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Old 07-29-2004, 08:34 AM
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Default Re: Still a work in progress but functional

The outlet is below the water line, but the floor is normally above the water line a bit. The prior ball scuppers worked well, but these, with the removable housing have been a problem letting water in in sloshing conditions. It takes a second for the water pressure to make the ball seal, letting water in with each slosh. It's much better than no scuppers though. Every time I stopped water would come shooting in, looking like little fountains in the floor.
In calm conditions, with lots of weight in the stern, water will come in. I've noticed that if there is not enough pressure to hold the ball, the ball floats up off the seal, and requires a bit of extra flow pressure to reseal. I may have solved this by sticking a peice of weatherstripping in the housing to reduce the "head room" from 3/8 inch to 1/8 inch.
Seems to be a design error. The other non removable ball scuppers worked very well. Always dry.

I've also toyed with the idea of inserting a tee in one of the floor drain pipes and attaching a sealed bait pump to evacuate standing water.
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