European plumbing

[minnewaska]

The attachment to my flush mounted city water regulator broke off. This was a real pain, as lines connected to it are pressurized by the fresh water pump. I had to pull the adapter that connected to the regulator and plug it with epoxy.

Now, of course, I need a new adapter. I have the grey plumbing with what I think are 28mm fittings? The regulator has a 1/2" NPT thread on the back.

The brass fitting says Hepworth and HE28 on the side. I looked up Hepworth and they seem to have changed styles since the boat was made in '04.

Where do I get this adapter? I do not see it listed in the parts schematic.

[minnewaska]

Follow up.

For the first time, Jeanneau really let me down. They sent no less than 3 packages, none of which contained the correct part. Along the way, they suggested that my system must have been modified, although, eventually agreed it had not.

To repair a $6 part, I had to ultimately purchase $100 in fittings and adapters to get from a 20mm flex tube to a broken 1/2" NPT male fitting on the end of the city water regulator. If the tubing was 15mm, it would have been much easier.

In the end, I included a stainless flexible hose, like you use on sink faucets at home, between the regulator and tubing. I believe the reason it broke in the first place is the constant leverage on the plastic NPT fitting from the weight of the tubing. The flex tubing should take up much of this pressure.

[Anwen (Deep Joy)]

I know this isn't very helpful to you now, but over here, we can generally get metric pipe fittings, adaptors etc either directly from the chandlers or through mail order. It wouldn't be a problem for us to get the parts you need and send them over to you.