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I'm so smart . . .
Checkmate wrote:
Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by Checkmate! First check out what % said: Checkmate wrote: Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by Checkmate! First check out what Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. said: Unlike you lazy lubbers, I don't have pressure water. My yacht's potable water is contained in tanks which are connected to hand-pumps with flexible hoses. Here's an example of a ohand pump: http://www.westmarine.com/freshwater...y-pump--190595 Well, my galley pump was getting harder and harder to operate and just the smallest stream of water was coming out the spout. I checked the length of the hose to the water tank for pinching and kinks but there were none. The only other thing I figured it could be was there must be a screen on the end of the hose inside the tank. The screen must slowly have gotten clogged. Getting to this would involve removing the tank - an all day job. Well, I used my brain instead of my brawn. I removed the hose where it connects to the pump and fitted it with a brass fitting and Schrader valve which I have in stock for use to pressurize and overboard discharge my sewage holding tank. I hose-clamped it on so it wouldn't leak and then I connected an old fashioned bicycle floor pump to the Schrader valve and pumped away. At first it was a little hard to pump then I heard a bubbling noise and it got easier and easier to pump. In other words, the debris that was clogging the intake screen was blown out. Now the galley pump is easy to operate and lots of water comes out on every stroke. I added a little bleach to the tank to kill any stirred-up bacteria, algae, etc. You dumbass lubbers would find yourself spending hundreds of dollars paying a plumber while it didn't cost me one thin dime - just a little thought and elbow grease. Now, I'm about ready to break out a cold bottle of wine from my refrigerator that runs from environmentally friendly photovoltaics causing no greenhouse gasses to be released to the environment. Living off the grid is so darned responsible and kewl. Living on the grid and complaining about greenhouse gasses like you freaking lubbers do is the height of hypocrisy. You... you unclogged the **** on the end of your water intake with some compressed air, and you think that's a big deal? That's bush league ****, Gweggles. Tell me when you actually do something more remarkable. If I were you, I'd probably be a little more concerned about what kind of crap is floating around in your water supply. Then again, I don't **** in a bucket and then wash my dishes in it. Just sayin'... he's really not all there you know Where's the rest of him? in the bucket |
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