[Public-List] V berth water tank

[Joseph Balderson]

I am concerned that putting my water tanks amidships, beneath the bunks,
may have been improper. I have received no comment back when I posted.
anybody out there?


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:20 AM, j_l_brown <j_l_brown at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  If I'm not mistaken, the seagull is a two stage filter element, the
> charcoal is only for taste and chemicals, the actual filter part is what
> makes it harder to force water through, like the filters used by hikers.
>  Much different from a household charcoal filter. Seagull also makes a hand
> pump option I believe if you're wanting to stay all manual.
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Richard Mair <ramair49 at gmail.com>
> Date: 07-27-2013  4:04 AM  (GMT-08:00)
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] V berth water tank
>
> Good info George. I may add one of those. We use a seagull pure system
> which claims to remove bacteria. Got this when going offshore and not
> knowing what the water quality would be. Expensive replacement filters so
> qe only put cooking and drinking water thru it. All other water use
> bypasses it and I will go looking for a hardware store filter when we get
> back to Toronto.
> Richard
> On 2013-07-26 6:20 PM, "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> > Richard,
> >
> > On 7/26/13 5:09 PM, Richard Mair wrote:
> >
> >> I did recoat the gel with a food grade gel and we drink the water after
> it
> >> goed thru a charlcoal filter that claims to remmove 99.9% of everything.
> >> Needs a pressure pump to push water thru it, foot pump not enough. Liner
> >> boat but same principle.
> >>
> >
> > We use a hardware-store charcoal filter and have no problem getting water
> > through it with the hand pump. It's sucking the water, not pushing it.
> And
> > when it gets hard to do, I know the filter needs changing.
> >
> >  - George
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