[Public-list] thru hulls and seacocks and ball valves

[Todd Redhead]

Dan,

I did mine with ball valves.  The idea is that the seacocks are a little
stronger and more stable.  However, I just could not justify the cost - the
seacocks are at least 2x the price of ballcocks.  I think the problem is
that if you have a ballcock that is blocked or stuck that you could
potentially break it off at the thruhull when trying to close the arm.  I
have decided that operating all my ballvalves every couple of weeks should
keep them free and will hopefully prevent the problem from happening.  I
also keep wooden plugs near each thruhull incase of this type of problem.

Todd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dan walker" <dsailormon at yahoo.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 6:15 PM
Subject: [Public-list] thru hulls and seacocks and ball valves


> well i went to my local handy dandy west store and the chap says i shold
not put in ball valves, i should put in seacocks. everybody agree and think
this is necessary?
> also dont seem to carry half inch seacocks. only three quarte so i would
need to change all the half inch thru hulls to 3 quartetr.
> oh the despair\
>
> thanks
> dan
>
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