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Old 04-15-2007, 09:50 PM   #1
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Hi ,

I need an Anti-Siphon valve to include in the exhausted raw water from a heat exchanger.

Anyone have the design for one or tell me where to purchase ??
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Hi,

My anti siphon valve is not by the heat exchanger, but I guess the concept is identical. I have a loop of copper (40mm, and rising well above the heeled water line) into which is sweated a spigot (5mm) Onto the end of this I have some nylex tubing attached to a $2 one way valve. A good alternative can be to replace the one way valve with a longer piece of tubing and feed this into the cockpit above a cockpit drain.

This avoids you having to periodically peep over the side to see if there is water in the exhaust, as the capilliary will continue to provide a fine stream of water down into your cockpit drain whenever the engine is operating (and the water pump is working), yet when the engine stops, the siphon is broken.

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