I don't think a joker valve is the right valve for bilge waste, Fisheries has one I think is better, but I don't know from experience. Yet.
https://www.fisheriessupply.com/bosworth-company-cv-0400d-check-valves-barbed-ends Bill Coleman Erie PA -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Randy Stafford via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2020 4:36 PM To: cnc-list Cc: Randy Stafford Subject: Re: Stus-List Painful and/or lingering decisions Replaced all bilge plumbing. Did not install check valves downstream of bilge pumps. Ran batteries dead twice from cycling bilge pumps (each time had to pull them out, take them home, charge them, take them back, put them in - ugh). Then installed check valves from Defender which contain small rubber joker valves. I’m expecting those to start leaking from the antifreeze I pour into the bilge for winterization, same reason the one in my head starts back-flowing every spring. I may have to replace those check valve jokers annually to avoid cycling bilge pumps again. Cheers, Randy Grenadine 30-1 #79 Ken Caryl, CO > On Jan 8, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I'm sure most of us have a story (or two) about a boat related decision we > made that we wish we'd done differently. Many of them probably involve > "cheaping it" or doing something in haste. Some are painful; some are just > lingering "shoulda woulda's". > > One of my "lingering" ones is having my Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster > rebuilt by someone other than Lew Townsend out in Seattle (Lew was on > extended vacation and I was impatient). Went to boat this week after a > couple weeks absence and the backstay was slack.....again. The adjuster had > eased an inch or so. It holds fine for day sailing or a race but eases ever > so slowly over a couple weeks. > > One of my painful decisions was installing a Lewmar line adjustable genoa car > system. While it works "okay", it doesn't adjust as easily as a Harken > system or perhaps a Garhauer system. > > Perhaps sharing some of your stories will save others from similar > regrettable decisions or, at worst, give us a chuckle. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
