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No small leaks
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:50 am
by yooper
I had a small leak in the pipe feeding the toilet valve. This caused the front bilge pump to activate periodically so I turned off the city water when I left the boat. Then I noticed that the front bilge pump was running a lot more often even with the city water turned off. The inlet port had busted off the air conditioner water pump and lake water was flooding in. I had installed a new battery charger and it was keeping up with the flow. In this case the small leak was masking a potential boat sinker. All leaks are bad -- Fix em.
Re: No small leaks
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:34 pm
by Fastjeff
Note to all: The city water valve should NEVER be left on when leaving the boat! More boats swamped from doing that than you would believe (see Boat U S Insurance write ups). We lost one at our slip a few years ago for that reason--a pipe burst and down she went.
Jeff
Re: No small leaks
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:56 pm
by collins69s
Yeah never ever leave the city water on. I have a shut off on the hose where it attaches to the boat as well. Jeff is right more boats sink at the dock than anywhere else last time I heard.
Re: No small leaks
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:56 am
by Roger2
I never hook up the city water hose. Just fill the tank.
Roger