Robski97
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JV where do u keep the boat. We used to be in merrick now were in Riverhead .
Rob
Rob
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JV where do u keep the boat. We used to be in merrick now were in Riverhead .
Rob
...throw some bromine tabs in the strainer basket for 2 weeks then flush again with water ...
Rob
Kev,Rob:
Do you only do this when you have problems or do you run with them all season? I am over in Wantagh and always get the jelly growths that look like eggs clogging the strainer.
-Kevin
Kev,
I do it once the water warms up . Even with the south bay strainers id end up with all kinds stuff. In riverhead its even worse as its brackish water . Tabs do a great job.... But I still suck up much in shallows So flushing from the discharge of the pump fwd is great.
Rob
Have you tried flushing those coolant supply lines from the copper tubes directly with a hose?The water distribution manifold coming off of my AC pump feeding the two AC lines looks to be copper.
I don’t know if it’s original or if it was installed by the previous owner.
I’m giving some thought to tying in some copper valves somehow to isolate one unit from the other for flushing . It could also make winterizing it even easier.
Space is tight by the pump and lines in the bilge, but I’ve got plenty of room to put a shut off valve in the inlet line just before each AC unit.
Kevin, I’ve got a Groco AC strainer and the the flush cap for it. Let me know if you want to borrow it.
It makes flushing with fresh water easy. Better than the one I had rigged up with parts from Home Depot because it seals.
I clean the basket and flush with fresh water frequently. My forward unit has a lazy flow and until I figure out why I figure flushing is a good thing. Hoping the bromine will help, but starting to think it may be a lazy pump because I get a good flow with the fresh water dock hose.
Have you tried flushing those coolant supply lines from the copper tubes directly with a hose?
My system sounds similar and I simply removed the lines from the copper tubes. I then used a garden hose adapter barb into the water coolant line (the one on the port was for my front cabin system). Hook up a hose to the engine room wash down gate valve and flush the individual line.
If you've tried that already, sorry for the repeat.
James
I moved the manifold and pump off the bulk head to just in front of the port side rudder. ITs all mounted on a piece of starboard. I flush like james said right at the manifold , taking each hose off on at a time. The barb fitting on our sealand charcoal head filter fits perfectly … lol . just saying .
Rob
So far it’s still running and cooling great with no HI PS code so I’m going to give it a little more time with the Bromine, then do another flush and see what happens. If the flow still doesn’t look as strong as the aft unit I’m probably going to give it the acid flush that FrankW outlined just to rule out scale in the 16 year old lines.U can absolutely install two ball valves to force more water to the fwd ac unit.
Rob
So far it’s still running and cooling great with no HI PS code so I’m going to give it a little more time with the Bromine, then do another flush and see what happens. If the flow still doesn’t look as strong as the aft unit I’m probably going to give it the acid flush that FrankW outlined just to rule out scale in the 16 year old lines.
Hopefully I’m not getting too anal about it and it’s not just a case of the smaller unit being that much further away from the pump just naturally gets less flow.
Most people would probably leave it alone since it’s working well, but I’d feel better if the flow was the same from both units.