Fresh Water Filter

[Ron Childress]

Got a 1979 58 MY
Looking for source(s) for OEM fresh water filter(s)
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks in advance for the assistance.
Ron

Ron.childress@power.alstom.com

 

[MikeP]

If you are talking about the filters that are located in the cold water line at the galley sink and at the aft deck bar, I couldn't find them anywhere so I installed a "whole house" filter (any hardware store) in the eng room next to the FW pump. It's the blue canister to the right of the pump. The filters are easily available. I just left the filter elements out of the oem Hatt filters. Might be worth considering.

 

[Canuck Dennis]

I have done similar and it works real well and easy to maintain, watch you don't lose the "O" ring when turn the main body upside down to flush etc, I keep a couple of spares after I lost one.

 

[Ron Childress]

Thanks!!

Are there any filters in the starboard wall adjacent to the dock side hose hook up? My manual "appears" to show one there. Not sure how to interpret it. I really like the idea of a whole house w/f at the pump. What would you folks recommend and THANK YOU SO MUCH for the quick response!
Ron

 

[JMGIII]

As a former owner of a 1979, 53 classic, the boat came from the factory with 3 water filters 2 of the same model manufactured by---at the time--AMF Cuno, now know as just Aqua-Pure. The filter in the starboard engine room, connected to both the Galley Maid pump and the dockside water is TEEL 1P745 (believe the company has been absorbed by Aqua-Pure) and takes a Aqua-Pure AP117 filter cartridge. (This cartridge is good for Chlorine taste & odor, sediment & rust). The other 2 filters, one under the galley sink which handles the sink cold water and the refrigerator water line and one under the aft wet bar which handles the icemaker and the sink, are Aqua-Pure AP200 and they take a AP217 cartridge. This filter like the big unit in the engine room, reduces sediment, chlorine taste and odor.
The Aqua-Pure line and cartridges are sold at all Furguson Enterprises, Inc plumbing stores. If they do not have the cartridge, they will take an order and mail it directly to you.
My friend has a 1978, 53 classic and his boat has the same filter set up. Unfortunatly, the 54', 1987 MY I now own, only has 1 Aqua-Pure filter, AP510 with a spin on AP517 cartridge filter, under the galley sink for the sink cold water and the refrigerator ice maker. No filter in the engine room or for the wet bar sink.
Hope all this helps in locating replacement filter cartridges.

 

[DLCameron2]

Hi Guys:

As usual SAM has what you need. The older one's are #217. SAM's P/N 90037.

Good Luck!

DC

 

[ron6785]

Are you wanting to purify the water coming into your ships water tank? You will need a filter system that kills Giardia, Cysts and Bacteria. 3M makes a Marine/Rv filter system with replaceable cartridges( B2 cartridge-not all 3M cartridges kill all these bugs) whole house system that does that, in addition to being a sediment, carbon and rust filter ETC. You would install in after the ships water tank and pump, priarily because you don't know the condition of your ships water tank. I use the system with a sediment , carbon filter right before it to prolong the lifeof the 3M cartridge which is not cheap ($99.00 for a 1 year cartridge) This allows you to use the ships water tank regardless of age assuming it has been used as a fresh water tank. You can then drink the water in theory, however I would recommend testing it first.

What I did was to install a seperate 30 gallon drinking water tank with the same system. While I don't drink out of the ships water system, I could based on the tests I've run . however the 30 gallon drinking water tank only feed two spigots and my ice makers.

 

[Nonchalant1]

Mechanical filters that filter out particles are good, but do not use an activated charcoal carbon filter on water when filling your tank from the dock. It will filter out the chlorine, and chlorine is what keeps bacteria from growing in your tank. UV will not affect the chlorine but will kill many types of critters.

 

[Nonchalant1]

Mechanical filters that filter out particles are good, but do not use an activated charcoal carbon filter on water when filling your tank from the dock. It will filter out the chlorine, and chlorine is what keeps bacteria from growing in your tank. UV will not affect the chlorine but will kill many types of critters.

Using an activated charcoal filter under the galley sink is fine because it filters water after it comes out of the tank.

Doug