Hi Charlie,
I replaced ours with flax/teflon packing about 4 months ago. It does not drip
at all at the dock, and drips slightly underway. I can check the temperature
of the stuffing box itself underway both by putting my hand on it (though the
idea of having my hand near a spinning shaft doesn't make me comfortable) and
using a laser thermometer. It does not get much warmer when running than when
sitting, and I can certainly keep my hand on it without burning my hand.
My old 27, however was much harder to get to not drip without it getting hot.
Perhaps it had something to do with the small shaft diameter.
Hope this helps,
Bruce Whitmore
1994 C&C 37/40+"Astralis"
(847) 404-5092 (mobile)
bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net
On Friday, March 13, 2020, 10:27:52 AM EDT, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
My stuffing box leaks at the dock about one 'drop' per ~ 18 seconds.
For fire safety reasons, I never leave my bilge pump on when I am away from the
boat so this leak rate plus possible other leaks lets water accumulate in the
bilge.
What do the listers consider an acceptable leak rate when at the dock?
None at all, 1 drop per minute, etc. ?
Thanks,
Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
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