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From: Pascal Gademer (no email)
Date: Sun Aug 29 2004 - 20:21:39 EDT
so far i've never forgotten to turn off the dock water hose every morning
but I've added one those water timer. $10 or so at home depot... only
problem is that the screws holding the bottom part where not tightened and
the whole thing came loose with water spraying out... i tightned everything
and so far so good. considering the price, I'll only trust it as a back
up and will still shut down the water every morning...
the reason I prefer not to use the on board tank is pressure, noise and pump
wear. I have an older Galley maid pump which is pretty loud and doesn't
provide as much pressure, esp for showers or laundry... Maybe when i
upgrade the pump I'll stop using dockwater....
pascal
miami, fl
1970 hatteras 53
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Clinkenbeard" <>
To: "Trawlers & Trawlering List" <>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: T&T: Re: Air in water lines
> At the home hardware stores, there is a mechanical dial switch used for
> watering lawns. It is completely mechanical and operates on the passage
of
> water through it. Place it before the inlet on your boat. You can dial
> however many gallons you want and it will cut off. Live aboards use this
on
> the dock water connection to dial a day or few days worth of water, maybe
a
> 100 gallons or so and redial it when necessary. If there is a breach in
the
> boats onboard water system you only get a manageable amount of water in
the
> bilges before it cuts off. I have used one for a couple of years and it
> works great...unless you forget to redial it...and you are in the shower.
> :>)
>
> What if the water system breaks at night? Do you have an alert? If
> not....at the home stores there is a basement alert with a sensor on a 36"
> or so wire that you can drop into your bilge and it will sound if it is
> immersed. Uses a 9v battery and lasts for a year or more. I have used
this
> and it works great and is cheap.
>
> I always have a switch to cut off the pressure water on the boat when at
the
> dock and using dock water.
>
> Bob Clinkenbeard
> Project 41' semi-displacement trawler
> http://www.dreamwater.org/captainbob/
>
>
>
>
> > For security's sake, I have started turning my dockside water off at the
> dock end
> > when I'm away from the boat even for a day or two. When we return and
turn
> it on,
> > we have air at the faucets and spraying water everywhere? Both hot and
> cold. The
> > pressure pump to the onboard water tank stays on all the time. Is this
> just something
> > I should live with or is there something I should be looking at?
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