Touche' has had one of the Bosworth flapper valves in the bilge discharge for nearly 20 years. No issues whatsoever. A flapper valve is, in my opinion, the best style for this application.
Dennis C. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 4:09 PM Bill Coleman via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 > >
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