Need Advise, First Boat 1990 Bayliner 2655 Head Question

[winnipegsubaru]

Hello all, I am new to this forum and new to boats in general.

I just purchased a 1990 Bayliner 2655 about a month ago.... What a fantastic boat... Its so much fun.

The only upgrade I am looking to do is the head. Currently it has a manual pump sea water head. However I cant find a model number or anything on it. (looks like a jabsco)

I would like to upgrade this to an electric head (something that wont plug up to eaisly)

I see that Jabsco has a conversion kit for their heads. Would you recomend doing a conversion of this kind, or replacing the whole thing?

The conversion is somewhere in the 500.00 dollar price range, and I would like to stay somewhere close to that as my budget.

Any advise would be great.

Thank you,

 

[JoLin]

Re: Need Advise, First Boat 1990 Bayliner 2655 Head Question

Hi- I have a manual Jabsco, too. It works okay, but that's the best I can say about it. It's a low-end toilet (the reason they're OE on so many boats), and the conversion kit will make it an extremely LOUD low-end toilet.

If I were going electric, it'd be the Raritan Marine Elegance- many have them and they seem to be great.

Personally, I don't see the need for an electric head. If and when I get sick of the Jabsco (probably the next time I need to rebuild the pump), I'm seriously considering the Raritan PHII manual. Stronger pump action and better quality than the Jabsco.

My .02

 

[winnipegsubaru]

Re: Need Advise, First Boat 1990 Bayliner 2655 Head Question

http://www.iboats.com/RARITAN-MARINE-ELEGANCE-12VDCHH-BOWL-REMOTE-INTAKE-WHITE-sku-34605/dm/*******.029213227--**********.110671440--view_id.485995

So, my boat is in freshwater, but pumps the fresh water from the lake..... would this head be the one that I need even though it says salt water?

Thanks for the reply. Also, I am not concerned about noise... I just dont want it to clog up.

 

[JoLin]

Re: Need Advise, First Boat 1990 Bayliner 2655 Head Question

I THINK so - interesting that it says 'salt water intake' rather then 'RAW water intake', but that shouldn't matter.

Before I pulled the trigger I'd go to Raritan's site, download the installatioon manual, and make sure everything will fit where it needs to. I doubt that it's a direct 'plug and play' replacement. Hoses may need to be routed differently, etc. I'd probably also call Raritan's customer support and make sure I've chosen the right model to replace the Jabsco. It's returnable through iboats I'm sure, but it might save you an 'oh, crap!' (no pun intended) moment and a week of PITA after you unpack everything.

Of course, if you're looking for the easiest/cheapest solution to 'electrify your s**t' , the Jabsco conversion kit might be just the thing for you. There's something to be said for being able to slap the thing in and just be done with the whole project.

Good luck!

 

[winnipegsubaru]

Re: Need Advise, First Boat 1990 Bayliner 2655 Head Question

Thank you for your help.

I do all my own electrical in cars and house's... but how hard is it to rout wires to the head I wonder?