{"id":3826,"date":"2019-06-17T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricalix.net\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2022-05-15T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T15:24:08","slug":"replacing-a-diverter-valve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cricalix.net\/2019\/06\/17\/replacing-a-diverter-valve\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing a diverter valve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Last weekend, Dad and I spent most of three days taking out the head, and the old hoses, and laying in new Vetus sanitation hose. We hooked everything up, tightened up any jubilee clips where there were leaks, and promptly discovered that the Whale diverter valve had failed. I ordered one from a UK company that had the Whale elbows in stock as well, and sat back and waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday and Saturday evening, I received notifications of deliveries to the Parcel Motel in Dublin, and traveled up earlyish on the Sunday morning (after doing the weekly laundry at the petrol station) to collect them. Inside were some more IP66 junction boxes, some #10 screws, a new diverter valve, a standard terminal crimper (the red\/blue\/yellow style), terminal ends and so on.. everything but the new jubilee clips, which I’d need to get from Viking Marine in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Replacing the diverter isn’t a hard job per se – disconnect the three hoses, unbolt three bolts, unscrew the handle, and lift it out. However, this is a boat, and things are not allowed to be that easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n