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 Post subject: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:40 am 
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Does any one know if the bow and belly tanks should drain independently? I was able to fill all of my tanks fine but I couldn't get the bow tank to drain unless the center tank was draining. Are these pumps wired in some sort of series or are they on the same pump?


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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:42 am 
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They should be on two different toggles, two different fill pumps/two different drain and fill/empty independently. Each set of locker hard tanks and bags are run on off the same set of drain and fill pumps.


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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:17 pm 
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I figured it out. It was operator error. thanks


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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:02 pm 
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ed, I could be mistaken, but the belly (center) tank is what the plug n play bow sack feeds into, right? so the bow sack fills and empties off of the fill/drain pumps to the center tank... am I mistaken? I do not believe the bow has a "tank", just plug n play sack if you choose...

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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:23 am 
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Johnnydefacto wrote:
ed, I could be mistaken, but the belly (center) tank is what the plug n play bow sack feeds into, right? so the bow sack fills and empties off of the fill/drain pumps to the center tank... am I mistaken? I do not believe the bow has a "tank", just plug n play sack if you choose...

when are we riding?


My boat has four toggle's (I am pretty sure thats how they are all set up) that controls 4 sets of fill/drain pumps. The bag and the tanks in the locker are "piggy backed", so each set is run off a set of drain/fill pumps but the bow bag and mid tank are not. The belly tank empty and fills separately and the the bag in the front empty and fills on its own.

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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:34 pm 
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the bow tank and pnp drains are tee'd together so you pretty much have to drain them at the same time or water pressure will slowly feed from one to the other, the only way to get around it would be to hook up the overflow vents to the tee so each drain has its own outlet on the side of the boat, and the overflows would share a common outlet. I tried to move them on mine but I didnt have any extra hose, and the length just wouldn't allow me to make the swap, but I plan on fixing that before the next time I go out, I also need to hook up an anti siphon to my front bag because it gravity drains out through the pump when it's off, right now i have to fill the front bag and then close the ball valve on the pump through the access hole in the floor, its kind of annoying


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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:21 pm 
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My bow sack wad draining back as well so I put a whale valve(check valve) in line. I haven't had a problem since. My boat also has a separate fill and empty pump for the bow sack.


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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:19 pm 
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I need to add something to ours to keep the front bag from draining while we ride. It gets old constantly filling it back up.


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 Post subject: Re: ballast tanks draining?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:39 pm 
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Yeah. A whale valve from boats world will fix the problem. Put it on the fill pump and make sure it is pointed toward the sack. This will let it fill but nothing will drain out.


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