[C320-list] dreaded winterization

[Barbara Uhlman]

Bill,

I by-passed the water heater on my 320 MKII last fall - it was an ordeal very much as described below!  I started out by removing the drawer frame and the drawer assembly from the galley sink cabinet to make access a little better (still very difficult to get at) and then disconnected the water heater from the fiberglass pedestal on which it was mounted (about 8 screws, as I recall). I was then able to  slide the water heater part way out of the cabinet and rotate it a bit so that I could see what I was doing.  The bypass fitting was easy to install on the inlet side - my biggest problem was rearranging the outlet side of the water heater.  I finished up by installing an elbow into the heater outlet and then manuevering the rest of the hose connection from there.

Everything has worked fine since then, with one small exception - the new elbow fitting at the heater outlet leaks slightly, and the water drains slowly down to the bilge - causing both the bilge pump and the water pressure pump to cycle now and then.  Irritating, but not critical!

This Fall I am hopeful that I will get up enough nerve to open that cabinet up again and see if I can get that elbow at the heater properly sealed and water-tight.

Bob
Whisper, #1168

--- On Sun, 8/30/09, wflowe3 at netscape.net <wflowe3 at netscape.net> wrote:

> From: wflowe3 at netscape.net <wflowe3 at netscape.net>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] dreaded winterization
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 2:08 PM
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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 would 
> 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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> > ?
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> -- 
> Scott Thompson?
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> Surprise, #653?
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