[C320-list] Water System 1996 #361

[dprudden]

Tim, that gallon of water with 3/4 cup of bleach is SPLIT between the 2 tanks, not a gallon in each.


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On Apr 23, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Tim Fleming <timfleming at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks! 
> Ok will go with 3/4 cup bleach in gallon of water in each fill each with water, open both valves and then run till I smell bleach/chlorine, then fill whatever I drained.  Over nite wait, drain, fill, drain,  fill... Done.   I leave forward one empty unless long cruise so will drain that. Sound ok?
> 
> -Tim
> Ole'
> #928
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:18 PM, dprudden at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Tim, 
> 
> Basically, 3 days ago, I pumped out any/all antifreeze I could get out, put a couple of gallons of water into each tank, then pumped that out, repeating that step twice to clear out as much antifreeze as I could. I then took a bucket of water (about a gallon, and added about 3/4 cup of bleach to the water, and poured that into the 2 tanks. I then filled both tanks with water, pressurized the system, and left it overnight. I then pumped out each tank, refilled with water, pumped out again. Another quick spray inside each tank and a pumpout and I think the system is ready to go this year. 
> 
> David Prudden 
> #787 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Fleming" <timfleming at hotmail.com> 
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 4:49:13 PM 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water System 1996 #361 
> 
> Thanks but both of these I find a bit vague and confusing. Anyone have better, specific instructions to clean out our specific size Cat 320 (2) water tanks? (Bleach to water ratio in a bucket?) Wonder if peroxide would be better too .. Just wondering. 
> 
> Also if you run it to empty it could cause a vacuum prob air pocket and one has to re-prime the pump some how (had that happen once blew water into into it- yuck and unsafe I am sure). So again, anyone have better? 
> 
> -Tim 
> Ole' 
> #928 
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 23, 2013, at 8:58 AM, "Karl Mielenhausen" <kmielen at suddenlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> I always trust advice from the Head Mistress, Peggy Hall, although you may 
> have difficulty measuring deciliters! 
> 
> The official Catalina version can be found on page 19 of this pdf... 
> http://www.catalina320.com/filemgmt_data/files/C320%20Manual2006%2022to63.pdf 
> 
> Basically similar procedures, a weak bleach solution to allow about 70 ppm 
> sodium hypochlorite as a shock (Peggy's works out to 375 ppm). 
> Pre-dilute it any way you want as long as you wind up with around 70 ppm in 
> the tank (taking into account that the bleach is already usually a 5% 
> solution). 
> I'm told that cruisers like to take dry pool chlorine along for this task. 
> 
> I use this procedure every spring, allowing the treated tanks to sit 
> overnight. I empty and refill and have found it unnecessary to flush the 
> tanks as any residual chlorine has been diluted 100:1 and disappears 
> quickly. 
> 
> Karl 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:23 AM, dprudden <dprudden at comcast.net> wrote: 
> 
>> This is what I followed this year: 
>> 
>> http://www.bethandevans.com/pdf/phall_freshwater.pdf 
>> 
>> 
>> David Prudden 
>> #787 
>> 
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>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote: 
>> 
>>> Related to the water tank valve location issue: what do people normally
>> do 
>>> regarding disinfecting/cleaning water tanks? The former owner of Satori 
>>> (#398) would hit them with bleach each year, quantity unknown. First
>> mate 
>>> fears residual chlorox odors and taste and we're water limited on our 
>>> island and so I don't know how much flushing should go on, how full a 
>>> "bleached" tank needs to be to do the job, etc. Opinions, practices, 
>>> necessities? 
>>> 
>>> thanks, 
>>> gene 
>>> Satori, #398, 1997 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com>
>> wrote: 
>>> 
>>>> From the factory the valves are portside under the aft berth. 
>>>> A bit of a pain to get to. 
>>>> Some have moved them to under the galley sink. 
>>>> Irv 
>>>> 2001 #851 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Kirk Mueller <kirkm753 at gmail.com>
>> wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello All, 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does anyone know if the two water tanks feed the water system at the
>> same 
>>>>> time or are there valves to isolate each one ? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks, 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kirk Mueller 
>>>>> #363 1996 Second Chance
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
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>>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia 
>>> PERMANENT address: 
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>>> (360) 468-2136 
>>> genehelfman at gmail.com 
>>> 
>>> "You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."
>>