Andy G
Hospitality Officer
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2010
- Messages
- 1,897
- Location
- Australia
- Vessel Name
- Sarawana
- Vessel Make
- IG 36 Quad Cabin
Went down to the Boat last night and checked the valve on the side of the engine and it seemed to be fine, ie not clogged up. There appears to be no seperate valve on the Heater Exchange nor a seperate themostsat on the water heater. The stb engine takes about 10-15 minutes longer than the prt to come up to operating temp.
After reading one of the posts concerning the anodes in the Heater exchange I decided to take a look & promptly dropped the anode(what was left of it) into the Heater Exchange itself, so I took off the end plate to retrieve the anode and found the remains of a few old anodes that seemed to have suffered the same fate. I noticed the perferated plate on this inside of the Heater Exchange is some what restricted due to lime scale build up.Should I give it a rinse lime scale remover or is that a no no?
I am somewhat in awe of the technical knowledge that some of you guys have and at the same time quite realistic of my own technical ability so I like to take these things slowly and think each process through.
I am looking at my origional Lehman manual and the welcome letter on the inside of the front cover by one Robert J Smith reads "Perhaps the most important single recomendation I can make to the new engine owner is'do not tinker'if the unit is running well -leave it alone. Unless you what you are doing ,keep your hands off". Ever time I venture into the engine bay I feel the ghost of Robert J Smith looking over my shoulder.Still it's all fun(until I break something)
After reading one of the posts concerning the anodes in the Heater exchange I decided to take a look & promptly dropped the anode(what was left of it) into the Heater Exchange itself, so I took off the end plate to retrieve the anode and found the remains of a few old anodes that seemed to have suffered the same fate. I noticed the perferated plate on this inside of the Heater Exchange is some what restricted due to lime scale build up.Should I give it a rinse lime scale remover or is that a no no?
I am somewhat in awe of the technical knowledge that some of you guys have and at the same time quite realistic of my own technical ability so I like to take these things slowly and think each process through.
I am looking at my origional Lehman manual and the welcome letter on the inside of the front cover by one Robert J Smith reads "Perhaps the most important single recomendation I can make to the new engine owner is'do not tinker'if the unit is running well -leave it alone. Unless you what you are doing ,keep your hands off". Ever time I venture into the engine bay I feel the ghost of Robert J Smith looking over my shoulder.Still it's all fun(until I break something)