clynn
Senior Member
I've had this ongoing issue with water in the bilge. The pump keeps up with it, but there is always a lot of standing water and I've finally worked my way down the list to this issue. I'm also having the boat pulled for paint in a few weeks, so I needed to determine if this was an issue that needed to be addressed out of the water. Last night I ran the pump to get as much out as it could and then used a wet vac to suck the rest out. The aft section of the bilge is dry (water tanks and packing back there) and all of the through hulls seemed good. There was one spot on a stringer that I could not get dry, but i'm hoping that it had some residual water in there that was seeping out? I'm in fresh water, so can't check for salt.
Anyway, the biggest offender I found was the drain line from the salon a/c. The air handler is under the flybridge fiberglass, so its effectively outside. I'm guessing that's why there is so much condensation dripping out. The two other air handlers are in the boat and I couldn't find any water coming from them. My plan is to reroute the salon a/c line back to the shower sump box and let the shower pump deal with it. Is it common to have a/c lines drain to the bilge? Is there a better way to deal with the water?
Thanks for any input.
Anyway, the biggest offender I found was the drain line from the salon a/c. The air handler is under the flybridge fiberglass, so its effectively outside. I'm guessing that's why there is so much condensation dripping out. The two other air handlers are in the boat and I couldn't find any water coming from them. My plan is to reroute the salon a/c line back to the shower sump box and let the shower pump deal with it. Is it common to have a/c lines drain to the bilge? Is there a better way to deal with the water?
Thanks for any input.