[C320-list] Water in the Bildge

[Jason Alexander]

Ok so I need to check the sump for the fridge and then where the AC is
plumbed to.   My AC looks like it was put in after the boat was built
and is in the port locker underneith the battery charger.   I see a
drip pan under the condenser unit but there must be something in the
cold air coils that I'm not sure I found yet.   Right now me and my
dock mates are leaning towards the AC as this only started on the
weekends since we started running the air.

Jason


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:50 AM,  <wflowe3 at aim.com> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Alexander <alexander.jason at gmail.com>
> To: c320-list <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jun 6, 2011 8:07 am
> Subject: [C320-list] Water in the Bildge
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> Hello all,
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> I have an interesting issue going on and I'm not sure what is
> happening.   On the weekends that we spend on the boat I seem to be
> getting some fresh water in the bilge.  This is evidenced by the bilge
> pump kicking in at really annoying times like while I'm sleeping.  The
> strange thing is that it only seems to be happening on the weekend.
> The reason I believe this is that when I got down to the boat on
> Friday night there was a nice layer of scum on top of the bilge water
> (Another issue on to itself) and it was clear that it hadn't been
> disturbed by water running in all week and the sides of the bildge
> were dry.
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> Yesterday when I heard the pump kick in we were about to leave I
> pulled the boards and it was clear that there had been more water in
> there.  It looks like the water is coming into the bildge from the
> direction of the bathroom.  There is a channel between the floor and
> the hull leading up that way that was wet.   Now I've check every
> source of water via through hull or fitting and nothing appears to be
> leaking. I do have a traditional stuffing box so I do get some water
> in that way but this water seems to be fresh or at least I can't taste
> any salt.   I initally thought it was my aft water tank but that tank
> seems to be holding water just fine.
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> The only difference I can find/think of is that that last two weekends
> is the first time we've used the air conditioning.  Could I be
> building up condensentation some place witch is running into the
> bildge.
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> Thoughts?
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> Jason
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