[C320-list] Electrical and Bilge

[Joe Abbagnaro]

Did you check the braker on the Honda ?

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:39 PM,  <argates2nd at comcast.net> wrote:
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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.
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> 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
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> ----- 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
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> Also check the buttons on the GFI outlets to make sure they have not tripped
> off.  I have them on my hull 894.
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> 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
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>> Hello All,
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>> Been enjoying the sailing here in the Northeast, hope you all have too.
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>> We were away this week and two odd things happened, hopefully someone here
>> can
>> shed some light.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim
>> Calypso
>> #603
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