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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Sat Nov 20 2004 - 10:34:17 EST
In a message dated 11/20/04 12:03:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
> Yes, but the automotive hose runs in fresh water with antifreeze. I'd bet
> the reinforced coil steel in a raw sea water hose wouldn't last a New York
> minute.
>
>
If you're saying that the wire in a "sea water hose" would not stand up to
water/antifreeze, sure they would/do.
The "steel coil" is stainless, the coil is in between the layers of hose so
it doesn't have anything flowing over/around it, many radiator hoses have a non
stainless wire coil in them that is exposed to and stands up to antifreeze
with no problems, wire reinforced hoses are used with water/antifreeze all the
time, antifreeze has anticorrosion additives mixed in to it, etc., etc.
This whole hose discussion has really gotten rather silly IMO.
There are applications on a boat when the use of "automotive" hose is, of
course, just fine. And then there are applications when a "marine" type hose is
called for.
Are there cases where the automotive and marine hose are one in the same?
Of course.
But just as true, is the fact that sometimes they're not.
And, even though at times the two are one in the same, in a survey or in the
event of an insurance claim the use of the "automotive" hose in some cases
could be held against you.
Capt. Bill
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