How to Winterize the Air Conditioning System of a Boat

Eddie from "On Board" shows you his way of winterizing your fresh water system on your boat.
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[@firengine21]

Eddie, always had 250 Merc outboard, this year purchased a 330 Searay with 7.4s. Was told to look u up on KZbin, which I did, was able to understand what needed to be done for the winter, with your hands on and info made it easier to be completed, even with your New York accent Thanks

[@OnboardWithEddie]

Lol 🤔 I wonder,, if I move out of New York, would I still have that accent. Glad to help you out. thank you for your support

[@303610jack]

Hi Eddie, I have a boat on Lake Ontario, Sodus Pt, NY. I was looking for an easier way of winterizing my a/c unit. I watched your video several times. Today I was at the marina and winterized my a/c unit as you showed in the video. This procedure works really well and saves a lot of time not having to disconnect the a/c intake hose and turning on the a/c unit itself to run the antifreeze through the a/c unit. It took 7 minutes to winterized my a/c unit doing it your way. Thanks ! Jack

[@MarkArgentinoREMAX]

Eddie, This video and the others you have uploaded are excellent for us 'first timers' for winterizatoin of the onboard water systems. Love the 'fish eye' view! lol I can't thank you enough! Mark

[@dogkikr60]

Eddie, So so glad you made these videos. Thank you.

[@hankrecla4608]

Eddie, thanks for the great video. I hauled my 42 Catalina that I just bought. Winterizing the AC worked great once I saw your video.

[@58msd]

Great video. Technique you illustrated worked great. Thanks for posting

[@jnevins]

Thanks Eddie! This is a big help.

[@OnboardWithEddie]

Your welcome. And thank you for your support

[@josem6914]

Great video

[@kylefng]

😂 love the fisheye view

[@robflanagan250]

Eddie… I recently purchased a 2006 Larson 240 Cabrio and had a quick question..... Once the boat is in the water and I'm hooked up to Shore power and I'm ready to turn on the AC... Turn on my main switch inside cabin (control panel) then ac switch on control panel then actual ac switch…. Is there anything eles that needs to be done..... Thanks

[@terp84alum]

Can you recommend a pump?

[@GUATAPARO1]

Thanks

[@francorossobianco]

How about if my boat is in the water? We plan on leaving it in this winter so I can't access either the intake or the discharge....

[@eyalg1972]

It might be a little late but you do it from the strainer hose and run the pink from there by turning the AC on, see his other video about winterizing the generator.

[@tomshultz7832]

There must be a pump to circulate the sea water through the AC. Does forcing the pink stuff through not harm the pump?

[@1personalt]

the pump is a centrifugal force pump, it is open the middle so no harm in doing this way. This is best way to do it. There is another video somewhere that the guy takes about the pump to show you inside

[@nobody46820]

Wouldn't you want to clean the lines before this?

[@francorossobianco]

Actually, never mind, I found the other methods. Appreciate your video.

[@marcelocabrera8342]

Great video

[@OnboardWithEddie]

I hope it help you out. thanks for your support