{"id":16072,"date":"2011-04-29T21:44:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T02:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=16072"},"modified":"2011-04-29T21:45:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T02:45:01","slug":"dual-high-capacity-raw-water-strainers-finally-put-to-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/dual-high-capacity-raw-water-strainers-finally-put-to-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual High Capacity Raw Water Strainers – Finally Put To Use"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We have dragged these two oversized strainers around for the past 50,000 miles. Other than an end of season cleaning only once have they needed to be emptied – until today.<\/p>\n
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As we have been sitting most of the last two weeks, and Florida has lots of weed in the water, we thought a look was advisable. Each of these has its own shut off valve, and by closing one of the two seacocks that feed the manifold, the strainer can be isolated and emptied while the other supplies the engines or genset. Or, if both are in need of emptying there is \u00a0usually enough capacity still left between the two for engine room requirements.<\/p>\n
This same system is in use on the FPB 64.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"