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This is not what I'd call important, or maybe not even slightly interesting but in doing some plumbing work the past week or so I got to wondering... Why are there shower sumps? Grey water from the sinks/garbage disposal, the dishwasher, and the washing machine goes straight overboard but...

Had one of the dual-bulb circline florescent fixtures go out the other day. Since there are two bulbs with an individual socket to attach each bulb to the ballast, I assumed that the ballast was bad since I could not imagine that two bulbs failed at exactly the same instant. But to be sure I...

We installed a new GE Advantium oven in the galley. Whenever we turn on the galley overhead 120VAC lights, the oven beeps and goes into the waiting for you to enter time or temp mode. If you do nothing it then resets to "off." The oven and lights are on different circuits so I'm not...

Went to make a sandwich a few minutes ago. When I pulled the bread out of the cupboard, I discovered that the corner of the bag had been chewed through as well as several pieces of bread. Fortunately they left enough for me to make my sandwich. Last night I thought I heard a scuttling sound...

Sky, Ang (and others who have done this), Did you attach the PVC to the stringers with clamps or just let it sit? I'm trying to decide if clamping it is a good thing or whether it would actually make it more prone to a problem due to any flexing of the boat or the PVC.

Dr Jim and I went to the Annapolis boat show earlier today and, based on my recent disgust with Shields XHD sanitation hose I paid particular attention to look at what new boats are using for waste hose. On a new 55ft Fleming and a new 65 ft (can't remember the brand) the waste hose was...

In my removing the white waste hose/installing PVC (completed) I discovered that the shower drain in the guest shower is leaking around the base so it needs to be removed/recaulked/reinstalled. I was able to get the drain pipe removed but I cannot loosen the large nut that holds the drain...

I just finished pulling the white sanitation hose I installed 5 years ago that runs from the master head forward through the eng room to the forward waste tank. Like all the other white hose I installed new at the same time, (and have since replaced) it failed miserably and rapidly re odor...

Well, not the ancient Garmin "backup" 3010C chart plotters, I'm talking about my GOOD chartplotter, my iPad. Since I don't have a mount for the iPad, it can be subject to moving around. On a boat, as we all know, objects that are dropped, slide, roll, whatever, seem to always move toward the...

I replaced the leaking seals (and bearings) on my M844K NL Genny's seawater pump. When I disassembled it I paid no real attention to the configuration because I have the NL service manual for the genny which includes the parts diagram for the pump. I started reassembling it as per the diagram...

Been kicking around the idea of installing a self contained AC unit to cool the back deck area of our 53MY, making the deck an "extension" of the salon in warm weather so we would leave the salon doors open. We have an unused (currently capped) seacock in the aft bilge area that could provide...

Yesterday I noticed water dripping from the SW pump shaft on my 16KW M844K NL genny so pulled the pump to replace the seals - of which I have spares. But in disassembling the pump I discovered that one of the two shaft bearing sets is rather rough and needs replacing. Figuring I'd replace both...

A friend on a car site noted that a few days ago he pulled into a filling station in Boulder, Colorado and the Diesel pump had a label just like the gas pumps stating that the fuel contained up to 10% Ethanol. He was totally blown away. A few weeks earlier, when last he refilled the truck with...

For anyone looking for another use for the iPad It's in German but that won't matter. http://www.snotr.com/video/8965/

I'm trying to find replacement bearings but am having no luck cross referencing so far on the internet. The original bearing is a New Departure CWC 8500. I can't find any sort of current cross ref to this bearing. I did find a couple of NOS New Departure 8500 LR1E on Ebay which will fit but...

Have any of you guys read this/watched the video: http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/25/12952477-what-a-win-or-loss-on-mars-will-mean If this thing works it will represent a true triumph of "Weird Science!" I don't know the first thing about a Mars landing but if it's possible to...

Yesterday I received an email and a pic from a good friend who has a 53MY and an NL M844k 16 KW genny (same one that is on our boat). I have no permission from him to copy his post or use the pic he sent but I thought it was really good info so I figured it would be good info to be here. He...

Even if you never served in the military at all! http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/supreme-court-strikes-stolen-valor-lie-military-service/story?id=16669096#.T-yyeo7LtSU Similarly, a Dishonorable Discharge, which used to be a fairly heavy duty millstone re future civilian employment but now seems...

I decided to post this based on the ongoing inverter "discussion." What makes anyone an expert on anything? Is it years spent doing a particular thing? Is it reading about it? Is it the ability to refer someone to appropriate documents? Is it completing your first installation of an item...

As a result of my recent exhaust blower maint I got to thinking about the air handler blowers and associated lubrication. I have never taken a look at the air handlers to see if they are lubricated with an oil hole/cap or if the blower assy has to be taken apart to get oil to the...