T&T: A/C Pump Problems

[Keith]

I do a couple of things to keep fouling down in my seawater intakes. First, 
I have a strip of copper foil in each basket. It was suggested to me that 
the copper leaches out and acts just as the copper in the bottom paint does. 
I can report that I hardly ever have any fouling in there, other than the 
flora kind (plant slime sorta). Also, on the AC intake and refrigerator 
water intake, when I clean the baskets, I break up a Clorox toilet tank 
tablet and put about half in each. This lasts a bit longer than regular 
swimming pool tablets, and I think it helps keep everything clean 
downstream.


Keith
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Pickelmann" <rwp_48 at yahoo.com>

> When we kept our boat in Fl, I had to replace the intake hose on our air
> conditioning annually.  Barnacles loved to grow in that environment. 
> Warm,
> nutrient-rich water and excellent water flow....barnacle heaven!  It would
> just about completely shut down the air conditioner system.