[C320-list] Ice Box drain

[Joe Luciano]

To prime the pump, I tee’d in a connection to the sink drain, added a small ball valve and connected the other end to the pump suction line.  Now I can line up my sink drain to prime the pump and simply close off the valve after it catches its prime.

Joe
Second Wind #1024

> On Jul 5, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> 
> For winterizing, I simply remove the strainer from under the sink and use my shop vac hose over the drain hole in the fridge to drain out the lines.  I flip the Y valve and drain out the shower line the same way with the shop vac over the drain hole in the shower sump.
> 
> But yea, that doesn't solve the lack of prime problem.  I frequently switch the Y valve back and forth a few times with the pump running and then it starts to pump.
> 
> -Jeff
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Brad
> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:27 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Ice Box drain
> 
> OK so I am struggling with this as well right now.
> 
> The shower drain / icebox drain get so littile use, that the pump dries up and won’t move water from either.  Pisses me off in the late fall when I am trying to winterize!!!!!
> 
> Two ways I have fixed this.
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> 0 – Make sure the valve points to the correct vessel you want to drain.  On mine, you “follow” the arrows on the handle.  
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> 1 – Fill the icebox up with a LOT of water so it has enough pressure to move water to the pump to get it primed.  Keep the pump on (for a reasonable amount of time)  until it grabs the water and starts moving it.
> 2 – Put some water in the shower sump, and use a hose to “blow” water into the pump to get it primed.  Problem is it goes through that quickly and then back to dry.  
> 
> Make sure the screen before the pump is clean.  Unfortunately you cannot put water into the system any other way based on how it is currently plumbed. 
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> 
> From: David Prudden
> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:46 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Ice Box drain
> 
> Robert,
> The y-valve under the sink does control it. Flipped one way, you’ll pump out the shower. Flipped the other way, you’ll pump out your refrigerator. Make sure the thru hull under the sink is open.
> 
> David Prudden
> Teachers Pet
> #787
> 
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>> On Jul 2, 2019, at 2:52 PM, ROBERT MILLER <r.miller at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> The ice box does not seem to be draining on my 1999 320, but I can’t tell where the drain goes. Is it to the shower sump or the bilge? Does the “Y” valve under the head sink somehow control it? Thanks for any advice.
>> Rob
>> Alchemy, Hull 571
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>> Sent from my iPad
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