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https://www.colburnpower.com/mwdownloads/download/link/id/116/ This should be your regulator Trace v7 and v8 sense wires In this diagram it is set for 240v V7 and V8 are sensing 240 volt from 1 and 4 stator leads If when it was wired for 120 v7 and v8 may be on neutral and the L1 One wire may...

This could get long so let me first layout who I am... Retired USCG Machinery technician that worked gas, diesel, DC power generation, AC power generation, HVAC and refrigeration. I then moved into commercial marine, then Heavy Trucks and equipment. Am an ASE certified Master HD technician...

VT903M were the primary engines used in CG 41' Utility boats. There is no diaphragm on these fuel pumps. The transfer pump is gear operated of the timing gears, the PT (Pressure/Time) pump is not a typical injection pump. It only raises the fuel rail pressure in the common rail 25psi min...

Fresh water electrocution = SHORE POWER And you have no idea what you are talking about, don't create undue FUD. Fresh water electrocution occurs due to stray currents between a boat and other boats or LAND because of the common ground and neutrals in shore power. On board generators or...

My wife and I do this. Admittedly it is to get to the end location to go boating. So typically overnight or at most arrive at night, layover one day and leave the next morning (36 hours +/-). We don't have a tug but a similar sized express 30ft cruiser. For this reason and others I converted...

Agree... The US passed the Clean Water Act. And I am old enough to have seen waterways that were getting horrible become clean again. Look at the Hudson, Chicago, Mississippi, Ohio 50 years ago compared to today. Can we do better? yes we can, should we yes we should. But we should not just...

I love things like that it truly provides "human perspective" And so therefore includes modern meteorological records the oldest of which are based on ships logs since weather was so critical to sailing. Yet even that is questionable as to "accuracy" since one ships thermometers and barometers...

I hope this works linking three quotes. Now I am not trawler, strictly a coastal cruiser, gas not diesel. But I have older GM 350 (5.7) based carburated engines. The only electronics is a simple ignition module. (and I bought a boat with twins). I was a USCG Machinery Technician, an ASE...

DITTO I did light commercial diving I am certified I have used dry suits extensively Please do not use any compressed air source without proper training This is no where near the same as recreational snorkeling on some beautiful reef. Work diving gets physically stressful under the best of...

Ditto here 30 ft Sundancer 2500 Dodge Ram 21,000 CGVW Really no advantage to a 3500 dually when you dont have a fifth wheel My is actually rated slightly higher than a 3500 for towing at the bumper The boat reminds me of my old CG 44 MLB and the older 36 Motor Life Boats I can see why the claim...

I hate to talk badly of people but I am certain that the quality of work was the issue. These folks have been living aboard in Chicago since 2014, the you tubes only go back a few months and some of them made me wonder about some other wiring i saw he did. They have been blogging since 2014...

If you want to install after water heater this tank I used can be, it is FDA for potable water, 150 PSI operating pressure and 200F rated, with stainless fittings and poly lined. $41 I removed my check valve at the heater and installed this tank after my pump to act as both an expansion and...

My 300 is twin 350/5.7 GM Mercruiser I/O 200 gallons of fuel in twin wing tanks. My rule fuel is the age old "1/3" - 1/3 out, 1/3 back, 1/3 reserve - which would limit me to about 75 miles. And this time of year off Cape Canaveral the Gulf Stream is about 50 miles out and 2 - 3 knots. I was down...

Been over this thoroughly on the ClubSeaRay.com site USCG audio conversation with Bee from vessel after pickup. https://www.dvidshub.net/audio/64701/missing-mariner-stuart-bee-located-86-miles-east-port-canaveral https://www.dvidshub.net/search?q=stuart+bee&view=grid Quoting myself...

First no I do not think you can safely or legally install a standard 120VAC outlet nor a 12VDC socket in a gas powered engine space. The regulations do not “prohibit” any single device by name they spell out the testing and situations. If you read the guide “isolation” is the separation from...

If you want to check the regulations and plain language explanations read this https://www.uscgboating.org/regulations/assets/builders-handbook/ELECTRICAL.pdf I am retired USCG Machinery Tech and afterwards worked in the marine repair industry. And I own a gas express cruiser. I doubt you can...

A possible simple purpose. With no skeg to support OR PROTECT the rudder What would prevent the rudder from being pushed upward into the hull on even a light grounding? Could it simply be there to stop the donut/rudder post from being able to move upward more than an inch or so??

I drained my tanks during a repair and then refilled 10 gallons at a time in each tank. Recording in a "fuel chart" exactly where each 10 gallon mark was for each gauge. i.e. 10 needle width below 1/8 20 bottom edge 1/4 30 between 1/4-3/8 40 just above 3/8 50 on 1/2 etc. My rule for operation...

The 208 volt input solution (plus a switch for 240 Input operation) is described on the name plate at the bottom. Per that you use the transformer in reverse setup. H1 H2 H3 become the boat Output side. The X side becomes the input side, you use X2, X4 per the name plate for 208v. For 240 volt...

Well that makes me fell better...

Big Ass Boat On A Trailer - 300 Sundancer

I have two Vartech outdoor units like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/181766052069 15” heavy milspec aluminum sealed case not touch With a linux pc and opencpn only 1024x768 but really fine because small fonts and fine lines are harder to read anyway, your not streaming youtube. You will see them...