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• Racor 500 - is it necessary to buy heat shield?
  • The CG regs say that you need the heat shield if it is...
    • Thanks Todd
    • I thought the requirement
      • The actual USCG requirement may be for commercial vessels, but insurance companies tensd to apply those requirements to
        • With insurance companie you never know
      • All the Racors on our three boats were the conventional ones without "heat shields" (all were in the engine compartment)
        • The heat shield requirement is relatively recent as I understand it...
          • Yes, our current boat has 13 seasons under here keel.
            • I recall seeing that...
  • Question, What is the heat shield for?
    • Helps protect the 'plastic parts' from melting during a fire.
      • RThanks, So that explain why fuel filter is mounted........