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Air Conditioner odor

Discussion of AC's, plumbing and sanitation related issues.
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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby Wayne162 » November 13th, 2016, 7:55 pm

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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby g36 » November 13th, 2016, 8:52 pm

Thanks for t h e link. However I am using zaal noflex digester it works great and I think it works as advertised but I think the issue is the plastic of the tanks have become permeated from odors before me owning the boat. Now If I open the tank it is a different smell from what the residual smell is in the bilge.
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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby Wayne162 » November 13th, 2016, 8:56 pm

I previously used noflex. Healthy Boater did a better job. You use less and it's a third of the cost.
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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby mjk1040 » November 14th, 2016, 6:03 am

Ok Wayne, ordered this stuff for next season, hope it works! Probably just Borax in a fancy container? Mike
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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby g36 » October 27th, 2018, 4:13 pm

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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby Midnightsun » October 27th, 2018, 5:33 pm

Problem is as you found out the AC is open to the rear bilge. Under there is where your holding tank is located. IMHO you should address the issue of the smell in there which is most likely permeated holding tank hoses. New hoses will eliminate the smell. Bottom line is there should be no smell coming from a bilge and if there is, something needs to be cleaned, fixed or changed
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Re: Air Conditioner odor

Postby g36 » October 28th, 2018, 12:11 am

This post is 2 yrs old. I stated this then , Regardless if there's a smell or not isolating the hvac unit from the bilge will be more efficient if your not pulling air from the bilge, just like your not pulling air at home from your crawl space
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