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Issue with AC pump

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Kingpaul

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6:31 pm April 17, 2011

Steve,

I have read your posts on the Meridian Owners forum and am really impressed with your knowledge and advice. Maybe you, or the members can help me…

I decided to end my 2 year problem today with hpf on my salon ac units (under the dash/helm). We created a process where we could continuously circulate a low mix of ospho and water throughout the entire system,  but bypassing the water pump, thinking that there MUST be a blockage somewhere. We didn't get much debris out of any line, mostly full flow. Every line is completely clean, with full flow through all systems and out the discharge thru-hulls when we were on our system powered by a little bilge pump. When we put the system back together ad turned it back on, we got hpf in the salon units almost immediately! I then connected the water supply directly from the boat pump to ONLY the bridge units and it ran great, no hpf, and the best flow I have EVER had out of the discharge thru hulls. I then hooked the supply line from the boat pump directly to ONLY the lateral lines for the stateroom units. Great flow, great discharge. The only thing we can figure out is that the pump is not pumping enough water to supply all of the units, ESPECIALLY the bridge/salon unit.

I have a 2007 Meridian 411, with 4 AC's, off of one thru hull.

Thanks,

Paul

 

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Steve Pooler

posts 1127

6:48 am April 18, 2011

Hi Paul~

If you have read my posts on the Meridian forum…Maybe you caught this one…It addresses your issue and from your description it seems you don't have a blockage issue, but may have the problem I talk about in the second part of the post…

Your pump head, and or impeller may have eroded from cavitation therefore your pump is not up to rated capacity…

The answers are:

  • Rebuild your pump head with a new impeller (problem will return, and next time may spray water all over the bilge from a hole wearing into the head) Or…
  • Install a second thru hull, strainer, pump, & pump relay…sized for the two upper units.

I would recommend a March AC-5C-MD (Dometic PMA 1000) for the second option of pumping to the bridge units…It is a Magnetic drive pump with no mechanical shaft seal to leak, plus the head & impeller are made of a hard plastic that will not erode.

I would also consider down sizing the current pump for pumping to the lower units…I just don't know their sizes so I can't recommend a pump till I know…I will say it would be a March Mag drive too…They really do hold up better.

Steve~ 


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