I remember someone talking about routing the AC condensate drains into the AC cooling water flow and overboard. Is this "eductor" something you buy somewhere? I was looking in the WM catalog and didn't see anything.
Piping air conditioning drains overboard
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Jorge,
you are looking for a Mermaid condensator which will take the condensate from the catch basin and send it out through cooling water effluent. I have this device and it works beautifully keeping all the condensate out of your nooks and crannies. You can find it in the defender catalogue.
Good luck,
Dave
you are looking for a Mermaid condensator which will take the condensate from the catch basin and send it out through cooling water effluent. I have this device and it works beautifully keeping all the condensate out of your nooks and crannies. You can find it in the defender catalogue.
Good luck,
Dave
Be careful with the installation.. a small piece of debris will sometimes (very slight chance) make an eductor like this stop pumping or worse, cause the flow to go out the suction side.. Google "eductor pump" for info on how it works .. I wouldn't leave one on a boat that is untended with the AC on, but if you are aboard most of the time when the AC is running, it is a fine way to avoid a wet bilge
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