My 328 didn't come with a filter, only a screen after the pump. I added a 2 stage filter under the sink (after the pump, before any outlets) so the water doesn't taste like plastic any more.
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| Author: | 7cstevan [ Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
OK, maybe a naive question, but where is the filter for the fresh water system? The water pump is in the galley under the counter and behind the trash can door, but I don't see a filter anywhere? Perhaps it is at the base of the water tank under the V-berth cushions and hatch? Nothing back at the water heater, but then the boat didn't have one when I bought it (the water heater had been leaking and removed but never replaced--but then if it was back there in the stern you wouldn't get filtered water for the galley and head faucets it seems to me. |
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| Author: | acguy [ Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Not sure what you mean by "filter" there is a mesh screen or should be, before the water pump behind the trash. I have an inline filter on my dock so when I hook up the city water connection we get filtered water there. |
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| Author: | 7cstevan [ Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Nope, no mesh filter or sight glass with one before the water pump. The inlet hose side of the water pump just goes foward through a hole in a small bulkhead up towards the tank There was a filter that came with the boat in a box with other miscellaneous spare parts, so maybe he was going to install one? Guess I'll have to take the V-berth apart and stare down at the water tank to see if there is one there. Anyone else have any ideas? |
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| Author: | Ericbri [ Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
I own a '00 328 vista and I hadn't found any freshwater filter. I have the same question as yours, but no answer up to now!!! |
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| Author: | erie cruiser [ Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
The only one we have is also at the pump, behind the trash. |
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| Author: | TFD2001 [ Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Same here, I'd bet it has been removed by a previous owner.. |
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| Author: | weather [ Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
My 328 didn't come with a filter, only a screen after the pump. I added a 2 stage filter under the sink (after the pump, before any outlets) so the water doesn't taste like plastic any more.
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| Author: | 7cstevan [ Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Ericbri wrote: I own a '00 328 vista and I hadn't found any freshwater filter. I have the same question as yours, but no answer up to now!!! Thanks all--I'll take the V-berth cover over the water tank off, and see if I can see one down in there. If not, I'll add a screen type one before the pump to prevent debris from getting to the pump, and then maybe a real filter after the pump. Weather--did you notice a drop in water pressure at the shower head and lav and sink faucets when you installed your filter? |
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| Author: | weather [ Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
7cstevan wrote: Ericbri wrote: I own a '00 328 vista and I hadn't found any freshwater filter. I have the same question as yours, but no answer up to now!!! Thanks all--I'll take the V-berth cover over the water tank off, and see if I can see one down in there. If not, I'll add a screen type one before the pump to prevent debris from getting to the pump, and then maybe a real filter after the pump. Weather--did you notice a drop in water pressure at the shower head and lav and sink faucets when you installed your filter? There was a small drop in flow, but nothing we notice - that said, we don't shower on the boat. |
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| Author: | Paul I. [ Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
weather wrote: My 328 didn't come with a filter, only a screen after the pump. I added a 2 stage filter under the sink (after the pump, before any outlets) so the water doesn't taste like plastic any more. I would not drink that water! Its a story, but I will get into it if someone ask. After buying my new boat I had to add a vent hose and vent thur-hull. I used a clear hose and after one year the inside of the hose was turning black with mold. I used a bleach wipe and a snake and cleaned to hose and removed most of the mold and added a treament again. I have always used that water to wash with. Drinking water I carry on. |
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| Author: | weather [ Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Paul I. wrote: weather wrote: My 328 didn't come with a filter, only a screen after the pump. I added a 2 stage filter under the sink (after the pump, before any outlets) so the water doesn't taste like plastic any more. I would not drink that water! Its a story, but I will get into it if someone ask. After buying my new boat I had to add a vent hose and vent thur-hull. I used a clear hose and after one year the inside of the hose was turning black with mold. I used a bleach wipe and a snake and cleaned to hose and removed most of the mold and added a treament again. I have always used that water to wash with. Drinking water I carry on. I've also added an 8" twist out access panel to the top of my water tank so I can do a real cleaning with bleach each spring and keep an eye on it during the summer. True, I can't see what's in the lines going in/out of the tank. Next season I'm going to add a UV light, which would enable me to use lake water if I really wanted to. Not sure what effect all that filtration and UV would have (if any) on mold though - I will have to look into that. |
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| Author: | Paul I. [ Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Do you know what fish do in water?? |
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| Author: | weather [ Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fresh water filter location on 2001 328 Vista |
Paul I. wrote: Do you know what fish do in water?? Them and humans...I've spent enough time interior camping drinking hand filtered lake water, so that doesn't bother me. |
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