Squeeze bulbs come up about every 4 days or so on the Atomic 4 forum. They are NOT approved for below-decks installs and they WILL leak sooner or later. My dinghy squeeze bulbs are lucky to make it 2 years. I would *never* use one on a gasoline inboard. I have installed them on diesel boats. They did eventually leak after a few years and need replacing, but the leak is not as dangerous. Note they are not even CLOSE to passing the flame resistance test required of fuel system components. $50 Facet pumps can also pump and prime diesel systems just fine ;)
Joe Della Barba COQUINA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 7:58 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List electric boost pump for YANMAR diesel I believe squeezy bulbs are an issue with USCG for below decks, because there are no primer bulbs with a type A1 spec rating for use in fuel line systems for inboard gasoline powered boats. There is no doubt room for interpretation by anyone doing an "inspection" as to whether it is allowed for diesel. I don't think you will find it spelled out in the ABYC regs, but that doesn't mean it will pass inspection by the Coasties if they board you, or an insurance survey. Bill Bina On 6/7/2013 7:31 AM, Joel Aronson wrote: Both my surveyor and mechanic flagged it on my Pearson. Mainesail has posted that they are not approved. Joel Aronson On Jun 7, 2013, at 7:13 AM, Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com<mailto:muckl...@gmail.com>> wrote: I found a 1990 revision of the ABYC diesel section H-33. But couldn't find any mention of a squeezy bulb. It was, from what I could tell, an old revision and I was kinda skimming. Could have easily missed it. I only question it because a squeezy was present on both boats we had surveyed and there was no mention of a problem. Many of the fellow racers I know also keep a squeezy bulb. I did find mention of electric pumps needing to be tied to the ignition on/off switch. Seems to make sense. You might not want the fuel pump to be pressurizing your system 24/7/365 subsequently feeding the contents of the fuel tank into the bilge via a ruptured hose. Just saying... ;-) Josh
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