Very strange. The T-fitting where the drain hose from the washing
machine T's into the hose under the floor running to the bilge broke. I
removed the fitting--a gray plastic T with a white PVC fitting glued on
the
T part going towards the washer--and inside the white PVC fitting, which is
sort of cup-shaped, was a ping pong ball! Not a plumbing part, a
REAL ping pong ball with the name of the big French sporting goods store,
Decathlon, printed on it. it appears to fit very nicely inside the PVC
"cup", a bit loose-- perhaps some sort of one-way valve or flow
decreasing device?? No way a ping pong ball could have gone through the
wash.
Does anyone else have a ping pong ball in their plumbing? Is there any
need to regulate the drainage out of the washer or prevent back-flow, because
if not I would just as soon replace it with a simple T, sans ping pong
ball.
What next? Perhaps I will find a badminton birdie being use as a
filter?
Paul
SM 238 "Maracuya"
Martinique
