douglee25
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Sounds good.
Keep us posted.
Doug
Keep us posted.
Doug
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....:smt009Guess the last thing your thinking about is A /C with temps like that on the boat? :smt009
....Why is that last leg bent like that (I'm sure you knew that was coming)?
Alex, it looks like the brass nipple isn't screwed in, that's what I thought. It looks like its sitting there just for the pic.
That guy Dale is something else? He does nice work. Soon you'll be installing all the components!!!
are you using brass? Or bronze? Fittings, the reason I ask is when I installed my Groco flush fittings I was told to use Bronze nipples. That brass wouldn't last in salt water. Is that true??
Wow. What a thread. How did I miss this? Must have been that whole "divorce" thing.
Anyway, good luck Alex! I'm sad to predict that you will likely be disappointed with the ability to cool your bridge with a 16k BTU unit. I ultimately came to realize that air conditioning a flybridge with a soft top is like trying to air condition an outdoor deck. I can say that in my case 18K was good to take the edge off as long as you could get it blowing in your face (or on your privates!). It was great at night though, and allowed us to use the bridge as a third stateroom in a pinch, so I"m still glad I did it.
That said, I do really like your manifold & pump solution, I had come up with a similar set up. And I love the wedge grilles. I never quite solved that one, but that's not really my problem anymore.
I will look forward to hearing how this turns out.
Tim (still not a "technical contributor", but that's OK!)
Guilty as charged...Thanks Tim.
I guess you skipped thru the pages and might have missed my post where one of the differences I was trying to make is go with the most powerful unit I could use, which is 22K BTU. I'm also trying to accomplish the affect of moving as much air as possible by installing 3 vents (originally planned for 5).
I can't wait to jump back in to building this thing. Is the spring here yet?
Whoever did the silver soldering on Alex's manifold did not get the inlet fitting straight, hence the "askew" nipple. I don't like it either (anything out of square just rubs me the wrong way - it's a sickness, I know). But, as Alex mentioned, it will have no bearing on the functionality of the manifold, and isn't worth tampering with at this point. I made the plastic mount for the manifold, so it can be remotely mounted in a secure fashion. Here are a couple pics of it under construction:
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The caps can be removed to dismount the manifold, while leaving the bracket mounted to a bulkhead. The pencil zinc will protect the manifold from corrosion, since it will be located too far from the transom zinc for the bonding system to be effective at corrosion protection.
The middle picture shows the manifold when I disassembled it, and is a good lesson concerning teflon tape. Always try to apply it a thread or two back form the end of the nipple, or it can wind up in the flow path.
Dale