. I really like the idea of plumbing in 2 of the Par Max HD 6gph 60 psi pumps.

In our engine room in the 46c space is limited. I was thinking about trying to stack the pumps to take up less space. How important is the accumulator tank?
 
So, I started calling on a Monday to try and get a Marco pump here by Friday. All I could find were pumps in the PNW. No one would guarantee they could get on too me by Friday. Even with next day delivery... So maybe that's not the direction to go for me.

I ordered a Jabsco HD6 and we put it on top of the Galleymaid accumulator tank. Had it in a day from a local supply house. And for $180 why not put an extra in the drawer.

It produces as much if not more flow than the GM 12v pump. It's quieter and it doesn't make the DC lighting dim when it cycles.

Very rarely has the cheapest option left me happy but maybe this is it.
 
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