[C320-list] blower

[Jeff Hare]

If you want to really have the blower be effective,  replace the cheap dryer hose with 4 inch flexible woodshop dust collection hose. Its got a smooth interior, doesn't collapse or restrict airflow in corners.  

The stock hose doesn't allow the blower to move much air.  Also, after doing the howe job, try remounting the blower on a hunk of dense Styrofoam insulation and maybe putting a strip of engine room sound reducing foam over the top and see how much quieter the blows becomes!

-jeff

Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Apparently not a requirement on diesels.  I'm not sure of the
>efficiency of
>the stock installation on our #62 with the intake directly opposite the
>outtake in the shaft alley. When I installed a high-output alternator I
>extended the intake hose forward along the port side of the engine to
>exhaust just behind the alternator.  In this way, the cooler air must
>blow
>over the engine to reach the output hose in its original location.  
>
>I run the blower whenever the engine runs.  I also leave the blower run
>after I turn the engine off to help drive out the heat making the aft
>cabin
>cooler.  To do this, I had to change the power wire to the blower
>switch
>from the switched side of the key switch to the hot side.
>
>I reasoned that since heat is a major factor in the output of the
>alternator, the cooler it ran the longer it would last and the more
>power it
>would put out.
>
>Warren & Pattie Updike
>1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: wflowe3 at aim.com [mailto:wflowe3 at aim.com] 
>Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:11 AM
>To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>Subject: [C320-list] blower
>
>
> Based on a question on "sailboat owners.com", I'm curious if folks run
>blowers on their 320s'?
>
>