The condensate now has only one path it can take, the correct one down the wire mesh dispersion tube that is surrounded by Oil Sorb . Runoff can no longer occur. Here's a shot of the installation in my steamboat. The view is from the bow, looking aft. The condensate delivery tube is to the left and it drops condensate down the dispersion tube in the middle of the filter basket , which can be seen beneath it.
Side view The condensate delivery tube is in the foreground.
The basket containing the Oil Sorb is just behind it. To the left is the feedwater bypass valve which connects to the float valve . The arm connecting the float to the float valve has a bend in it, so that it can range freely up and down in spite of the top of the sheet metal barrier that separates the filter from the pick-up end of the tank. A different location for the float valve might solve this problem, but what I've got works well enough. Here's the filter basket all by its lonesome.