Glenn,

I was just browsing through the WM catalog. A 3/4" Marelon
thruhull is $11.49, bronze is $12.99. A 3/4" Maralon seacock is $37.99,
bronze is $36.99. I don't see the
price of bronze as a major deal. That is unless the
Apollo seacock has some sort of bad rep. The Groco
seacocks are about double the price. Not sure where
the 4X price you suggested comes from? Looks to me
like break even or at the most 2X. I do like the Marelon
inasmuch as electrical problems are eliminated though.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Skip Gundlach wrote:


Ah - very good. You're saying the metal failed while the plastic
didn't?

That's very reassuring. Confirms my expectations that such upgrade is
worthwhile.


I didn't go so far as to say that and I am not about to bash up a $150
bronze seacock to find out. :-) My testing was also more subjective
than a true a scientific examination. It is just that the 1 1/2" marelon
seacock is strong enough to stand up to any potential impact hazzard
that I can think of. The story may be different with a 3/4" seacock but
it will still be close enough to the strength of bronze to be acceptable
to me.

--
Glenn Ashmore

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