Marine head foot print Par, jabsco, Raritan

hooligan6a · #1 (**permalink**) 02-03-2012

Do all of the marine Heads. Par, Jabsco, Raritan.(bowls) have the same footprint? Will the 4 bolt holes line up? Can I use a Pat or a Jabsco bowl on a Raritan head?

PalmettoSailor · #2 (**permalink**) 02-03-2012

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Originally Posted by hooligan6a

Do all of the marine Heads. Par, Jabsco, Raritan.(bowls) have the same footprint? Will the 4 bolt holes line up? Can I use a Pat or a Jabsco bowl on a Raritan head?

No. The footprints are not the same, and I seriously doubt the bowls would be interchangeable.

My boat has a Jabsco that's due for a pump rebuild (leaks). I'm contemplating replacing it with a Raritan PHC. I expect to have holes to fill for the base mount as well as extend the seawater intake hose and likely replace the outlet hose to the holding tank in order to fit a different model head.

If anyone has installed a Raritan PHC that could offer an opinion on the model I'd love to hear about it. The PHC seem to be a no frill version of the PHII with a slightly smaller foot print. One complaint with my Jabsco is a tiny round bowl. I'd prefer a household sized bowl but would like to know the approximate dimensions of Raritains "standard marine bowl" before making a purchase decsion.

aeventyr60 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-03-2012

I replaced the Raritan II with a Jabsco, No, the 4 hole mounting patten is slightly off. The hoses were in about the same place so I did not have to change/replace these. Bowl size was about the same, as it fit the same spot, not gonna fit a household size bowl in my head....

capttb · #4 (**permalink**) 02-03-2012

I replaced a Jabsco with a PHC in a 270, talk about your cramped heads. Footprints are similar but not a single one of the bolt holes lined up. Some Marinetex made them fairly unnoticeable. I really prefer the pumps on the Raritans over the Jabsco's.

djodenda · #5 (**permalink**) 02-03-2012

It doesn't cost much more to just buy a replacement Jabsco pump, than the rebuild kit.

It's a pretty easy install...

PalmettoSailor · #6 (**permalink**) 02-04-2012

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Originally Posted by djodenda

It doesn't cost much more to just buy a replacement Jabsco pump, than the rebuild kit.

It's a pretty easy install...

Right but its only another 1/2 a boat buck jump to replace the whole thing and hopefully get a larger bowl in the bargain.