[C320-list] Fragile water lines

[Bill Carr]

 I would check the insulation on the refrigeration lines. If not insulated they may have caused the Pex to freeze and become brittle. My brother-in-law’s Saber had a similar problem freezing fresh water lines.
 Bill ,Utopia. #31
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> On Oct 23, 2018, at 5:59 AM, Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
> 
> I would recommend moving away from the whale connectors and blue and red pipe (tube). They leak. 
> 
> The old plastic hose and clamps are better. Just my thoughts.
> 
> Ted Harrison
> Hull 424 1997 
> 
>> On Oct 22, 2018, at 11:03 PM, Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jack,
>> 
>> Sorry to hear of all your new boat's problems.  Look at it on the bright
>> side, you will really know the boat well after all the repairs are done.
>> I had the same problem with a broken water line in what sounds like the
>> same location.  Mine was split along the axis of the line.
>> 
>> Larry
>> WindSwept C320 #246
>> 
>>> On 10/22/18, 8:06 PM, "Jack Brennan" <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all:
>>> 
>>> So the installation of my new Cold Machine (not only cold beer, but ice!)
>>> had some unintended consequences.
>>> 
>>> Today, while I was rebuilding the head, I noticed the bilge filling up
>>> with fresh water whenever I turned on the freshwater pump. It turns out I
>>> fractured the cold water PEX line while tugging the copper tubing through
>>> the channel. (The water lines and fridge tubes are close together.)
>>> 
>>> When I gently tugged on the blue water line, an entire section of the
>>> water line came out. It was so brittle after 20 years that I could snap
>>> it with two fingers.
>>> 
>>> Is this a thing with our water lines, or was this water line just poorly
>>> manufactured? I handled lines for the sink and head while doing another
>>> job, and they seemed fine. Should all of us be replacing the water lines?
>>> 
>>> The head rebuild is another chapter of my growing repertoire of stories
>>> about the p.o. I thought it was a bad joker valve and decided to replace
>>> everything. It turns out the hose between the head and the holding tank
>>> was clogged solid.
>>> 
>>> I mean really solid. As in someone seems to have put cement into the
>>> head. After I removed the hose and whacked it onto the parking lot, some
>>> cement-like chunks fell out. I suppose it could have been an accident,
>>> but ...
>>> 
>>> It¹s a long story, but the boat was repossessed by a bank before I bought
>>> it. There have been all sorts of odd problems. Slashed scupper hoses.
>>> Wrong transmission fluid. Diesel in the bilge. Halyard wrap
>>> on the jib. Leak in the propane setup.  Sand in the water lines.
>>> 
>>> It kind of makes me think the p.o. was unhappy about losing the boat.
>>> 
>>> Jack Brennan
>>> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
>>> Tierra Verde, Fl.
>>> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
>>> 
>>> 
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