[C320-list] 2 hose clamps

[alahlm at comcast.net]

      Most suppliers recommend only one ss clamp now as opposed to years gone by when clamps were made of cold rolled iron  and low grade steel most knot even galvanized it was a routine spring chore to replace all clamps before launch I haven't had a ss steel clamp fail since I started using them   also the newer material used in hoses sure outlast the old rubber ones 



  Al Ahlman 

      #476  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan S. Field" <allan.field at verizon.net> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:52:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] 2 hose clamps 

John - Be very sure that the fitting will take 2 clamps; there may not be 
sufficient room for 2 and if you put 2 on, over time the second clamp will 
wear into the hose where there is no fitting underneath.  If there is 
insufficient fitting for 2 clamps, you may want to see if you can find a 
wider clamp. 

Allan S. Field 
Sea Shadow - #808 
Columbia, MD 

-----Original Message----- 
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of jpmesa at aol.com 
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:32 PM 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Subject: [C320-list] 2 hose clamps 

Yesterday when I was changing the oil and cleaning the saltwater strainer I 
noticed that the hose from the through-hull to the strainer didn't have two 
SS clamps holding the hoses. It was the only place on the boat that didn't. 
I'm going to?add?the second?SS clamp today but I want to make sure there 
wasn't any reason why there was only one clamp at that location. JOHN? 
Holokai 2.