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Old 11-19-2018, 12:49 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by OldDan1943 View Post
At the risk of opening a can of worms, I really dont have much long term faith in marelon thru hulls. My first trip to the yard, I had all the marelon thru hulls with bronze.
While I was at it, I went from 1/2 inch hull valves to 3/4 inch hull valves for the A/C and generator.

Per sealant on the hose barbs. Totally unnecessary and inhibits hose replacement. When you do replace the hose ie maintenance of adjacent equipment, you have the added step of first removing all the old sealant from the hose barb before reinstalling the old hose or a new hose.
You may not have faith in it, but its well proven in the industry.
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