Alaskan Sea-Duction: Water Maker Install Complete (Almost)

All I need are my high pressure lines and do a test run.

I found two spare breakers on my panel, one AC and the other DC, but wrong size, both 10amp. Need 20amp and 15amp so off to Portland to West Marine. What's nice about my boat is the circuit breaker panel is just a pig tail. Each wire has a number on it, like D9. Then you go the main buss and find that number wire on this plastic panel and there is your connection then run the wires to the control panel for the water maker. It was quite easy and applaud the boat manufacture for doing this. I do wish my circuit breaker panel was like Pairadice. You open the front door, then the circuit panel is also on hinges, making access easy. On mine you remove the 8 screws and pull the entire panel out.

The rest of the plumbing was installed to the back of my control panel. At a later date I may clean up the back of the panel using 90 degree fittings, but at this point I can still get around the pre-filtered. Amazing how fast you start to run out of tubing and fittings.

Then I red necked engineered a Y valve so I could use salt water or fresh water at the two deck wash down hoses. I considered mounting it in front of the water filters on the deck but chose the bulkhead for easier hose installation. This will be nice to do a fresh water rinse or supply fresh water for my cruising buddies. I also installed a new 70psi wash down pump. The old one was only 45psi and wasn't enough to blast the sticky mud off the anchor and rode.

So my high pressure hoses are shipped today, once I install them, I can do an initial startup, check for leaks, then pickle the system until we leave around 1st of May.

Manifold I built to tie into the main water line. When I am making water the top fitting is used to fill my water tanks. When I need to back flush the system the second fitting is used.