Never seen one yet and even if one was fitted I am not convinced the motors are sealed against gas. I have seen no mention of bilge blowers in connection with gas on the BSS website. Bilge pumps are extremely unlikely to pump gas and I would guess never will.
Personally I would never fit an automatic bilge pump. The accommodation bilge should not have a significant amount of water in it, if any at all and the engine bilge should only have rain water in it. However I, personally, do not subscribe to the stern-gland must drip argument so all mine has to deal with is rain and as long as you visit fairly regularly it never gets above the engine beds. I do take great care in exactly how I adjust the stern-gland and I do have an Aquadrive which helps minimise packing wear. Tony Brooks --- In [email protected], Trevor <listsandst...@...> wrote: > > Do NBs not have bilge blowers fitted as standard then? > > I thought, from a <very much> earlier thread (I think I was asking about > the potential for LPG gas accumulation at the time) on this subject, I > was told that these were not only fitted - but required. > > Obviously, this doesn't cover for when a NB is laid up without power, as > in this case, but it does make a good case for an, automatic, electric > bilge pump - far better an occasional flat battery than an accumulation > of what was nearly ¾ tonne of uncontrollable water ballast :-( > > Trevor - still learning 'stuff' :-) > > Tony Brooks wrote: > > If you are really concerned about rot and drying the ballast your best bet > > would be to try to organise a permanent vent at both ends of the bilge in a > > manner that gives you a through draft. If it has an electric fridge then > > fitting a fan to the fridge control box to draw cool air up from the bilge > > would then help the fridge and also ventilate the bilge. > > > > Tony Brooks > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
