Refrigerator drain

[Allen Cooper]

Is there a simple way to remove and clean the drain in the
refrigerator?
Allen
Harmony

[Donal Botkin]

Remove? No. Clean? Yes. Open the drain cock and pour hot soapy water in the fridge. Worked for me.

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Donal Botkin
1 Peninsula Rd, Gate-B
Belvedere, CA. 94920

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[Bill Schmidt]

Hey, Donal! You have a drain cock on the tube? Where? Is this to conserve
the cool air in the refer?
I just put the hose nozzle on the drain fitting and blast away.
Billy Manana

[rcy...@optonline.net]

I have one too near the stuffing box floor board. I think the idea is to retain icy water but don't forget to open it.
Bob
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[Donal Botkin]

The idea is to keep the icy air in the box. I keep the valve closed unless I'm cleaning the box or there has been a spill. (Aluminum cans are not a good thing to carry in the fridge on a passage!)
Donal

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[Bill Schmidt]

I seem to recall, years ago, when getting ready to depart Z-town on the milk
run to the Marquesas, Andre Kline filled the bilge with cans of good Mexican
beer. He stacked it everywhere! Now, in a Passport 47, that's a lot of beer.
But remember, prices out there in the islands are dear.
Well, anyway, all the way across, Barbara reported this strange fizzing
sound and delightful beery smells. She just figured it was Andre. Not so! On
arrival to the islands and opening the bilge, he found ALL the cans had
pinhole leaks and were empty. By report, he never got a drop. Best story I
ever heard about not storing aluminum cans on a long boat passage.
Billy Manana

[Jean-Philippe Gaillard]

I have discovered that if you put a large Bail Sponge at the bottom of the
fridge, there is no more ice build-up on the holding plates and you have no
water at the bottom of the fridge. Interestingly enough, the bail sponge
stays roughly dry and in 1 month I had not to take it out once to press the
water out. Before I was drying out the bottom of my fridge every 10 days or
so.

Very weird, but it works!

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[Bill Schmidt]

J-P,
What an interesting observation you have made. It suggests that, as cold
air sinks out of the refrigerator, it is replaced with warm(and humid air
from the bilge, thus being a prime source of the ice buildup therein. The
bail sponge, acting to block cold air loss, keeps the warm air out. That
also implies very good sealing around the fridge door and the top lid.
Hmmmm. Worth a try at the very least.
Billy Manana

[Louis Raphael]

Wine cork in the drain hole.

Louis Raphael
Buttermilk

[Ian Girvan]

When one applies high build epoxy to the hull, should one mask off the
through hulls, or can they be painted over?

[John Baudendistel]

Ian,

 

Mine were all removed for my epoxy new bottom.  It is easier to roll on without them in the way.  My understanding is that the bronze through hulls require a different primer for bronze before the epoxy or bottom paint goes on.  I would tape the holes shut to prevent reducing the size of the through hulls.  Then remove the tape prior to bottom paint.  You do not want a big build up on the inside of the holes.  Check with your yard and the material prior to starting. 

 

John B.

Dream Keeper.