One of my blowers went south for the season, so it's replacement time. Both blowers are placed low in the bilge making them hard to get to and place. Can the motor be moved up and then add a small section of hose leading down to the bilge?
Blowers placement
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hottoddie
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- Jan 11, 2012
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- Boat Info
- 1986 Sea Ray 390 EC
Garmin 4212 Chartplotter
Garmin 24 HD Radar
Garmin 546s Plotter
- Engines
- 454 Crusaders
Yes that should be fine. Just make sure you install the blower so the air flow is in the same direction. Most boats have all the blowers exhaust bilge air. My 1986 390 EX has one intake air and one exhaust air. Opinions on this subject vary.
Molson
Active Member
Mine are set up like you describe. Located in the middle of the ducting, with the intake side down at the bottom of the bilge.
Sure, it's not a problem to relocate. I relocated mine for a different reason (water entering the hose through the vent), but I mounted the blower to a short length of vacu-flush hose and then mounted the vacu-flush hose to the transom wall. An added benefit of this was it quieted them down a bit.
kaz911
Active Member
When you put in new blowers - consider putting in Squirrel Cage blowers - They are much nicer to listen to as noise is a LOT less. Here are my results http://clubsearay.com/showthread.ph...uirrel-cage-quot-types/page3?highlight=jabsco
So about 11dB less noise which is more than 50% lower noise compared to the stock Rule Turbo blowers - and they are rated for 10.000 hours and to run "continuous duty"