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Old 03-23-2019, 11:42 PM   #12
Wxx3
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City: Wrangell, Alaska
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Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 - 148
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A word to the wise.
I once got the bright idea to clean that same strainer, in my case, it was for both AC units.

It looked really pretty, all nice and bronze. I knew it would go back to green, but what the heck.

But then my air conditioners would run for about half an hour before first one, then the other would shut off.

It took me two weeks in the hot broiling Mexico sun to find the problem.

When i cleaned the strainer, I upset the seal on the old hose that went to rhe water pump. So the pump would suck just a little air that would accumulate in the highest point in the system and block all water flow after 30 minutes.

I only figured it out when i bypassed that strainer and used my engine strainer with a new hose do the water pump.

Let sleeping dogs lie.
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