[C320-list] Fridge condensate

[ART HARDEN]

I tend to agree with several of the comments that have been presented. As for the drive shat packing, I put a plastic pan underneath the shaft to collect the drips. This allows me to gage how much I am leaking. After running for a while, I will use a small wet-dry vac clean up the captured water. The pan is nothing more than the bottom 2-1/2” of a gallon jug, but works as a good gage on drips. 

I added about a foot of hose to the refrigerator drain to trap moisture. I then use then use the wet dry vac again. 

For years I had water in my bilge and tried to put up with it by evacuating as much water as possible. It wasn’t until I was pumping a gallon an hour that I got serious about getting it corrected. The marina fixed the Catalina smile on the outside and I reset all of the keel bolt plates. I also resealed/replaced the knot and depth sensors. Totally dry bilge this year and I’m happy. 

Still a lot to do on my 95 Catalina 320  #243 to get her where I want her. 

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Art Harden
Catalina 320 "Tortuga" E-62
937.885.9380 (o)
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> On Jul 24, 2023, at 9:27 PM, Jack Brennan via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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> If you have a packing gland, you will  always get some water from the drips as the shaft turns.
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> On my boat, some of this will end up In the catch basin under the diesel and some will migrate to the bilge.
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> The dripless systems hold some appeal, but I've always been intimidated by stories of how some of them fail suddenly.
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> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "surprise thompson87.com via C320-list" <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Date: 7/24/23 8:44 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Cc: "surprise thompson87.com" <surprise at thompson87.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fridge condensate
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> The newer boats have the drain plumbed to the shower sump pump via a y valve. On the other hand I’ve never understood the obsession with a dry bilge. Mine always has a bit of water from who knows where. As long as I don’t have to pump it frequently it’s no bother.
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>> On Jul 24, 2023, at 8:20 PM, Kim Chapman via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
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>> For the two years that I have owned this boat I have been challenged to
>> keep the bilge dry. I am generally winning but now my last challenge seems
>> to be condensate from the fridge.
>> 
>> Has anyone solved this?  Perhaps a sump pump in the bottom of the fridge
>> instead of a drain hose into the bilge.
>> 
>> Cheers...
>> 
>> Kim Chapman
>> C320 #416
>> Sanity