we got a bunch of work done at just cats in fort lauderdale (everything they touched broke, don’t do it) including getting the AC units salt water circuit flushed on the stbd side (it’s used more).
anyway either because or coincidentally the distribution. manifold on the pump side developed several pin holes. the service guy did not notice these (and did not tighten a clamp) even though they sprayed salt water up
into the room if you removed the access cover in the floor. Titan marine indicated that the manifolds are the wrong material and built us a plastic one. worth checking. see photos of hole in middle outlet and another on the spline fitting
Just trying to get my head around the labels on the valves - looks like Fwd, Saloon & Aft. How does this relate to the aircon units which on our boat are Port, Saloon & Starboard?
A plastic manifold would make a lot of sense - thanks for that thought. I may get the spares to do the conversion sometime.
Here I am a year on from thinking it would be good to do this as preventative maintenance and mine have rotted through too! I never did get that round tuit for this job…
Heavy corrosion in other places as well as the hole. I’ll be changing all three of the hose barbs for plastic versions. And I will probably try to find a suitably corrosion resistant manifold on my next visit to the 1st world.
