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tom
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Initially Posted - 08/18/2002 : 17:59:47

i have a trickle charger that is connected by the red wire and there
is a clip for the ground wire. i can charge 2, 10, or 50 . i don't
know where the red wire goes at this point. also i have two batteries.
here is the question. When i plug the charger into my boat and i plug
the boat into the dock do i have to reverse polarities. I have this
switch on my 1982 catalina and i don't know it's purpose.

question 2 does the fresh water holding tank supply the head with
water. my holding tank is empty and the head won't flush. Is there
a tool to get the fresh water holding tank fill screw off. it seems
stuck.

guys i'm having the time of my life sailing this year. thanks for
everybodys help.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 08:36:34

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question 2 does the fresh water holding tank supply the head with
water. my holding tank is empty and the head won't flush. Is there
a tool to get the fresh water holding tank fill screw off. it seems
stuck.
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In most cases, the head is supplied with water from the body of water in which you are sailing. There should be a seacock, located somewhere around midships. The original design would have the seacock in the forward settee portside on the dinette interior.(I may be using the wrong lingo here, but its the interior with the "Booth").

Open the seacock to allow water to enter the boat. Also remember to leave the head in the dry position when finished.

If you or previous owners did not change from to-hulls to through hulls, then your sea-cock will be a gate valve similar to the knob on the hose on the side of your house.

DW

Duane Wolff
"The Flying Wasp"
C-25, #401 std,sk
Chief Measurer C-25/250 National Assn.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 11:18:21

"Is there a tool to get the fresh water holding tank fill screw off. It seems stuck." - Tom

I have a universal tool for the deck plates similar to the one from Sailnet($4.95).

<img src="http://www.sailnet.com/store/prodimage/160x160/dav381.gif" border=0>

Here is a link to the page.
http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=19958

Don Lucier, North Star
C25 SR/FK

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wmkoines
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 12:04:38

Can't help you with the trickle charger.

But with the head you may want to check to see which flush mode you are in. Where you pump you should have a switch for a "dry flush" which pumps no water, or a "wet flush" which pumps water as you flush.

Water should be coming from outside the boat in the settee portside seachock. Try following the tubing to see.

Wm. Koines
C25 1661
Oyster Bay, NY

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 13:55:23

Tom:

On mine (traditional interior), the fresh water tank supplies only the galley sink. I've found it's easier to fill the fresh water tank directly (instead of through the deck filling hole). Just remove starbord settee seat cushion, the wood access hatch beneath it (mine has 4 screws) and then the big 4" black plastic "cap" on the tank. Then fill the tank -- you can easily see when it's full (which I cannot filling it via the deck hole).

The seacock which supplies my head is located under the v-berth.

RichardG 81 C25 SR/FK "Sanity"

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Tony Dillon
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 14:28:39

Hi Tom,
On Mental Floss our 84 the water for the head is picked up from the same thru hull that the sink in the head drains into. Ours is located on the center line under the V-berth.

As for the trickle charger, I don't know the answer, but I think switch you are talking about is probably the circit breaker for the shore power. The way it was labeled on Mental Floss it looked like it could be to used to reverse the polarity, but it was just poorly labeled. The light below the breaker is to let you know if the polarity is reversed on the shore power coming into the boat, a dangerous situation!

Tony Dillon
Mental Floss

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jellyfish
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 15:01:46

the winch handle fits the cap on the deck for the water and the sewer. I keep the sea cock closed and just pour a glass of water from the sink for flushing.

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Kirk McKay
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Response Posted - 08/19/2002 : 15:58:33

Our boat is set up so you can just pump some water into the head sink, which in turn drains into the head to then pump dry. There is a valve under the v-birth that you can switch from this set up, to the pump from the outside option. I personnaly think the water from the fresh water tank smells better that pumpng bay water in to pump dry.

Kirk

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John V.
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Response Posted - 08/24/2002 : 01:11:30

Just my opinion but I wouldn't want my fresh water supply to have any plumbing in common with my head, not even through the lavitory sink.

John V Nin Bimash II
77 C25 sk/sr #153

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