Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
posted to rec.boats,rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Whales and Diverter Valves
"it's me" wrote in message
... On Oct 5, 6:05 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:42:52 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: I have a Westerbeke 13. It uses raw water to the heat exchanger. I don't think the 13 is considered a big engine. I've been thinking about making this sort of connection. I believe I first heard about it in a mag. article... SAIL or Cruising World.. can't remember. Seems like a good idea for a last-resort situation. With an engine in that size range you'd probably get more pumping capacity for your money with a large electric pump, maybe something like this: http://www.rule-industries.com/products/pumps/bilge_pumps/rule_3700/i... or http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O8F7RE That would probably be 5 or 6 times the capacity of your raw water pump. Much better alternative, IMHO ... for one thing, it can be routed to a float switch & an alarm, so you know it's running, and if it's running, you need it. Usually if you have a leak so serious that using the engine raw water pump to stop flooding, it's progressed too far for any diverters or Y- suctions to do you any good. Perhaps, but a couple of things come to mind... first the Y valve is a lower price (it's an unlikely possibility, but I suppose it's $200 or the cost of my deductible)... then there's a place to mount the pump, the lines that would need to be run, the electical, etc. Whereas, if it's just installing a stopcock Y... also, the bilge pumps would be working also, so that would assist the raw water pump in moving water. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Whales and Diverter Valves | General | |||
Whales and boats | Cruising | |||
Whales and boat | General | |||
Who said whales were smart? | ASA |