Ordering Valtera valves to replace Drainmaster

[dejoeco 59]

Little update to this old thread. Starboard Drainmaster failed yesterday. I am so sick of these things. Biting the bullet and switching to Valterra's. Is everyone still enjoying the Valterra upgrade? Any issues with them so far?

Two years on the Valterras and no issues ....... knock on wood!

Edited April 7, 2017 by dejoeco

[InfinitySurf 302]

I actually have the Valterra's being shipped to me right now to replace both valves on front and both on rear...I have not had many issues with my drainmasters but went ahead and requested them cause of all the stuff I had heard (2014 SV244, so 1st year of Ramfill and I am in the lower serial #'s they posted with the recall). I was actually a little on the fence on whether I should even replace them right now since I haven't had problems. I thot I had heard that sometimes the Valterra can also stick...and part of the "fix" was also increasing voltage? (Lak3's comments in a thread about 12 valves going bad). Wonder if slight increase in voltage to valves is part of a software update now? I got a few other items being done in week or so by dealer under warranty.... You guys think I should switch to the Valterra even if the Drainmasters are not giving me issues?

[stoked 1,039]

Switch to the valterras. If and when the drainmasters fail, it'll ruin the day.

[Lak3surf3r 714]

I actually have the Valterra's being shipped to me right now to replace both valves on front and both on rear...I have not had many issues with my drainmasters but went ahead and requested them cause of all the stuff I had heard (2014 SV244, so 1st year of Ramfill and I am in the lower serial #'s they posted with the recall). I was actually a little on the fence on whether I should even replace them right now since I haven't had problems. I thot I had heard that sometimes the Valterra can also stick...and part of the "fix" was also increasing voltage? (Lak3's comments in a thread about 12 valves going bad). Wonder if slight increase in voltage to valves is part of a software update now? I got a few other items being done in week or so by dealer under warranty.... You guys think I should switch to the Valterra even if the Drainmasters are not giving me issues?

Mine was a lemon. literally.... They took it back. I had no problems with the gates in either of my Centurions (fx22 and Ri237) since that FS44. My drainmasters and valterras were bad on that boat and then stopped being an issue when the voltage got increased to the gates. Theres a thread about that somewhere on here as well.

Edited April 10, 2017 by Lak3surf3r

[InfinitySurf 302]

Sweet. I just got my 4 new Valterra's in the mail today and dealer is replacing them under warranty next week!

[Lak3surf3r 714]

Sweet. I just got my 4 new Valterra's in the mail today and dealer is replacing them under warranty next week!

Nice, make sure you have the latest firmware on your boat as well when they replace them .

[RhuntIII 555]

Well looks like I'll be jumping in on this bandwagon. Just found out today that my Drain Masters stuck in the closed position.  Anyways Researching this Valterras online and see Part number E40A-8 for 3" spigot to spigot, E40B-8 for 3" Hub to Hub and a E40-8 3" Spigot to Hub. By the looks of the pics this could be a 3" ID and 3" OD. Any Ideas on the correct one?

I'm thinking E40A-8 as it slides into...

Edited November 22, 2017 by RhuntIII

[N8 Froelich 12]

I went ahead and made the swap to Valterra's on our 2011 240+ enzo. Finally this feature of the boat works as designed. Wish I would have done this long ago. I used the  E40A-8 mentioned by a crew member in this thread and they worked. I also took the advice from this thread

regarding the wiring. One benefit of the Valtera's is that depending on how you mount them you can easily see if they are open or closed (whereas the drainmasters were always a mystery). I tipped mine inboard towards the engine compartment and they cleared the divider panel and when the locker cover is open you can see if the handle is open or closed. So far they are working fantastic.