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A couple of questions for those that have done this: With breaker off, the battery switches off, and the wires taken off the bus in the ER, and now the battery cables disconnected, I'm still getting voltage to the lugs on the charger. I assume there are capacitors that are continuing to feed...

I'm guessing I already know the answer to this, but thought I'd throw it out there to see if there are other causes and solutions we might be able to deal with here in Bimini. It appears the coolant in the genset has been replaced with salt water. First reaction is a blown heat exchanger, but...

I'm looking for a simple, fish finder style sonar for a backup unit. Rather than punch a new hole in the boat, I'm going to build a small mineral oil bath and shoot through the hull. I'm not looking to find fish, nor do I care that I get a lock in 1000 feet of water. I just want something...

Sanctuary is equipped with an engine mounted compressor and a tank on the wall, probably about 3 gallons, to run the horns. The tank is of unknown age and condition. The system leaks down pretty quickly once the engine is shut of, so it's as good a time as any to look at the system as a whole...

Since it's reported by Fox News, it can't be true, but here's yet another clue that the policy of "climate change" isn't be driven by real science: 2035, 2350, it's probably just a typo, no reason to change our thinking over a typo! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583711,00.html

Mass. voting a republican into the Senate. Now, THAT is change I can believe in! A sign that when pushed too far, Americans are Americans first, partisan second. A message has been sent, a shot fired over the bow, the tea thrown into the harbor where it all began. Are you listening Mr...

Heard on my way home from the boat show tonight: Mark Levin, "The Great One", quoted from a Market Ticker post on his show tonight, crediting Genesis by name. Good job!

I believe it is officially Mr. G's Birthday.... Happy Birthday my friend. I hope you get to travel the fluid at 0 MSL today instead of 35k above it!

I realize I won't attract a lot of participants here, but I figured I'd throw it out there for those that like such things, and to get the Holiday Spirit rolling in the forum. After being forced to cancel our event for two years due to low water, the recent floods have filled Lake Lanier, so an...

We're still getting some creep after descaling our 8v92's. We're find below about 1200rpm's, but as soon as I push beyond, the temp creeps up proportionally on the stb side. I give up at 2000rpm with about 180. As soon as I slow down, the temp drops back down again. I'm thinking, no, hoping...

I THINK, I just heard our esteemed world leader kill LORAN.... An obsolete long range radio location system....."been obsolete for years"...."we have GPS now"....."30m per year to maintain"....

I seem to remember that somewhere out here, there was a commercial boat builder, or someone(s) that were close to one. I'm looking for one, that can build both a pilot boat style RIB and a landing craft type boat to semi-custom specs for a project I'm working on. The last one didn't work out...

I posted a few days ago about a regulator issue, which is still hounding us. Runs fine when cold, then slips into an over-charging mode when warmed up. Rather than just replace the regulator, I'm thinking it might be worth having the whole alternator rebuilt. Since I'm leaving town for an...

Ok, we all know, no one ever leaves here for good. Even the ones that say they do, still watch, or come back with new handles. Anyone interested in starting a pool on who gives in first or how long it takes for these guys to return? What's the total number of casualties at this point?

Just talked with SeaLand, and the tech confirmed that their 24v version will run fine on our 32v boats. Anyone need pump motors? I've got two 12v systems that I'm either going to run with a converter, or replace with 24v if I can recover a small portion of the cost of changing them out. Also...

Working on something completely unrelated, I noticed a sender T'd into the line at the engine mounted fuel filter. The sender, has three terminals, with two wires going to it, much like the other senders that feed the 12 point monitor. Looking at the 12 point system monitor however, I see...

I think the regulator is shot on the port engine. While we were out yesterday, it was pushing 40v on the new volt meter. The autopilot eventually warned of over-voltage. I had to manage the output by keeping the RPM's down. While we were sitting at No Name Harbor, I cleaned up some...

I'm trying to determine the draw for our Galley Maid head pumps.....here's why: We ran across a deal on a couple of new Vacu-Flush units, 12v of course. I talked to an electric motor guy about having the motors rebuilt for 32v, and he says no. He contacted the manufacturer of the pump...

I got a good laugh out of this one today.

The new Newmar power converter for the gauges came in, and has a different wiring scheme than the old one. The old had three terminals, input positive, output positive, and a shared negative, which is grounded to every gauge, including the 32volt voltage gauge. The new converter has a ground...