Fresh Water Strainer

Shurflo makes two versions of the strainer - one with a hose barb on the inlet (piping side) and one with 1/2" NPT threads. Both have 1/2" NPT female threads on the outlet side that attaches to the pump's inlet fitting. Our boat was plumbed with semi-rigid pipe and Whale fittings and we use the "pipe thread" version of the strainer. It is listed in West Marine's catalog as Shurflo # 170-061-29 on page 531.

I don't know if others have experienced the same but we found the weak point of these strainers are the tabs that form the bayonet fitting between the two halves of the strainer - both of our failures (2 in 5 seasons) have occurred at this point and were originally caused by improper placement of the mounting clips for the piping that put sideways pressure on the strainer.

Hope this helps.

David F. Eusden

C320 #581 "Eiderdown"