How I improved my a/c cooling water installation
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:58 pm
After struggling to like the original installation of my a/c seawater pump and reviewing literature, such as the one from Dometic installation manual (https://www.dometic.com/en-us/us/produc ... umentation) - picture reproduced below, I decided to do something about it.
I had the following opportunities to improve hull to a/c seawater pump:
1) An avoidable 90deg elbow fitting,
2) Hoses had kinks (wrinkles)
3) One of the hose2thread fitting was made of PVC
4) Hose diameter from strainer to pump smaller than pump inlet
5) Hose could be more robust
This is the result:
I had the following opportunities to improve hull to a/c seawater pump:
1) An avoidable 90deg elbow fitting,
2) Hoses had kinks (wrinkles)
3) One of the hose2thread fitting was made of PVC
4) Hose diameter from strainer to pump smaller than pump inlet
5) Hose could be more robust
This is the result: