[C320-list] AC leaking

[Rod Boer]

Hi Paul,

I wasn't the one asking the question. On hot humid days my bilge pump comes
on often. In fact sometimes I turn the bilge off for the night just so I
don't wake up when it comes on.  I flip it on first thing the next morning
and pump the bilge out. Thanks.

Rod

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rickman
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:38 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] AC leaking

Rod,

I would be pretty sure that condensation is draining into the bilge when the
AC is running.
The hotter and the more humid it is outside, and the longer the AC is run,
the more the water will 
be draining into the bilge. So my questions are: are you running the AC
longer than ever before?
Is it hotter than normal? Is it more humid than before? These things make a
difference.

Just ck the thru hull for the water intake for the AC -- check all the way
from the thru hull to where
the water exits the boat. If no leak there, then it has to be condensation.
IMHO.


Paul
Affinity 657
Bay Bridge Marina




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From: Peggy Penridge <ptpen at earthlink.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:21:25 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] AC leaking

The captain noticed that the bilge pump is running way more than usual when
the AC is on.  It is a new problem.

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Rod Boer
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:11 AM
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Hi Peggy,

So why do you think it isn't the condensation if it is routed to the bilge.


Rod Boer
Odyssey, #688

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Peggy Penridge
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] AC leaking

Condensation is routed to the bilge near the intake for engine and AC.
Discharge hose is not leaking.  Intake for AC only.

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coralman at bellsouth.net
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:44 PM
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Where  do you have your condensation routed to? Is your intake dedicated to
the a/c only. Have you checked the discharge hose going over board.
Michael
Nauti Clew -------------- Original message from "Peggy Penridge"
<ptpen at earthlink.net>: --------------


> We have a leak somewhere in the AC system as the bilge runs intermittently
> when the AC is on.  It is not from the condensation line or leaking raw
> water pump.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peggy Penridge
> Wetted Bliss
> Hull #441
> 
>