Offshoreonly.com - Bilge blower

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Originally Posted by Tartilla (Post 4917226)

The nose is the #1 defence for many marine issues. Gas fumes being top of the list.

I'm looking into bilge fume monitors, but that is only a backup to good drills and procedures.

I prefer the 3" ducting hose. It keeps air velocity higher. The brake ducting is fairly smooth inside as well as being heat resistant.

How many guys have removed their old fuel tanks and found all the old foam was fuel saturated?

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Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL (Post 4917234)

A leaking gas tank filled up the bilge and then the ac sucked it into the cabin while we were sleeping . was so bad it woke us up , felt like we swallowed a gallon of gas.
Thinking back , we got lucky .

Yup. I keep a pretty keen nose. All I smell is something that reminds me of my time at a fiberglass injection molding plant almost four decades ago.

The fact that we have FI keeps me from becoming anesthetized to the smell of gas fumes like I was prone to with the Rinker. The carb just emitted a constant smell of gas. Still does. If I let myself get freaked out by the smell of gas while we owned that boat, we’d have never used it. That’s why I pointed the FI out. If I smell gas now, I know we have an issue, and I’m not gonna blow it off as “normal”.

i don’t believe the velocity in the vent hose makes a difference. It’s just a matter of CFM, and that’s determined by the blower. I would agree with the smooth ID thing, though. But it’s not as flexible, is it?

Thanks. Brad.