When I swapped out a seacock in the water I swam under the boat and shoved a wooden plug in. Might be cold this time of year! Joe Coquina
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 10:11 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Joel Aronson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List in the water Head Maintenance question Its always good to have a wooden plug available in case the seacock does not close all the way. Learned that the hard way! On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Daniel Cormier via CnC-List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I should also mention that my discharge hose has a vented loop that appears to be above the waterline... also, there is a valve to discharge to my holding tank, but it's currently set to discharge out (I have 2 heads) - I'm more concerned with how the toilet reacts to having the sea water disconnected... Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Daniel Cormier via CnC-List > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hey everyone, so want to replace some worn plumbing coming from the seacock > that leads to my marine head. Normally to do head maintenance you have to > close both the r/w intake and discharge sea cocks but in my case the > discharge sea cock is seized open... (will deal with it when boat is hauled > in spring) > If the work I'm doing is on the hoses leading to the toilet can I just close > the r/w intake seacock, drain the hoses and do maintenance, or will the loss > of sea water pressure into the head cause the valves inside the head to open > and flood my boat with sea water? > > Thanks guys, > > Dan Cormier > Breakaweigh > C&C44 > Halifax NS > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray -- Joel 301 541 8551
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