Re: Stus-List Check valve on bilge pump

2015-05-22 Thread robert via CnC-List
David: If there is no anti-siphon loop in your bilge pump exit line, it is very possible to have the water from the transom thru hull run back into the bilge. A fellow club member with a CC 41 was doing an offshore voyage, when around 2:00 a.m. with a following sea, he or one of the crew

Re: Stus-List Check valve on bilge pump

2015-05-22 Thread Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
If I were you , I would install an anti-siphon loop first and then think of the check valve. Most of us don’t sail in really heavy weather conditions, so this may not apply, but I read somewhere about an issue of flooding the engine with water (hydrolock) by the following seas. The guy ended

Re: Stus-List Check valve on bilge pump

2015-05-22 Thread Burt Stratton via CnC-List
: Stus-List Check valve on bilge pump If I were you , I would install an anti-siphon loop first and then think of the check valve. Most of us don't sail in really heavy weather conditions, so this may not apply, but I read somewhere about an issue of flooding the engine with water (hydrolock

Re: Stus-List Check valve on bilge pump

2015-05-22 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List
-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List *Sent:* Friday, May 22, 2015 12:01 PM *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com *Cc:* Marek Dziedzic *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Check valve on bilge pump If I were you , I would install an anti-siphon loop first and then think of the check