Something you may end up paying for later...'cuz hose should never be
heated to make it bend tighter than it wants to bend willingly. That
stretches the outside of the radius--which can cause it to tear--and
weakens the inside of the radius, which can cause it to collapse.

Break the hose and use an inline radius fitting instead.


Hi, Peggie, and thanks for the response.

I'm not sure of damage - it seemed like it just made it easier to work
with in a somewhat cramped area.

The particular place was at the part of the current gallery beginning
at
http://www.justpickone.org/skip/gall...ay06&start=155

I also cut a section to go over the hose where it bore against the
grease plug for the valve under it (intake valve, one on the through
hull as well), to prevent against chafe. Would you mind looking at
that and saying whether you think that radius is too tight? I got it
warm, positioned it under a bit of compression, let it cool, and the
joker plopped perfectly in place the next day.

FWIW, I'm nearly finished with the outflow Y installation, and will
have pix at the end of that gallery when it's installed. Hard pipe
from the place you see in the above to just before the Y, where there's
a bend to the through hull, and hose to the holding tank.

Any watching this thread and interested in the hard pipe parts can
start at the same above but change the number to 285. The finished (Y
part) won't be up until Tuesday night...

Thanks again for your assistance. I've been promoting your book over
in a bunch of sailnet lists where sort of thing comes up all the time
(thus my interest in AVS/Shields 101, you'll recall - and what was the
outcome of Aussiglobe?)...

L8R

Skip

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