Woody
Well-Known Member
I blow out my system and then use pink. My boat has seen -40F a time or two and -30F many times. I don't want to worry about it.
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Bryan, can you share the details of the dockside fill connector you are talking about.
Bryan, can you share the details of the dockside fill connector you are talking about.
I blow out my system and then use pink. My boat has seen -40F a time or two and -30F many times. I don't want to worry about it.
On another subject, has anyone tried using CLR to remove scale and hard water calcium deposits? I was thinking about running my tank low the dumping a bottle of CLR in and opening each faucet until the CLR started coming out. Let it sit in the system for a day then do a complete flush. Sound reasonable?
We've had good results with vinegar for removing mineral deposits left by the hard water. We regularly clean our stainless kettle with it and it works on the shower glass door if you don't let it build up for too long.
do they make a fitting for smaller boats that just have the normal perko fill? I can't seem to find one.
Not a smaller fitting, but actually larger. I am assuming by the looks of the fitting you guys are talking about, that it is a standard garden hose size? Im wondering if anyone makes a fitting to fit into the threads of the fill fitting with a compressor hookup to blow my water lines out on my boats without a freshwater hookup.
I think you could make one from plumbing parts to get from the water fill size/thread down to a garden hose but there are other issues. Won't the air just vent out of the fresh water tank instead of blowing the lines out? Also, will the water pump block the flow through the lines?
It may be best to pump the tank as dry as you can and then disconnect the main water line beyond the water pump and blow out hot/cold from there.
I think you could make one from plumbing parts to get from the water fill size/thread down to a garden hose but there are other issues. Won't the air just vent out of the fresh water tank instead of blowing the lines out? Also, will the water pump block the flow through the lines?
It may be best to pump the tank as dry as you can and then disconnect the main water line beyond the water pump and blow out hot/cold from there.
Not a smaller fitting, but actually larger. I am assuming by the looks of the fitting you guys are talking about, that it is a standard garden hose size? Im wondering if anyone makes a fitting to fit into the threads of the fill fitting with a compressor hookup to blow my water lines out on my boats without a freshwater hookup.