Yes, I have the plastic strainer in a Groco strainer housing and I have 2 spare baskets.
Sent from my iPhone, Bob Boyer > On Aug 17, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Thanks Bob – > You must have a plastic Strainer, > I put a chlorine tablet in my strainer and it dissolved half the SS Screen > !!. I asked Shurflo if I could buy just the screen, but they said no, had to > buy the whole thing again. > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39, Erie, PA > From: Robert Boyer [mailto:dainyr...@icloud.com] > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:11 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Bill Coleman > Subject: Re: Stus-List Atomic 4 Raw Water Intake Clogging 1976 38 > > Bill: > > Fortunately, we don't have Zebra mussels on the Chesapeake Bay! On my > water-cooled air conditioner, I put a chlorine tablet (its about 1-inch in > diameter and about 3/4-inch thick from a pool supply house) in the strainer > basket each week--this seems to keep things from growing in the cooling water > system. Occasionally, the system sucks up a nettle (jellyfish) and I have to > clean it out of the strainer. > > Bob > > Bob Boyer > S/V Rainy Days / Annapolis MD > 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 > email: dainyr...@icloud.com > blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com > > "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply > messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame > > On Aug 17, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Not sure where Joe is, but that would help. > I just had to clean out my refrigeration system again - Zebra Mussels. > There is nothing but brown scum in the strainer, because I have moth balls in > there, and nothing lives there anymore, but the Zebra fry pass right through > the 50 micron strainer and attach in the Shurflo pump, where all they have to > do is just sit there and let the water pass over them. Apparently my monthly > flush of chlorine is not often enough. I need to put some type of injector > in the line! > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39, Erie PA, Zebra Mussel Capitol. > And Quagga mussel, and Gobbie Capitol. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joe Scott > via CnC-List > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 4:58 PM > To: CnClist > Cc: Joe Scott > Subject: Stus-List Atomic 4 Raw Water Intake Clogging 1976 38 > > Hey All, > > Twice now I have developed clogs in the raw water intake. In both cases I > was able to remove the water line and flush out whatever was in there. There > is a 90 degree elbow threaded into the seacock and Im thinking thats where > its clogging but I�m not sure. I am in the process of adding a raw water > strainer (not sure why it didn�t have one) and was thinking that removing the > elbow and adding a straight nipple would help prevent the clogs. While I�m > at it, does anyone have any recommendation on what strainer to buy? I am > looking at the Groco ones but they have several different ones that all fit > 3/4� NPT. > > Thanks all > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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