[C320-list] ENGINE SPACE VENTING

[John Meyers]

John

If thing for convection to work you may need one of the openings to be
connected to a hose with one end lower than the one without a hose. The one
with the hose will let cold/fresh air in when the hot air rises to the vent
without the hose.

John Meyers (The other John M)

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:08 AM, John morrison <sail-ability at sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> I attended a surveying seminar on the weekend, and for those who may not
> know ( I didn’t) diesel engine spaces do not require forced ventilation in
> order to pass a survey. You may want to have it for other reasons as has
> been mentioned in this forum. I intend to remove the vent hoses from the
> cowls and let the space vent by convection. The cowls are high up in the
> stern so warm air should exit pretty well, we'll see  how that works. When
> the hoses are attached the cowl holes are blocked and hot air from the
> engine, fridge compressor, cannot escape; unless of course the blower is
> running.
> Regards
> JohnM
> 1999#574