Water in bilge - E34

[bsangs]

Note B: if your refrigerated ice box is accumulating a lot of condensation, you need to immediately put a thin sponge rubber gasket around the lid. The 1/8 inch "window insulation foam" they sell in rolls at the hardware store works great for this.

Loren - I’m sidetracking here from OP, sorry about that - wouldn’t putting that strip of insulation tape prop the lid up and prevent it from lying flush and sealing better?

 

[Loren Beach]

Loren - I’m sidetracking here from OP, sorry about that - wouldn’t putting that strip of insulation tape prop the lid up and prevent it from lying flush and sealing better?

Indeed it could. Altho having the lid be a sixteenth proud will not change the "seal" since the thin foam is doing the sealing. Ours sits slightly proud - maybe a 32nd - if anyone notices. Note that the slightly uneven mating surface, flange and bottom of lid, is where air infiltrates in the first place. So the foam just flattens and makes the 'seal'.
Also, be sure to used some cold-moldable putty around the hole where the coolant tubing enters the box.
Third, I added some one-inch rigid foam, foil covered, to the bottom of the lid. EY had not insulated the top, perhaps to be able to certify a max. cubic inches of ice box capacity? I dunno.

 

[K2MSmith]

Without tasting it ( and it is brownish) is there a way to determine the answer to that question?

I purchased a saline detector on Amazon. They are cheap . Keep in mind that freshwater in the bilge will still have some salt in it.