Owner`s manual

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BILGE VENTILATION SYSTEM
The engine and generator compart-
ments on your 43MY are enclosed
areas and are subject to the accumula-
tion of dangerous fuel fumes. If these
fumes are not ventilated or properly
exhausted from the engine/generator
compartment, they may be ignited,
resulting in fire or explosion and pos-
sible injury or death.
Your 43MY is equipped with intake vents
for the engine room. These vents are
located on the port and starboard side of
your 43MY. The purpose of these vents is
to ventilate the engine room area of your
43MY. The photo below shows the vent
on the port side of your 43MY.
For quicker evacuation of air from the
engine room, your 43MY is equipped with
two(2) bilge blowers. The blowers are
located in the engine compartment and
exhaust out through the hull on the port
and starboard sides of your 43MY. The
photo below shows the blower exhaust on
the port side of your 43MY.
Operation of the bilge blowers is as fol-
lows:
✔The battery switch must be turned to the
ON position. The Battery Switches are
located under the AC/DC Panel in the
Salon Area.
✔The bridge electrical breaker switch at
the ships shore service panel must be
turned ON.
✔Depress the blower motor switch, lo-
cated on the helm switch panel. The
switch location is shown in the Electrical
Pages of this section of your Owners
Manual. The small light located on the
blower switch will illuminate to indicate the
blower motors are in operation. The blow-
ers can also be turned on at the AC/DC
Panel. The Electrical Pages of this section
of this Owners Manual shows the location
of the switch on the AC/DC Panel. There is
also a Schematic of the AC/DC Panel in
the Schematics Section of this Owners
manual.