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Phredde
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Initially Posted - 03/11/2004 :  22:29:09  Show Profile
I've got two valves (that I know of) on my 84 C25 SR/FK. One under the v berth, one under where the stove used to be. For the one under the vberth I think that:

handle perpinduclar to floor = sink won't drain, but toilet draws from the bay

handle parallel to floor = closed to the bay

Maybe I've got the backwards, I didn't take notes when I was fddling around with them. Which position do y'all leave your valves when you leave the boat?
Phredde
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 03/11/2004 :  23:25:27  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Phredde,

There are several types of valves used on thru-hulls. Assuming the handle only moves 1/4 turn, and is a lever, not a wheel, here's how it goes. With the lever in line with the valve body, the valve is open. With the lever at right angles to the valve body, the valve is closed. When leaving the vessel, closed is the safest way to go. Assuming the valve is both the drain for the sink, and the intake for the marine head (which is how mine is set up), valve open drains the sink overboard, and flushes the head with the water you're floating in. With the valve closed, you have to run water in the sink to flush the head. Got all that?

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frich
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  07:35:58  Show Profile  Visit frich's Homepage

I too have an 84 and your setup seems similar to mine. Check under the port setee, just aft of the bulkhead, thats where my head valve is. I think it was a 1 1/2" Ball Valve. This allows water in for use of the head.

The valve under the V berth is a drain for my lav, and the one at the stove area is for the galley sink.

If you like I have the original plumbing diagrams for our year boat, I can fax or mail them. E-mail me at frich1230@optonline.net
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skipn809
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  19:55:59  Show Profile
My boat is simple--
3 o'clock, 9 o'clock the valve is closed.
6 o'clock, 12 o'clock something is going to get wet.
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