[C320-list] dreaded winterization

[Warren Updike]

In choosing to blow out the water lines don't forget to blow out also the
water pump and open the filter if you have one and clean. Not voiding the
pump of water may cause a problem in the diaphragms if the water freezes.
This happened to me and I had to get a pump rebuild kit. Of course,
different pumps have different requirements.

I use a shop vac and found a reducer that fits in the end of the vac hose.
It looks like a water nozzle as the small end fits nicely in the water hose.
I do have to hold it in-place; but, can do so with one hand leaving the
other free for whatever.

As in most things, once you have a workable approach and have done it a
couple of times it becomes a no brainer.

I recommend making notes of what you've done as at 69, in the Spring, what I
did last Fall is like a memory of an old girlfriend: sweet but incomplete.

Warren & Pattie Updike
Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay



-----Original Message-----
From: wflowe3 at netscape.net [mailto:wflowe3 at netscape.net] 
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:32 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
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 Since this will be my first experience at winterizing a 320, I'm not sure
yet where I'll start blowing lines. On my Beneteau, I disconnected both
lines on the fresh water pump and blew the water in the intake line back
into the water tank. This left a small amount of water in the tank but since
the outlet in the tank was a couple of inches above the tank bottom, the
line stayed dry. As long as the tank only had a little water, I never had
any problems even if it did freeze ( it probably never froze because the
aerator under the boat kept ice from forming around the hull and the bottom
of the tank was below the water line).? I then used the compressor to blow
out the water pump discharge lines going to the faucets.? The compressor I
use is a small Sears compressor used to keep air in my car tires.

The shop vac idea sounds good too. That way you could either blow or suck
the lines dry.


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Karen Eichelberger <bobnkaren1 at verizon.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 2:33 pm
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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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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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> 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?

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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 
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>> comes off the forward tank, attach an extra piece of hose on it, then 
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>> 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. 
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>> In a message dated 8/27/2009 3:33:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time,?

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>> Although  I hate the thought of it, fall is coming and with it will be
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>> 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 
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>> 1146) the water heater  is under the counter by the galley sink and I can

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>> 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 
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>> heater and I won't get the  lines empty. Does anyone else winterize 
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>> the pink stuff and if so,  how???

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>> Any winterization tips for all systems will be  appreciated.??

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