clynn
Senior Member
I'm not an expert on much, but I'm especially uneducated about marine a/c systems. My boat has two aquaair units. Both sit in the engine room. There is a water pump that feeds both units. I know to winterize it, I run antifreeze through the hose to the pump until the outlet water is red.
I like to use the boat year round, so my question is really about potentially not winterizing the units. Under the flybridge station, there is a chiller (I think that's what it's called). My dumb question is whether or not there is water running through the coils of that chiller. If so, I would need to winterize the system. If not, and the water only runs through the units in the engine room, I could not winterize the system since the bilge heaters would keep them from freezing. I'm in the South, so we only get a few weeks of very cold weather.
Does that make sense? Reverse air heat worked fine on my last boat, but this setup is a bit different. Thanks for any input.
I like to use the boat year round, so my question is really about potentially not winterizing the units. Under the flybridge station, there is a chiller (I think that's what it's called). My dumb question is whether or not there is water running through the coils of that chiller. If so, I would need to winterize the system. If not, and the water only runs through the units in the engine room, I could not winterize the system since the bilge heaters would keep them from freezing. I'm in the South, so we only get a few weeks of very cold weather.
Does that make sense? Reverse air heat worked fine on my last boat, but this setup is a bit different. Thanks for any input.