Hurricane Hinge With A Rain Gutter?

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Hurricane Hinge With A Rain Gutter?

Postby halfdome, Danny » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:50 pm

I was just looking at images of hurricane hinges and discovered a new style, to me anyway.
It has an interesting rain gutter added to help prevent rain from flooding the hinge when the lid is up, while it's raining.
I'm too familiar with that scenario when I didn't level the rear of my teardrop and I could see water trickling into the galley.
Since then I've put a piece of door seal on the exterior of the hinge, like Grant had suggested, to prevent it from happening again.
It looks to be an exact copy of the other image/hinge but has the addition of the rain gutter.
:D Danny
With rain gutter:
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No rain gutter:
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Re: Hurricane Hinge With A Rain Gutter?

Postby S. Heisley » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:56 pm

...Nice find, Danny! :thumbsup:
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Re: Hurricane Hinge With A Rain Gutter?

Postby halfdome, Danny » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:01 pm

The seller has listing for 4', 5' & 6' hurricane hinges with rain gutter.
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Re: Hurricane Hinge With A Rain Gutter?

Postby mikeschn » Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:45 am

That's a cool looking hinge!!

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