Whale Fittings
This afternoon one of the
fittings on the plumbing behind the hot water heater and galley drawers let
go. It appears to me that replacement requires
removal of the cabinet since there doesn't seem to be enough room to remove and
reinstall the fitting with the cabinet installed. Any suggestions on removal
would be helpful. Thanks.
Roger E. Hare
C320, #592, Synchronicity
I'm a #488 and a '98 so mine are
slightly different but VERY easy to disassemble / assemble once you get the
hang of it. Understand that this is a
plumbing system kept "leakless" by
"O" rings at each Whale fitting. juncture.
Call if you have trouble...
315 781 0940
Rick and Judy Luce, Echo # 488 @ Sodus Bay,
Roger,
When you get down to the
"source" of the problem... you will have to undo a whale fitting.
Here is some sage advice
from Bill... a while back...
"Whale Fittings
You can download the Whale
fittings catalog from their website:
They are quite simple. Go to
west marine and play with their samples if you have an
opportunity.
There is a white ring on the
outside of the whale connector which spins freely. One edge of this white ring
connector is straight, and the other is a little wavy. If you look in the wavy
end, there is a tan? washer-like insert around the
water pipe. With a finger, screwdriver or otherwise, push IN on this insert,
and at the same time, just pull the hose out. Takes a bit of
effort.
To reconnect, just push the
hose back in. It will just pop in, but push hard again and you'll notice that
it seats in deeper and more firmly. That second seating is the key.
Again, the trick is to push
IN on that insert inside the ring while pulling the hose out."
Bill Culbertson
"Harmony" #859
The fittings are made by Whale on my
boat and they come apart by removing the rear locking ring and them pushing in
on the center ring while pulling the hose out.
I think on the newer fittings they did away with the locking ring. If you go to http://www.whale.ltd.uk/marine/ and
look at their water systems you will see a diagram explaining how the hose
connections work.
BARRY --... ...--
TRANSIT C-320 # 126
GLEN COVE LINY
The valves on my boat (#545) are made by Whale. The part number is either wx1573b or wx1575b. Whale may have discontinued that valve although they still show it on their web site. The new one, wx1574b or wx1576b, is similar but it has a round handle.
http://www.whale.ltd.uk/marine/product_list/6/
JeffC