[C38] Galley plumbing

[Phil Gay]

Que Linda has a through hull outboard of the batteries for salt water wash.
Strangely enough, it looks like the other ones that Catalina installed.  All
of them except for the engine intake need to be replaced with proper through
hulls.

Phil Gay
C38 049 Que Linda
Everett, WA

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Subject: [C38] Galley plumbing

When I bought Our Tern, the salt water galley pump and plumbing was
abandoned in place.  The supply came from a tee in the diesel's raw water
supply.  This seems like a dubious plan to me. Does anyone else have this
arrangement; and does the diesel suck air back through the system?  The only
other choices would be the toilet intake in the bow and the new ac intake
installed by the PO.  The toilet intake can overflow the toilet, so we leave
it off.  The ac has the same problem with suction, but it wouldn't be
dammaged by sucking air- it just wouldnt work as well.

If you do have this galley supply, please tell me if you use a cheapie
backflow preventer, a vacuum break, or something more substantial to prevent
backflow.

My inclination is to put a vacuum breaker loop on the toilet supply and tee
off of it.  But if there isn't a problem, I guess I won't bother.

-- 
Phil Sweet

Cat38 158 Our Tern
Key Largo, Fl.

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