Troubleshooting AC pump - won't start after clogged sea strainer

Mine , for two 16k btu units, is an 8 year old March . Quite easy to service and clean out. Still keeps on working.

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Usually they just grow in there, they don’t really come from outside the boat. We re having a lot issues with them in SoFl especially after a haul out. They die, get loose and then get stuck in manifold. On my boat, I built an oversized manifold between the two chillers