Ethan's Tank
Member
- Jun 1, 2014
- 425
- Boat Info
- 2009 Searay sundancer 350DA with twin 496 seacores
2000 wellcraft 2600 martinique [old]
- Engines
- Mercruiser 350 5.7 EFI
I decided to spend the weekend on my 350 this past weekend. I noticed my fresh water was smelling like onion, not sure how that happened although there are huge onion patches growing in the shallow waters around my marina, although not sure how that smell got into my water tanks. Anyways I decided to drain whatever i could from the tanks, so I left the transom shower to run until it was sputtering.
Now my question is, what is the difference between the water inlet in the locker with the shore power plugs vs the inlet on the gunwale. The one in the closet has the 3/4 thread that a garden hose would hook up to and its label water pressure regulator. I hooked my marina hose to it and got some pressure, but whenever i used any faucets with the water pump breaker ON, i would get an annoying beep [about 5secs long] every 15mins or so. At that point, I figured maybe this hookup wasn't filling up the fresh water tank and the alarm is to indicate the water tank is empty, so i decided to fill the hole in the gunwale, completely full till it was spilling out. I still heard the alarm later that day, but less frequent.
Any suggestions on what that alarm is and what the difference between the 'water pressure regulator' hookup vs the hole in the gunwale?
Now my question is, what is the difference between the water inlet in the locker with the shore power plugs vs the inlet on the gunwale. The one in the closet has the 3/4 thread that a garden hose would hook up to and its label water pressure regulator. I hooked my marina hose to it and got some pressure, but whenever i used any faucets with the water pump breaker ON, i would get an annoying beep [about 5secs long] every 15mins or so. At that point, I figured maybe this hookup wasn't filling up the fresh water tank and the alarm is to indicate the water tank is empty, so i decided to fill the hole in the gunwale, completely full till it was spilling out. I still heard the alarm later that day, but less frequent.
Any suggestions on what that alarm is and what the difference between the 'water pressure regulator' hookup vs the hole in the gunwale?