[C320-list] Head Vent

[tharrison at innovations-plus.com]

Tom, just watch when you put the (chrome) plastic cover back on. It may
appear tight and the next thing you know it is gone! 

(like mine)

Ted

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From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Bowman
Sent: July-23-13 11:31 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Head Vent

Thanks, I'll try it when I get to shore.
Tom

Tom Bowman
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On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com>
wrote:

> Take off the plastic cover on the vent (outside) starboard side.
> 
> Blow compressed air through.
> 
> Or take tme vent hose off the holding tank and blow out.
> 
> Likely spider web in vent.
> 
> Mine does not have a screen on it .
> 
> Hull 424
> 
> Ted
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Thomas Bowman <tadbowman at optonline.net>
wrote:
> 
>> Anybody have any experience unclogging the head vent, ours seems to have
a problem ?
>> Best,
>> Snow Goose  (644)
>> 
>> Tom Bowman
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 23, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Rick Sulewski <rsulewski at bex.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ian,
>>> You will need to prime the pump by removing the line feeding the 
>>> pump that goes into the filter on top of the pump. Suggest that 
>>> after you refill the tanks that you remove the filter first and 
>>> clear out any debris before spinning it on the pump and then pour 
>>> some water into the filter before reinstalling the feeder line.  
>>> When you ran down the tanks you may have also pulled some debris from
the tanks into the filter.
>>> 
>>> It may take a couple of primes to clear out the air. Repeating the 
>>> prime cycle process is what we experienced the first time we ran the 
>>> tanks & pump dry. Now when I clean the filter before spring launch 
>>> we can usually clear the air after one prime. The problem is the 
>>> pump may be at the same height or higher than the water level in the 
>>> tank and the air must go somewhere ( out of the galley faucet before 
>>> pulling the water from the tanks, so keep the galley faucet open when
you restart the primed pump.
>>> 
>>> We use one tank at a time and whenever we begin to hear the pump 
>>> begin to change its sound & speed before it runs completely dry we 
>>> switch tanks and avoid having the prime the pump. Also. Adding a 
>>> couple of capfuls of bleach to each tank refill does a great job of 
>>> keeping the water smelling fresh. We do not drink the tank water.
>>> 
>>> Hope this explanation is helpful.
>>> Rick
>>> 1995 320 #277
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Ian 
>>> Davis
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:35 AM
>>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Fresh Water Pump
>>> 
>>> I needed to clean out the water tanks on my 1993 C320.  So I turned 
>>> on all the faucets and ran them until the fresh water pump was just 
>>> pumping air and the tanks were almost empty.  I then turned off the 
>>> pump, cleaned out the tanks and refilled them to the top.  I then 
>>> turned the pump on again and all it does is continue to pump air.  
>>> It seems incapable of pumping the water from the tanks
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Now I know the boat is twenty years old, but that's surely not an 
>>> excuse for Catalina back then to install a NON self-priming pump!!.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else experiences this and/or have a solution.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ian Davis - Wind Star - #18
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>