[C320-list] Bilge Pump and Ice

[Jeff Hare]

The Green stuff?  If you're referring to engine antifreeze (the toxic stuff),  you should never ever do that. 

You should only use RV non-toxic stuff for bilges and winterizing the raw water system and never the stuff meant for radiators or heat exchangers. 

Animals are attracted to the smell and taste and are poisoned after licking from puddles where this stuff landed on the ground. 

There is a -60 degree version of non toxic (purple) that is also safe.

-Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: wflowe3 at aim.com
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:37:16 
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bilge Pump and Ice


 I use the green stuff in my bilge. It doesn't turn to sludge when mixed with some water. also use it when I winterize the engine in case I haven't gotten all the water out. Which lake and Marina are you in-in Kansas? I'm at Perry.

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 2:53 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bilge Pump and Ice


Hi John,

I put the pink stuff in the bilge, but it had cycled out.  The -100 
stuff is not a bad idea, but I think I still need to keep the pump and 
hoses warm.

Thanks for all the input, everyone!

On 2/14/2011 2:42 PM, Jon Vez wrote:
> Dean,
>
> I assume you have winterized your water system with antifreeze? If so, do
> you leave antifreeze in the bilge? If the AF is sludging and therefore
> causing your pump problems, you may want to consider using the -100 stuff. I
> keep my boat in the water here in Boston every other year (I'm in this year)
> and I check the AF in the bilge to make sure there is enough there to move
> through the system adequately. Fortunately I haven't gotten any water in the
> boat and have not had this problem. It's been a particularly brutal winter
> and so far, no problems--hoping I can make it to Spring okay!
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Vez
> Solstice #582
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Dean Vermeire
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:37 PM
> To: Catalina 320 List
> Subject: [C320-list] Bilge Pump and Ice
>
> Hi all,
>
> The bilge pump in our 320 (2001, #847) is behind the port settee, not
> down in the bilge as it was in my previous boats.  The boat is in the
> water this winter, with agitators to prevent ice in our slip.  This is
> the second winter I have had the boat in the water here in Kansas.
>
> The problem is that bilge pump struggles to run and then trips the
> breaker.  I'm not overly concerned, since we are not getting much water
> seeping into the bilge.  I'm not sure where water is freezing, whether
> in the pump itself or the lines.  I've got an electric heater in the
> boat that kicks on at 38 degrees, but that is not helping.  It is not
> getting enough heat to the bilge pump or hoses.
>
> Do any of you have the same problem?  Have any of you solved it?
>
> I'm thinking there must be some sort of heated strip to put up there to
> keep the hoses from freezing.
>
> Thanks,
> Dean Vermeire
> Moonstruck II (#847)
>
>
>