Use raw water pump to flush Barnacle buster?

[Rugger]

Hi everyone,

I just had some work done to get raw water flowing properly through my AC.

I see kits out there with a bucket mounted bilge pump to flush out the nastiness.

I'm wondering why to use another pump when the water pump">raw water pump is already hooked up?

I have a bucket with a spigot that I plan to feed into my strainer, and will have a T valve near the exit point then run a hose to the bucket completing the loop.

I'll plug the pump into my inverter and run it for 2-3 hours.

Any problem with this?

Thanks!!

[a64pilot]

I take extra hose and a 5 gl bucket, put muratic acid in bucket at about 20% strength, pump sucks water / acid from bucket and returns it, run AC normally for a couple of minutes, rest it for 10 or so repeat and dispose of acid / water mix, hook normal hoses back up to AC.
Muratic acid is inexpensive and very effective.
Only need to do this maybe once a year, depending on how bad the water your in is.
I start out with just water in bucket to get everything hooked up and running right, then add acid after ai know there are no leaks etc.

[Rugger]

Is the extra hose you refer to just used to plum the bucket to your system?

Bucket--->extra hose--->strainer (closed sea-cock)--->Pump through open non looped system--->out the thru hull--->repeat.

Correct?

No worries of that solution dripping down the side of the boat damaging finish?

[Spindrift NH]

I flusher earlier this year with vinegar using my ac circulation pump, I could see small shells disolving in the bucket. I ran it for about an hour then reconnected my system and ran the ac unit. It ran for awhile then the pump failed! Coincedence? Next time I'll buy a small bilge pump for that job.

[Rugger]

Originally Posted by Spindrift NH

I flusher earlier this year with vinegar using my ac circulation pump, I could see small shells disolving in the bucket. I ran it for about an hour then reconnected my system and ran the ac unit. It ran for awhile then the pump failed! Coincedence? Next time I'll buy a small bilge pump for that job.

This is exactly why I asked the question!!! Thank you!!

[ranger58sb]

We usec the AC pump, filled the system, let it sit, repeat, flush, worked fine. A full recirculation setup was too much trouble to arrange.