Tiara Yachts Tiara 43, Owner'S Manual

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STORING & WINTERIZING YOUR BOAT
8-5
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8.5.1 Air Conditioning
Your Tiara 43 has two standard self-contained air conditioning units, one located
below the forward berth, one under the hanging locker in the guest stateroom.
Optionally there are two additional units below the port side lounge in the upper
cockpit. The raw water pump and intake strainer are located on centerline aft
below the transom floor hatch. The raw water seacock is also located in this area.
To winterize the air conditioning units:
1. After hauling the boat, open the raw water seacock, unscrew
the drain from the strainer site glass (see Figure 8-1 ), disconnect
the raw water pump intake. Remove all water from the hoses,
seacock and strainer.
2. Disconnect the outlet hose from the raw water pump and drain
all water from the air conditioning units.
3. Run the pump for a few seconds (D.C. System Panel) to be
sure there is no water left in it. Reconnect the hoses to the pump,
screw the drain back into the strainer.
4. The system can be filled with an antifreeze mixture. Refer to the
air conditioning manufacturer’s owner’s manual for the recom-
mended procedure.
8.5.2 Head System
To winterize the head system follow these steps:
1. Drain the fresh water system.
2. Run the toilet without incoming water (this will
drain the waste tank outlet hose).
3. Take your boat to a facility with the required
pump-out facilities and follow the procedure out-
lined in Section 7.8 in Chapter 7.
Figure 8-1: Raw water
strainer site glass drain plug.