[C320-list] Electrical and Bilge

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On oily bilge water, I think it gets to a point where the bit of oil or sludge coming thru the packing gland turns the cleaner water dark -- but in the worst case you might have a fluid leak. 

I had this happen last week after a week of heavy motor sailing but once I cleaned out the bilge with a hand pump the water stayed clear.  We had no fluid leak.  Rollie  #182 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert E. Sloat" <resloat at comcast.net> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:04:26 PM 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Electrical and Bilge 

Also check the buttons on the GFI outlets to make sure they have not tripped 
off.  I have them on my hull 894. 

Bob Sloat 
Savannah 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim" <chillinonahd at yahoo.com> 
To: "C320 List" <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> 
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 8:38 PM 
Subject: [C320-list] Electrical and Bilge 


> Hello All, 
> 
> Been enjoying the sailing here in the Northeast, hope you all have too. 
> 
> We were away this week and two odd things happened, hopefully someone here 
> can 
> shed some light. 
> 
> First, I noticed an inky black color to the bilge water but only in the 
> area 
> where the put actually is not the area just aft of that which had some 
> clear 
> water. My stuffing box needs an adjustment and eventually teflon packing 
> (winter 
> project). Could this be a hose deteriorating or what? Anyone else ever 
> seen this 
> before. 
> 
> Secondly, while we were in a slip in Milford we used the shore power 
> (normally I 
> am moored). All worked fine including topping of my batteries and running 
> a huge 
> box fan all nite. Later when we got to the next harbor on our trip we were 
> moored. I took out my Honda generator to run some AC devices. I hooked it 
> all up 
> and got the green AC light on the service panel but none of the outlets 
> produced 
> any power. I believe I checked to see if there was a charge going into the 
> batteries and that we not working either but not positive on that, as if 
> was 
> getting late. I recall some recent threads about something similar that 
> turned 
> out to be the shore power connector. Any thoughts on this one? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Tim 
> Calypso 
> #603 
> 
> 
> 
>