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Best Locations to get Water Flow for Shaft Packings

Your heat exchanger makes an excellent place to pull a water hookup to draw seawater for a packing gland

The two below images have the extending hookup at about a 2′ o-clock angle on your heat-exchanger for easy routing of a hose to your shaft packings.

Picturred above is the backing plate of your heat exchanger — Pictured above is the backing plate of your heat exchanger