Kitchen water drain

 

the water in the kitchen drain (brand new 400) does not leave the sink in an acceptable time. Though the sink pipe is straight to the hull the only possible reasons could be the (a) link between pipe and sink or (b) construction error due to waterline/sink level. Has anyone experienced a similar problem?

 

Thanks for your help,

Alex

Steve

 

If you let the water out say 0,5 m below the wl you have a pressure of 0,05 bar against and a watercolumn of about 1,5 m as a "driving force, equivalent to 0,15 bar, that gives you a net driving pressure og 0,1 bar in the beginning and 0 bar when the waterlevel in the tube is level with the waterline, i.e you will always have water in the hose at the level of the wl.

 

The only way to "fix" this problem is to let the water out above the wl. Then it will run out freely driven by the weight of the watercolumn.

 

This is by the way a good reason for why you should allways close your seavalves when leaving the boat.

 

Tingeling

Anyway we still have the same problem.

greetings Marcel

 

 

The balance will not change unless you change the position, and not the size of your through hull valve.

 

Regards, Willem