Thanks Bob – You must have a plastic Strainer,
I put a chlorine tablet in my strainer and it dissolved half the SS Screen !!. I asked Shurflo if I could buy just the screen, but they said no, had to buy the whole thing again. Bill Coleman C&C 39, Erie, PA From: Robert Boyer [mailto:dainyr...@icloud.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:11 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Bill Coleman Subject: Re: Stus-List Atomic 4 Raw Water Intake Clogging 1976 38 Bill: Fortunately, we don't have Zebra mussels on the Chesapeake Bay! On my water-cooled air conditioner, I put a chlorine tablet (its about 1-inch in diameter and about 3/4-inch thick from a pool supply house) in the strainer basket each week--this seems to keep things from growing in the cooling water system. Occasionally, the system sucks up a nettle (jellyfish) and I have to clean it out of the strainer. Bob Bob Boyer S/V Rainy Days / Annapolis MD 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 email: dainyr...@icloud.com blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame On Aug 17, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Not sure where Joe is, but that would help. I just had to clean out my refrigeration system again - Zebra Mussels. There is nothing but brown scum in the strainer, because I have moth balls in there, and nothing lives there anymore, but the Zebra fry pass right through the 50 micron strainer and attach in the Shurflo pump, where all they have to do is just sit there and let the water pass over them. Apparently my monthly flush of chlorine is not often enough. I need to put some type of injector in the line! Bill Coleman C&C 39, Erie PA, Zebra Mussel Capitol. And Quagga mussel, and Gobbie Capitol. -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joe Scott via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 4:58 PM To: CnClist Cc: Joe Scott Subject: Stus-List Atomic 4 Raw Water Intake Clogging 1976 38 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 I�m not sure. I am in the process of adding a raw water strainer (not sure why it didn�t have one) and was thinking that removing the elbow and adding a straight nipple would help prevent the clogs. While I�m 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 3/4� NPT. Thanks all Joe _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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