Shark stuff is on my todo list. I have the same happen all the time. I made it a point to shut off pressure domestic water while motoring.
But my setup is a bit unusual and not per recommendation of Seaward, manufacturer of my hot water tank. Although it works very well. I have converted my oil cooler (westerbeake 40) to have antifreeze run through it and then it goes to waterheater. This setup makes domestic hot water in the high 90F range after 15 minutes under way and after about 30 minutes at anchor. On the other hand, it gets very hot if I motor long hours. To a point where hot side hose comes off at the waterheater, prompting me to turn the pressure off when motoring. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight veinot via CnC-List Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 9:10 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: dwight veinot Subject: Re: Stus-List plumbing... shark bite connectors and pex tubing have worked extremely well in my house for the last 8 years...not a single leak problem and I have well over 100 sharkbite connections in the system...pex should be great for potable water on a boat too Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I know this has been discussed a bit before; but I had yet another “aneurysm” to the original 1979 plastic hose coming out of my water heater while motoring last weekend; which is pushing me into some drastic measures regarding my water system. Yes, it’s all still original; stained plastic hose and all. I need to replace it, and I’ve looked at the Whale snap-together system, in addition to the Sea Tech system from Wells. I have also recently been looking at the snap-together Sharkbite fittings and tubing from Home Depot; as I recall, there have been comments from other listers about this system. I’m tempted to go this route due to the fact that my system is pretty simple, and the easy availability and relatively low cost from Home Depot (as opposed to someplace like West Marine, where it says “boat” on it and costs twice as much). Comments, please? Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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