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Oooh. Great idea. Thanks!
wrote:
I have a steel hulled cruising boat, presently in NL. The ship is
eight years old. The fresh water filters are filling with flakes of
rust, suggesting that the epoxy coating of the tanks has failed, and
needs to be cleaned out.
This raises a number of questions:
+ Has anyone else experienced this?
+ What was the solution?
The tanks were made of ordinary steel, painted with an epoxy paint,
according to the manufacturer. In retrospect, perhaps they should
have been made of stainless steel.
Hi
Is there not an inspection hatch above the water tank as is normal with
most boats ?
If there is, then there is a simple answer which is to fit a flexible
"pillow" water tank inside your existing tank. I did this with my boat
after cursing the fact that I did not fit a stainless tank, when
fitting out, but then we all have PhD's in Hindsight.
My "tank" is a triangular configuration, 150 gal capacity and fitted
inside my existing tank. Five years on and so far no problems.
It's not a cheap option, but compared to ripping out a lot of fixtures
and fittings was cost effective.
Bryan
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