Hi Joe,
I had similar experiences quite a few years ago
on a cruise, little fishes plugging the sea water
valve or elbow into the strainer (at the marina).
My system is not the best, a thru-hill, S/S ball
valve and hose lead to an inlet elbow at the
strainer near waterline elevation. The strainer
outlet is a straight fitting.. go figure.
It needs to be changed to a proper thru-hull (no
choke point) with fair lead and straight fitting into the strainer.
As a temporary measure I glued one of these,
using 5200, onto the hull outside of the intake during the haul-out.
http://www.go2marine.com/product/202961F/buck-algonquin-bronze-scoop-strainers.html
That was 5 or 6 years ago :)
It is not really glued to the hull, just stuck to
the paint. So I expect it to fall off some day
but like I said, it's temporary (until I do a real fix after it falls off :)
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 01:57 PM 16/08/2015, you wrote:
Hey All, Twice now I have developed clogs in the
raw water intake. In both cases I was able to
remove the water line and flush out whatever was
in there. There is a 90 degree elbow threaded
into the seacock and Im thinking thats where
its clogging but Iâm not sure. I am in the
process of adding a raw water strainer (not sure
why it didnât have one) and was thinking that
removing the elbow and adding a straight nipple
would help prevent the clogs. While Iâm at
it, does anyone have any recommendation on what
strainer to buy? I am looking at the Groco ones
but they have several different ones that all
fit 3/4â NPT. Thanks all Joe
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