It's a Wilcox Crittenden (WC) bronze seacock Paul Hood C&C34 '81 REFUGE ----------------- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:21:45 GMT From: "Danny Haughey" <djhaug...@juno.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Over Heating Message-ID: <20200728.072145.306...@webmail-beta03.vgs.untd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
Hi Paul,is the valve a bronze Apollo ball valve? I'm surprised it moves that easily and doesn't leak from the packing...Danny ---------- Original Message ---------- I just had an overheating issue on my A4. Last year I had the Moyer inline water alarm purchased and put it on to find the flow was significantly reduced. I didn't like that so I removed it. This year, put the boat in water, opened seacock valve for cooling and this weekend after many days out already and numerous hours on the motor, the valve seemed to close after an hour of straight motoring. It appears the valve closed on its own. Not sure how long its been slowing closing itself but I'm sure nothing could have inadvertently closed it, I'm sure of it. I suspect the last bit of movement went the fastest once it hit the almost horizontal position. The handle is very smooth and easy to close and I suspect the vibration from the engine dropped the handle to perpendicular position of the valve. I will be putting the alarm back on in short order. I also put a small tie around the handle to keep it vertical. Still very odd as this has never happened before. Paul Hood C&C34 '81 REFUGE _______________________________________________ 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
