Recent content by Patrick4002

thanks for the reply, my boat / engines are 30 years, i have just 2300h on the motors they had by the previous owner a service from carterpillar in 2014 i travel the last years not so mutch , the trips i make are 4h to 6h max, i had a technical guy from carterpillar who told me it is not good...

how old are the engines and how may runtime ? i have 3208TA running good at the moment fine that you haven found the problem

i think that i also put a fuse of 50A in the (-) line that go from the gen to the central (-) point so if i have problems the fuse will blow.

Hello, at the moment the battery of the generator (onan) is only connected to the generator I put a new battery charger in withs support 3 battery groups with kommen - for the service and starter battery the - is connected to a star point on one battery. to connect the generator battery , i...

if the teak deck is ferm gleud it is not possible to save the teak it will break during removal. i am very lucky that the teak had not a firm bound withe the deck and all the removed planks did not break (did 20% now) i have some parts that are glued i use a oscilating saw with a old blade...

i have a trader from 1990 the front teak dek some planks are not good gleud on the deck and a lot of screws are not real tight. last week i removed the planks without breaking on the port side of the cabin. cleaned the deck the use a 4mm drill to clean the screw holes and look to not damage the...

we stay onboard and our service bank is loaded by solar during 8 months, we have then no shore power and want to start the gen when the battery bank is to low. i m made a study for the best solution (i am a industrial automatisation engineer) and the battery voltage is a good measurement if you...

thanks, tats a good one, before i place it i will try the searchlight bij night, so i can see the effect, the arc i very high i had it on my previous boat also on the ars and its was practical i had almost a 360 gr use of the searchlight

thanks, but this one is new it was form my previous bout but i did not install it. the manuel is gone, got the rest. im thinking also the problem could be water intrusion, its under a big plate but i can make a plate under it (its only a job i cannot do)

hello, a strange question, can i mount a guest searchlight upside down under my radar? It is the best place, if not i have to make a plate that hangs under the radar Best regards, Patrick

Hello, i have a standard horizon cp1000c plotter and on the front under the 2 c-map cards is a small usb connector. the manuel only mention it is a usb slave connection. Wath can i do with it ? Do i need software to connect to the plotter ? i also cannot use a c-card to transfer data, the...

I our case we planned to search for a bigger boat for stay on it and not to extended trips. we made a list of the space we want to have, large master head, big shower or a real bath a spare bed room, a small work room, a storage room, good kitchen, lot of closets good saloon with big windows, a...

i put the sensor just before the hose on the metal tube from the motor

i had almost the same problem lukely i had installed 2 pt100 sensors with omron temp meters, is a industrial means off getting a good temp measurement and alarm. i had a impeller broken , the motor temp changed noting but in less than a minute the exhaust temp got to 180gr and i got a alarm...

sorry for the confusion first the motors are 435hp and there is no anode in the after cooler in my previous message i was refering to the anodes (3) from the cooling water heat exchanger (rond tube above the flywheel). Best regards, Patrick