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The answer here is simple.. #1 In the fall charge to 100% SOC #2 Fully disconnect the batteries from the vessel and each other (either positive or negatives your choice) #3 Reconnect in the spring... There is no need for solar if the batteries are stored properly. AGM batteries have a very...

Andy, If you are concerned about ABYC compliance/insurance coverage you should know the Cozy Cabin heater is not ABYC compliant, because it lacks "room sealed combustion".. Just ask them, Dickinson, (Dickinson owns Sig/Cozy Cabin heater now) and they will tell you this. It is frustrating that...

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You would be well served to read this article: Do I Need A Solar Controller?

Sorry for the misleading link... Here's the rest of the story on the Mastech MS2108 Cheap Electrical Tools = False Economy After that debacle I would urge buying meters from companies with an actual reputation such as Craftsman, Blue Sea, Klein, Greenlee, Ideal, Extech, Sperry, Ryobi or...

Our club also has emergency pull down ladders on the docks but this spring, on Kentucky Derby day, one of our members fell in trying to get the motor onto his dinghy. The motor went to the bottom, and he slipped and went in too. He is 6'3' and about 260 pounds and in the cold spring water (45F)...

This is an issue and it is the insurer who really sets the bar for the compliance they want to see. The surveyor can only make recommendations usually to cover him/her self.. One of my good friends, a customer as well, almost died because he could not get his ladder down! He fell off the dock...

Seven years old, no covers, my canvas maker won't install them. Optical clarity has not changed in seven years.... Only ever touched by IMAR Strataglass Cleaner and a clean microfiber rag.

I recently did a consult on R-88's lithium system and she is a very cool boat. Once they work out the electrical system she's a force to be reckoned with... Also got to work recently with Stan Honey, who is the navigator on Comanche, Jim Clark & Kristy Hinze's new no holes barred race boat...

Damn I wished I'de seen this...... Our CS-36T genny is: Luff 47'2" Leech 44'5" and foot 24' 2"......<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>...

Just be aware that many of the tappings Yanmar blocks are JIS/BSPT thread not NPT so you will likely need an adapter from JIS/BSPT to NPT..

That is not a Norseman nor is it a mechanical fitting. It is a machined fork swage terminal mostly used for architectural and decorative needs. They do make marine rigging suitable machined forks but most of them are decorative grade so one needs to use caution when buying and whom you buy...

Brass is fine however why not just use 1/2" x 3/8" male adapter? Less places to leak. These water heaters used to have a 1/2" thread for the HX so you should be able to adapt, unless of course Kumha has changed them...

One caution I have for any inverter charger is the ability to have the unit NOT auto transfer. Auto transfer is often called standby or search mode and you want a product that allows this to be 100% disabled when plugged into shore power.. There have been many instancess where the boat loses...

Not unusual at all polysulfide is contraindicated with many plastics as are many polyurethanes. These products can prematurely leach the plasticizers out of the product and make it brittle...