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Narrator: Welcome back aboard! Fishing for boat improvement?
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Well you caught it! Right here at Ship Shape TV.
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John: A little while back we had the film crew out on
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the water and we were filming some of the fuel docs in town.
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And what happens very commonly,
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is when guys are putting gas into their boat or diesel into the boat.
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Is after they get done it kind of "splashes back" at you.
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And welcome back we again have
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the privilege of having Richard Cozier
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on the program...
Richard: Thanks for having me back.
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John: ...from Perko.
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And Richard what do you call this event?
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Richard: John that's called wellback.
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And it basically occurs when pressure builds
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up in a fuel tank as you're fueling
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and it can't vent fast enough.
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In 2010, the EPA mandated
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along with wellback,
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several other requirements to control fuel emissions.
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And wellback was one
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of the requirements to be done.
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So they require a check valve to be put in
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at the point of location of fuel entry.
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So we have a demonstration here with a
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25 gallon gas tank that I'd like to show you
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what wellback is and then how we can solve that.
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John: Alright now we're not using gasoline here guys.
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We have an actual
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fill that you would see at a gas pump
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and this is just attached to a garden hose.
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Okay, this is water.
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But you want me to put some water in this tank
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acting like it's gasoline.
Richard: Correct.
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Richard: So as you start to fill,
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I'm going to play as the fill limit valve and I'm going to start
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and shut off the pressure of the tank.
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You'll see - it builds.
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John: Oh my gosh!
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Richard: Spits out.
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John: That's wellback?
Richard: That's wellback.
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John: Okay this is really really common in boating.
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Richard: Correct. Now Perko has an inexpensive
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fix for this that's available for OEM's.
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And it's basically a little check valve,
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patent pending, that allows
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the fuel to go down through and
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then it has a flapper valve that closes
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to prevent any wellback from coming back up the tank.
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John: So okay, so fuels comes
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through your fuel fill hose.
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It pushes down this flapper valve.
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You see that? Pushes down the flapper valve.
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And then if it comes back, it stops it.
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Richard: Correct. Now this is an example of a hose
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that we're going to change out that has the valve in place.
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John: Okay.
Richard: It's a very inexpensive retrofit
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for a customer that has
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boats prior to 2010.
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And for the OEM's
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it's an inexpensive
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alternative to some of the other
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internal vent valves that are available of the market.
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John: So you want me to put some more water
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or slash "gas" back into the fuel fill.
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Richard: Correct.
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Now I'm going to close off the pressure.
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The ICV valve - comes up.
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And you do not see the wellback come back up the tank.
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John: Zero coming back at you.
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This is amazing!
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And how expensive of a device is this?
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Richard: Basically John retail wise it's less
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than 50 dollars to the consumer
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to retrofit their boat and OEM's can get it from us directly.
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John: Where is it available?
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Richard: www.perko.com
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Or at any marine retailer.
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*clank*