Artie
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What is it with these boat builders - why do they put everything in awkward positions?
I went around Granville and Britany recently with SWMBO and had a super time apart from the fact that the screen washers leaked with the consequence that the water pressure pump (under the bed) cut in every 15 or so mins to recharge the system. Turned out the solenoid? that stopped the flow was US. Found it in a very inconvenient place. When building the boat they situated it in the centre of the central bulkhead. Later the steps from wheelhouse to gally were placed in front and the only access is through a hinged bottom step (16 inches by 9 inches) and the offending artical plumbed in some 24 inches away. I can see to work if I only use 1 hand or the use of two requires blind working with forehead resting on step above. All that was required was to un-plumb the plastic pipes, change the solenoid and re-plumb them. This half hour job took all day. My point is that in the panel next to the steps and behind the console is a vast cupboard/locker containing connections for 12 volt, 240 volt, GPS, Radar etc etc. Surely subdividing off a small part to keep the water away from the lecky and putting the washer plumbing there was not beyond the wit of man.
<hr width=100% size=1><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Artie on 17/08/2003 12:30 (server time).</FONT></P>
I went around Granville and Britany recently with SWMBO and had a super time apart from the fact that the screen washers leaked with the consequence that the water pressure pump (under the bed) cut in every 15 or so mins to recharge the system. Turned out the solenoid? that stopped the flow was US. Found it in a very inconvenient place. When building the boat they situated it in the centre of the central bulkhead. Later the steps from wheelhouse to gally were placed in front and the only access is through a hinged bottom step (16 inches by 9 inches) and the offending artical plumbed in some 24 inches away. I can see to work if I only use 1 hand or the use of two requires blind working with forehead resting on step above. All that was required was to un-plumb the plastic pipes, change the solenoid and re-plumb them. This half hour job took all day. My point is that in the panel next to the steps and behind the console is a vast cupboard/locker containing connections for 12 volt, 240 volt, GPS, Radar etc etc. Surely subdividing off a small part to keep the water away from the lecky and putting the washer plumbing there was not beyond the wit of man.
<hr width=100% size=1><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Artie on 17/08/2003 12:30 (server time).</FONT></P>
