{"id":1156,"date":"2020-07-31T17:49:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuals.test\/seakeeper-1-installation-manual\/cooling-installation\/installation-considerations\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T03:40:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T03:40:17","slug":"installation-considerations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-1-installation-manual-rev-1\/cooling-installation\/installation-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation Considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The installer is responsible for supplying a dedicated seawater pump and associated plumbing. An optional seawater pump can be purchased through <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span>, P\/N 30331.<\/li><li>Seawater connections on the <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> heat exchanger mate with \u00bd in. (13 mm) hose.<\/li><li>The seawater pump is powered by Cable 5, via \u201cSW Pump 12 VDC Out\u201d on the <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> 1, as outlined in the Electrical Installation section.<ol><li>The seawater pump operates on 12 VDC with a max overcurrent protection rating of 15 A.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>A dedicated through-hull fitting should be installed for each <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> unit onboard the vessel to ensure sufficient seawater flow to each unit.<\/li><li>It is recommended that the seawater pump is located below the waterline, as close to the baseline of the vessel as practically possible, to maintain positive inlet pressure on the pump in all operating conditions.<ol><li>A self-priming seawater pump may be required to maintain water flow in all underway conditions. Cavitation can occur at the seawater inlet and potentially cause an air-lock condition restricting seawater flow to the heat exchanger.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Maximum allowable seawater pressure in heat exchanger is 20 psi (1.4 bar).<\/li><li>The seawater flow requirement through the <span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> heat exchanger is 2 GPM (7.6 LPM) minimum and 4 GPM (15.2 LPM) maximum under all operating conditions.<ol><li>When sizing the seawater pump, installers should consider losses for raw water plumbing.<\/li><li>A forward-facing scoop \/ highspeed seawater inlet should be installed to ensure sufficient seawater flow during underway operation.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The installer is responsible for supplying a dedicated seawater pump and associated plumbing. An optional seawater pump can be purchased through Seakeeper, P\/N 30331. Seawater connections on the Seakeeper heat exchanger mate with \u00bd in. (13 mm) hose. The seawater pump is powered by Cable 5, via \u201cSW Pump 12 VDC Out\u201d on the Seakeeper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1151,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[157],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-1156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-1-installation-manual-rev-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions\/3088"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}