[C320-list] dreaded winterization

[BAdams3491 at aol.com]

Where and how do you attach the blower to the water  system/lines?
 
Bert
At Ease
#442
 
 
In a message dated 8/30/2009 4:48:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
robert.seastream at comcast.net writes:

I use a  'Rigid' shopvac that I purchased at Home Desperate for about   
$90.  Seems to blow the lines clear, as the water system was fine  at  
spring launch, and I didn't even bypass the water heater.  I  may have  
been lucky in that regard, although I did leave the drain  faucet open  
which may have helped.  It gets wicked cold here in  NH.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Aug 30, 2009, at  3:33 PM, Bob and Karen Eichelberger wrote:

> I have a small air  compressor that generates about 80-100 pounds of  
>  pressure.  Is that enough and where do you connect the  compressor?   
> I assume all valves and faucets need to be  open???
> Thanks,
> Bob Eichelberger
> Second Wind   #67
> Muskegon, MI
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> ----- Original Message -----  From: <wflowe3 at netscape.net>
> To:  <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 3:08  PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] dreaded  winterization
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>> It means disconnecting  the cold water "in" and hot water "out"  
>> hoses from the  water heater and connecting them together thereby  
>> bypassing  the water heater. This way you don't wast 6 gallons of  
>>  antifreeze in the water heater when winteizing the system. In my   
>> case I hope to blow out the lines with air and if the water  heater  
>> is connected in the system, I can't build up enough  air pressure to  
>> get all the water lines blown  out.
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>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Thompson  <surprise at thompson87.com>
>> To:  C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 11:35  am
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] dreaded  winterization
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>>  Could someone please explain to me what the "bypass" is and how it   
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>> be used??
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>>  Scott Thompson?
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>> Surprise, 653?
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>> BAdams3491 at aol.com  wrote:?
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>>> You can get to the water heater by  removing the three drawers  
>>> under   the
>>> sink and the frame work that holds them by removing the  six  
>>> screws...easy
>>> job.  You can  make a bypass, or put one in, I put one in this  
>>> spring.  Then I
>>> pump both tanks dry.  I then use the pink stuff by  removing the  
>>> hose that
>>> comes off the  forward tank, attach an extra piece of hose on it,  
>>> then  put
>>> the end in a gallon of the pink stuff.  Turn on the  pump, then  
>>> each faucet
>>> (don't forget  the transom shower), one at a time, until it flows    
>>> pink. Done
>>>  deal.?
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>>>  Bert?
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>>> At Ease?
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>>>  #442?
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>>> In a message  dated 8/27/2009 3:33:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>>  wflowe3 at netscape.net writes:?
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>>>  Although  I hate the thought of it, fall is coming and with it   
>>> will be my
>>> first 320  winterization. On  my last boat, a Beneteau 281, I was  
>>> able  to
>>> disconnect and  bypass the water heater and use a  small compressor  
>>> at the fresh
>>> water  pump to  blow out the fresh water lines to the galley and   
>>> head.? I
>>> never used the pink  stuff in  my fresh water system. On my? 2008  
>>> 320  (hull
>>> 1146) the water heater  is under the counter by the  galley sink  
>>> and I can only
>>> get to the  hot water  "out" hose so I'm not sure I can bypass the   
>>> water
>>> heater. If I cannot, all the  air  from my compressor will be lost  
>>> in the  water
>>> heater and I won't get the  lines empty. Does  anyone else  
>>> winterize without
>>> the pink  stuff and if so,  how??
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>>> Any  winterization tips for all systems will be   appreciated.?
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>> -- 
>> Scott  Thompson?
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>> Surprise,  #653?
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