Household Crap Put to Good Use

[rondds]

Dan
The end of the green hose leaving the garden sprayer is connected to the dockside water inlet - ie: where you would connect a hose to your boat so you can use water from the "city," not your fresh water tank. Somewhere up the line, there's a check valve and it was always my fear that the length of plumbing leading from this fitting to the rest of the boat's plumbing would go un-pinked. Now I dont worry anymore.

 

[Daniel P Thomas]

Ron
Thanks, that is what I thought.
As I don't have a dockside water inlet on my boat...yet, I won't have to worry about that part of winterizing.
By bypassing the fresh water tank do you need to put any pink stuff in there still?
I am concerned about the spring commisioning smells and taste.
As I was indoor heated for the past 2 seasons, this year I am outdoors and shrink wrapped.
Dan

 

[Four Suns]

I could have swore when I was researching marine AC wiring guidelines that AC outlets in a gasoline engine room were a no-no... How do you make that ignition protected? What is a a marine AC receptacle? The one in my engine room (diesel boat) is a standard "Lowe's special" outdoor AC outlet (installed by Sea Ray) and on a GFI circuit.

 

[Nehalennia]

I could have swore when I was researching marine AC wiring guidelines that AC outlets in a gasoline engine room were a no-no... How do you make that ignition protected? What is a a marine AC receptacle? The one in my engine room (diesel boat) is a standard "Lowe's special" outdoor AC outlet (installed by Sea Ray) and on a GFI circuit.

I agree, anything in a Gasoline engine bay (heater, charger, whatever as long as it's ignition protected) should be hardwired. If the outlet sparks for any reason, (short, power surge,etc) click, spark boom.

From Boatsafe heaters:
"The preferred method of wiring is to hardwire the heater’s power cord to an onboard dedicated marine electrical system with a circuit breaker that is rated a minimum of 15 AMP/120 Volt. This will preserve ignition protection and assure positive operation."

 

[mrsrobinson]

No answer gents, I trusted the shop on this one and never gave it a 2nd thought. I will ask them.

 

[rondds]

By bypassing the fresh water tank do you need to put any pink stuff in there still?

I do NOT put pink in the tank. I run it dry, which, of course, will leave a few gallons at the bottom. but a few gallons at the bottom of a 100 gallon tank has plenty of room for expansion when it freezes so I don't worry about it.

I dont put pink in the HWH tank either. I made a bypass and simply drain it out after running it dry. Inside the square box, these tanks are cylindrical and lay horizontally, thus, there is room for that final few ounces to freeze and expand.

That's unbelievable that your boat doesnt have a dockside water hookup. But if you look here...

http://www.searay.com/Archives_Manuals/Sea_Ray_Archives/1992/26-35%20feet/350EB_SS.pdf

bottom of the third column under OPTIONS, you'll see it listed. Guess the original owner didnt order that option. ODD.