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    Battery Wire

    Although ABYC is a 'recommended' set of guide lines this is what the insurance companies tend to go by. If the insurance company declines coverage for your boat it goes into an industry record. If you accumulate too many declined coverage notices you may be SOL. Remember many marinas...
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    Furuno model 1720 radar unit.

    Ancora;*** * the scanner uses the most power which is why disconnecting it* stops the fuse from* blowing . It has been pointed out that the fuse you substituted is a fast blow wheras the specified fuse is slower blowing to carry through a start up surge. A characteristic of most radar...
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    Condos versus cruisers

    No I'm* not talking about developers buying land to build condos and destroying marinas. I'm talking about a trend in boating to make a large trawler into a floating condo with every possible amenity included.* A trend supported by the major boat builders it would seem. Its an insiduous...
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    Navigating buttons

    Is there a button to quickly exit one specific forum and get back to the overall llist?* Such as when you have scrolled down to the end and decided not to reply to that thread. Arild
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    Stripes!

    Dougd1 wrote: Yeah stripes suck, how about a nice Hound's Tooth? REPLY Arrgh!!* why don't you just go whole hog and use moire patterns that continually bedazzle the eyes. * That way nobody over the age of 21 wil even look at it. I also vote for plain background. Arild
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    Batteries.....

    R Cook wrote: I'm not certain I have this right, but my research a few years ago suggested that*Concorde Lifeline*recommended charging voltages were rather more different from flooded (lower voltages, as I recall) than my Deka's.* Before selecting an AGM, I'd want to know just what voltages they...
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    Batteries.....

    The short answer is,* AGM**only tolerate a lower float voltage than flooded batteries. The higher float value for Wet or flooded would cause out gassing in a sealed cell and thus detroy it. If you turn off the charger as soon as you get into the float stage* it makes no difference.
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