P.Fritz wrote:
"P. Fritz" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
Falky foo wrote:
Hi, I've been fiddling around with one of my seacocks. I've
never
fiddled
with them before. It's the one that the a

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Anyhow it's
old and could use replacing, but I can't really afford that. So
I
went to
replace the plastic tube that the sink drains down through into
the
seacock
through the hull because it was old and nasty, and when I took
the
tube off
the seacock water stared gushing up through it. I put the tube
back on and
the water filled the tube about 4-5 inches and then it stopped.
So
it seems
that 4-5 inches of water is nessary to keep the through-hull
from
letting
water in. Is this normal? Because if so it means that the
little
metal
bands holding the drain tubes on to the seacocks are the only
thing
preventing the boat from sinking, and that seems a little scary.

Thoughts?




You have a galley sink drain that drains below the water line
through
a
seacock directly into the lake or ocean?

Unlikely.

I don't have a seacock. That's why I'm so shallow, and need to
resort
to petty name calling. It makes me feel like a man, which I haven't
felt since my wife ran off, and I found out that I couldn't raise a
child without support from usenet.

yawn

poor asslicker....... now forging posts in a desperate attempt to
maintain
his title of "king of the NG idiots"

Poor, pathetic Fritz. Calling people names in a shallow, useless
attempt to try and make people think he's a man.