Salt Water Washdown?

[tank1949]

I have reviewed several Saltwater WD systems: Seaflow, FlowJet, Jabsco, Johnson, Surflow, etc. None have 5 star reviews and I have yet to find one made in the USA. It seems that the reviews indicate that if the pump last the first season, they will last about two more. Some people mount pump motors horizontal. If they leak, the motors usually get drenched in salt H2o and fail. Unfortunately, many boat owners do not have the best available location on their boat to mount these pumps. Seaflow advertises a Salt WD 70 PSI kit for about 120 bucks and guarantees it for four years. At that price, and if the warranty is correct, it sounds like the best deal. .Has anyone mounted a Seaflow 70 PSI pump on their boat?

 

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I had a ParMax 4 on the previous boat and a ProBlaster on current boat.

The ParMax was 6 years old when I sold the boat. The ProBlaster was OEM 2001

 

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I have reviewed several Saltwater WD systems: Seaflow, FlowJet, Jabsco, Johnson, Surflow, etc. None have 5 star reviews and I have yet to find one made in the USA. It seems that the reviews indicate that if the pump last the first season, they will last about two more. Some people mount pump motors horizontal.

On-line product reviews are worth what you paid for them.....lol

Nobody writes reviews for products that work as expected. Most reviews are written to complain about one thing or another.

 

[tank1949]

On-line product reviews are worth what you paid for them.....lol

Nobody writes reviews for products that work as expected. Most reviews are written to complain about one thing or another.

I have but I do agree that angry buyers do post reviewer more so than ones who are pleased. Did ParMax 4 provide good pressure?

 

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I have but I do agree that angry buyers do post reviewer more so than ones who are pleased. Did ParMax 4 provide good pressure?

A pumps pressure is secondary to flow.

You can increase the velocity of the water by restricting the flow, ie nozzle, but you can’t increase the volume past the pumps rating.

I would take a 35 psi, 4.5 gpm pump over a 60 psi, 3.0 gpm pump in a heart beat.

One other thing. Scrap the coil hose and replace it with a 5/8” garden hose. Big improvement in performance over the coil hose

 

[tank1949]

A pumps pressure is secondary to flow.

You can increase the velocity of the water by restricting the flow, ie nozzle, but you can’t increase the volume past the pumps rating.

I would take a 35 psi, 4.5 gpm pump over a 60 psi, 3.0 gpm pump in a heart beat.

One other thing. Scrap the coil hose and replace it with a 5/8” garden hose. Big improvement in performance over the coil hose

The coil hose sucks. Easy to tuck away but restricts flow. I have already replaced that piece of crap on my fresh water washdown. Thx

 

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The coil hose sucks. Easy to tuck away but restricts flow. I have already replaced that piece of crap on my fresh water washdown. Thx

Ported the output of the washdown plump to a hose fitting in the side wall of the splash well. Twenty-five feet of white sanitary hose rolls up and stores nicely in the splash well

 

[tank1949]

ported the output of the washdown plump to a hose fitting in the side wall of the splash well. Twenty-five feet of white sanitary hose rolls up and stores nicely in the splash well

exactly!