[C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass

[wflowe3 at netscape.net]

Attached
is a photo of the water heater.? Simply connecting the elbow with the red hose directly to the "T" with
the blue hoses is all that needs to be done.? If you leave the brass check
valve at the blue "T" connected to the water heater, all you would need
is a piece of hose (got some from West Marine for 0.89/foot).



It takes about 5 minutes to remove the drawers, six screws holding in
the drawer cabinet, and the cabinet. The Whale fittings are a little
tricky. You push in on the fitting at the hose, hold in the internal
ring in the fitting and pull the hose out. I used a screw driver to
disconnect the elbow at the water heater because my fingers won't fit.
Just push the elbow in and pry off the fitting with a flat blade screw
driver.



Hope this helps.
 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 7:06 am
Subject: [C320-list] Winterizing - Hot water heater bypass










Hearing from listers and even the broken when I bought the boat, apparently 
there is a way to "bypass" the hot water heater when running the antifreeze 
through the water lines.

I spent about an hour with a flashlight trying to understand what fed what and I 
think I might understand how its done.

Cold Line

  a.. The cold line comes in from under the pan
  b.. T's up towards the sink and water heater
  c.. T's again to split between the sink and water heater.
  d.. The end that goes towards the water heater goes through a very short metal 
pipe.
  e.. Then goes through a fitting an into the water heater.

Hot Line

  a.. The hot line comes out through a reinforced rubber hose.
  b.. The rubber hose has two hose clamps on each end. 
  c..  It then T's off to feed the sink, head, and cockpit shower.

I am thinking, taking the hot water line off (easy due to the hose clamps) and 
attaching it to the cold line somehow.

Here are the questions:

  a.. Can lines from the T's be removed taken apart whatever, and then be put 
back together and not leak?
  b.. Do you need another short line to do the bridging?
  c.. Any other wisdom I should know about?

Thanks in advance for any all advice.

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River, MD