Fresh Water Wash/Shower

[sastocky]

I am planning a fresh water wash / shower system. I may add a manual diverter valve to allow the use of a raw water inlet as well.

I would like to have some Photos of your Fill and Vent Ports as well as the hose connection. I am doing this on an ‘21 AR250 so the closer the model of boat to an AR250 the better.

I already have a plan on what I am doing but would like other ideas. Why reinvent the wheel…

 

[Cambo]

I went this route with the portable shower then built my own second one for about $40.00. One stays on the boat gets filled with hot water the other runs on a drill battery and use it to rinse the salt off the trailer and rinse the entire boat, squeegee and wipe dry . This prevents the salt water from drying and leaving salt deposits all over the hull. We use both every outing and its easy to dump the old water and refill with fresh water, the piezo alarm rings when the switch is on because it easy to leave the pump running. Its very rare to run out of water 4.7 gallons works great






Fill it with hot water using a 5 gallon bucket from a hot water spigot

 

[VitaminSea]

I went this route with the portable shower then built my own second one for about $40.00. One stays on the boat gets filled with hot water the other runs on a drill battery and use it to rinse the salt off the trailer and rinse the entire boat, squeegee and wipe dry . This prevents the salt water from drying and leaving salt deposits all over the hull. We use both every outing and its easy to dump the old water and refill with fresh water, the piezo alarm rings when the switch is on because it easy to leave the pump running. Its very rare to run out of water 4.7 gallons works great




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Fill it with hot water using a 5 gallon bucket from a hot water spigot



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I installed a big kahuna as well, great little portable unit! I have an older 210, keep the reservoir underneath the starboard side bench and installed a sprayer head on the swim deck. Only downside is the longer the run, and there is a loss of pressure, but still functional to rinse off the sand/salt. I like the pizzo alarm, and might look to add that to my install in the off season.



For the OP, from what I have seen the full value on the OEM install is under the clean out hatch, and the tank is on the starboard side of the engine compartment.