Follow up
Again, I'm not sure of the exact requirements, it could well be that this only applies to commercial, passenger carrying vessels. I still cannot remember where I read it, online or in a magazine. I remember it as a fairly new requirement (or a new interpretation of an old requirement?). The obvious concern was the bowl melting in an engine fire and adding fuel to it. I noticed it and remembered it (though not too well!) because #1, I have a Racor with a plastic bowl in my engine compartment and #2, I am planning on setting up a redundant filter system as well. I remember thinking Oh great, now I'll have to buy 2 new filters instad of just 1. Paul, as I understand it, they would be OK for use outside of the engine compartment. Tom s/v Orion's Child
Again, I'm not sure of the exact requirements, it could well be that this only applies to commercial, passenger carrying vessels. I still cannot remember where I read it, online or in a magazine. I remember it as a fairly new requirement (or a new interpretation of an old requirement?). The obvious concern was the bowl melting in an engine fire and adding fuel to it. I noticed it and remembered it (though not too well!) because #1, I have a Racor with a plastic bowl in my engine compartment and #2, I am planning on setting up a redundant filter system as well. I remember thinking Oh great, now I'll have to buy 2 new filters instad of just 1. Paul, as I understand it, they would be OK for use outside of the engine compartment. Tom s/v Orion's Child
