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If I remember correctly those are resistors to take the place of the typical "charge" light bulb used to indicate loss of alternator output. If the bulb burns out on some configurations you may not have alternator output. Many boats dont actually have that bulb and may use the resistor in place...

You can do it two ways. One is through the NMEA2k and the other is via a regular Victron RJ45 cable from the Ethernet Port on the Cerbo to the Ethernet on the Chart plotter. The first way is demonstrated in the video below at around 6 minutes. You need to order the Victron NMEA cable. I dont...

One thing to note here. As you can see in the diagram, most connections for upper helm are actually made on the backs of the lower helm terminals. This a terrible solution. When rewiring, I used a terminal block behind the lower helm gauge panel and routed all wires to the terminal block. Then...

Found them

This is better but if I can find my oher ones I had them quartered so you could print and tape them togther

let me see if I can find it...I actually looked for that first. I had some pictures saved and quarters with notes. But I cant find them.

Awesome write up and thank you for taking the time to write it. Any chance you could post pictures of the awnings on the foredeck and aft? Or maybe link to where you have already posted pics. Thanks.

Wide view of the 1985 Tung Hwa forward bulkhead. Fuel system on the left and epoch 460ah X 2 batteries mounted to heavily fiber glassed and epoxy primed/painted boards. Batts have L brackets that are integral. My intent was to make the 97 lb batteries/mounts capable of taking a roll over. The...

This is from my Perkins manual.

very nice!

When I was young I worked at a Pinch A Penny Pool supplies factory making those chlorine tabs. I witnessed first hand how incredibly destructive chlorine tabs are on nearly any metal. When it was high humidity, if I left something like a chrome plated wrench on my toolbox, it would grow a rusty...

LOL..that's Barking Sands.:D I was there in the late 80s early 90s running the USMC helos through the training missile range. Oh what fun that was. And yes...i would prefer your 5 years later. :)

5 years later......

Im sure it sounds great. I put a Fusion stereo in mine a while back and it sounds great. One of my favorite things to do in life is to go to the boat, put on some good music and work on the boat.

This is how I use them as well. Something like signal wires or the like.

I really dont know for sure. I am assuming cement. And I assume its capped with the fiberglass in some way. If that is the case then of course that chamber would be captive as far as I can tell. And I have heard more than once where people figured out they had fluid in that area and that it...

Side tracked a bit from the V berth and Lithium/house rewire to make a nice improvement to my DIY dry bilge. Sometimes DIY is great but other times there is a product that cost a bit but you just cant beat it.

I had a pretty good home made dry bilge for quite a few years now that consisted of a Sea flow pump and cheap amazon timer. Its basically all the components that would come with the Sea flow dry bilge all in one but packaged separately and components installed in various locations. My bilge is...

If you dont figure it out I may be available Thursday and Saturday. I am also in NPR and would be glad to come help.

Many systems it is the actual power button that will cycle screen brightness as a shortcut. On the Garmins you just short touch the power button and you will cycle through various brightness levels. Many have been caught by this one, myself included. You likely did this when trying to shut down...

Its been while now but im about 99.9% certain that's what I did. One thing I learned is if you have a tach that has full adjustability like the Aetna or any tach that has full adjustability you dont need the Dakota. If you have a tach that just has A, B, C, D etc you will need the Dakota. Im...

I would remove the lid and inspect. It may just need to be cleaned, use something like Fuel Lube on the gasket or Oring and threads and reassemble. Fuel Lube is magic for something like this. We use it on Aircraft fuel panels and various ports and its just fantastic...

I tried the Tiny Tach driver from Design Technologies first and it worked good for a few months...then died. I messed with it for a bit but it was a bit finicky for me. I still have a few transducers and driver box.

Its a pretty easy job if there is access. I did mine myself. Seabuilt access covers have a good design and can go in the side.