[C38] Water Leak

[les]

Hi, Guys,
	I just remembered one other leak I had.  I may have mentioned it
before... When we got JACE there was a freshwater fitting with regulator
in the anchor locker.  I didn't ever use it, and mostly forgot about it.
But one night at anchor, the water pump started cycling every few
seconds.  I figured I had a leak, and went bilge diving, but there was
no freshwater anywhere that I could find.  Turned the pump off, and
hoped for the best.  When daylight came, we turned on the pump and wow,
we were out of freshwater.  Good thing I always carry a couple of gallon
jugs of bottled water, and of course a lot of soda pop (we are non
drinkers, so I bet others have some other beverage).

	That darn pressure regulator had holed, and water was running down the
anchor locker and out the little drain.  We found it by tying up to a
dock, filling the tank, and tracing all the lines.  When I found the
line going to the anchor locker area, I went outside and opened the
locker, and sure enough there was a nice trickle going down in the
locker and out the locker drain.  I stubbed off that hose, and it is
still in there.  This hose is on the outlet side of the house water
pump, so that dock water doesn't go into the tank and pressurize it.

	I don't know if that is the place others put that regulator, but keep
an eye on it.  Such diaphram regulators typically last 10-15 years I've
been told.

Regards,
les H
On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 17:04 -0500, Steven Ribble wrote:
> Larry, I had a similar mystery last summer and I looked at the hoses
> for what seemed like hours.  It turned out to be a crack in the
> plastic fitting that connects the hose to the water heater tank...for
> what its worth.
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:17 AM, les <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:
>         Hi, Larry,
>                I can't supply a diagram per se, but I can tell you the
>         following I
>         know from first hand work:
>                From the tank in the Vee berth, a line runs aft to the
>         water pump,
>         which is under the galley stores box on a shelf.
>         
>         >From the pump it routes to a Tee which sends one line to the
>         water
>         heater, and one to another Tee which feeds the galley faucet
>         cold, and
>         forward to the head faucet cold.
>         
>         >From the water heater, a hot water line runs forward to the
>         galley.
>         Both hot and cold lines are on the port side of the port
>         stringer for
>         the engine.
>         
>         The line coming forward from the heater, which is the hot
>         water, there
>         is a Tee under the galley cabinet below the drawer area that
>         routes hot
>         water to the galley faucet, and then forward to the head
>         faucet.
>         
>         The locations of these hoses seems somewhat arbitrary, and we
>         had JACE's
>         water heater replaced, so this may not be standard.  I had to
>         hire this,
>         because my 270lbs under the cockpit sole didn't leave room for
>         the
>         engine or heater ;-)
>         
>         Regards,
>         Les H
>         
>         
>         On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 08:08 -0800, Larry Malmberg wrote:
>         > I have an apparent fresh water leak between the galley and
>         engine
>         > hold.  Most likely a hose to the water heater as that's the
>         only thing
>         > I can think of that's back there that takes in and puts out
>         fresh
>         > water.  Does anyone have a plumbing diagram?  Hassle is a
>         1982.
>         > Probably a hose that caught some damage from the fire.
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > Best regards,
>         >
>         > Larry Malmberg
>         > Team Hassle