[C320-list] Seacock of the future

[Ken Geiger]

How about a limit switch/micro switch interlocked electrically and to a light to show and work when valve is open full.  

Ken GeigerNorthern Dream  #765
 
 
 
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From: Chris Nichols <cinichols at btinternet.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2020 11:19 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Seacock of the future

Perhaps the mechanism of demand feed regulator that divers use Could be adapted. That way only if the engine water pump sucks water does the valve open. 
I suspect the design would need to be really clever to avoid fouling

Chris

> On 6 Aug 2020, at 12:54, "ptormey at 4square.net" <ptormey at 4square.net> wrote:
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> Might make raw water suction open the valve.
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> I'm sure it could be rigged right now, but then you would have another @$%& cable to run through the pedestal!
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 4:00 PM -0400, "Graeme Clark" <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:
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> Great idea Mike
> It’s a classic case of Murphy’s Law in action
> By the way 1969, not 68,
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>> On 5 Aug 2020, at 17:02, Mike Rauh  wrote:
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>> With the recent discussions about running the engine with the seacock closed I was thinking of a design for the future.
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>> Imagine having a “stop engine” lever that has two positions.  The first pull upward stops the engine and then pulling up further closes the seacock.
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>> To start then engine you would push downward on the lever.  The first stop would open the seacock and the second stop would allow the engine to start.
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>> It wouldn’t be too complicated to design.  We landed men on the moon in 1968.
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>> Mike
>> On Your Mark
>> #408  1997
>> City Island, NY
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