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It's an MCE. The last guy who worked on it left and said all it needed was a diode. I could rebuild the engine, but when it comes to electrics I fall pretty short. You would think with a preponderance of power boats here in Myrtle Beach a mechanic would be easy to find...

Thanks! I'll check on Thursday. Out of town at the moment...

Got an Onan gasoline genny and trying to find a mechanic in the Myrtle Beach area to come out and repair it. From what I'm told all it needs is a diode. Any help here would be appreciated.

That article is really what drew my concern. That's why I asked if this issue with this boat was centered around that model and year. Not saying I would never buy a Carver or not. I just want to be informed. A lot of folks turn their heads at Marine Trader. I ended up with one that had...

Having sold my Marine Trader Sundeck 36, man I loved that boat, we're back in the market. Because of insurance being more and more difficult and expensive to attain for these 1980-1990 vessels, it looks as if we're going to have to leave the typical Taiwanese trawlers behind. After 1990 there...

I keep two logs, one for maintenance and one for personal. The maintenance log stays onboard and goes with the boat. The personal log comes with me. One of the most important reasons for keeping personal logs is that they contain my sea time hours which I document for my captains license...

Something like this.... https://www.amazon.com/DP1000-Adaptor-Converts-Cartridge-Element/dp/B00V3ESQLC

I have a client who is having trouble finding an intercooler for the following engines. Cummins V8470-185 year 1988 Any place I can point him too to find these?

Is still available?

Years ago I listed a boat that was similarly overpriced and never again. $225,000 boat that eventually sold for the "right" price of $150,000. THREE years later. And somehow it was all my fault according to the seller. My marketing was bad, not enough pictures, (66) and so on. The guy was a...

I've been looking at these. https://icecofreezer.com/collections/iceco-jp-series/products/iceco-jp30-portable-car-12v-refrigerator I like the idea of a Secop/Danfoss compressor. The Engle is tempting but, at double the price is the value there? I just need extra space for cold drinks...

Just to expound on that a little. If you're working with a buyers broker you can already have a deposit in escrow and a good handle on the paperwork. You're ready to pull the trigger very quickly. Some brokerages will not even summit your offer without the deposit in escrow. If it's already...

As a broker and if I was your buyers broker, the first thing I would have you do is get the boat under contract! Otherwise, you could be just spinning your wheels here. Make a pre-survey a condition of the contract. It's done all the time and if it presents a problem with the seller, my advice...

Update. I decided on and ordered the Webasto FCF Platinum 16,000 btu unit. The deciding factor was the warranty. I like the idea of warranty issues being handled by a local tech. The others all wanted their units sent back to the factory for warranty work. The unit will hit me on Tuesday and I...

Installing a new 16,000 btu a/c unit in the boat and was going to use a Dometic unit. However, they are back ordered. Is there another brand unit that I should consider or should I wait for the Dometic? Any feedback will be useful...

What monitor are you using to ascertain this info? I would like to put one to use..

Bought these from a member here and they worked great. Unfortunately, the master unit now resides at the bottom of the St. Lucie lock. So what you get is two headsets, one is brand new, one remote unit, the charger, a nice case and the manual. You will need a master unit to make this system...

And therein lies the issue. Not enough data to pull the trigger on an all AC unit. If the invertor does pull 8 amps under load and the 12v unit pulls 4 amps, (that's what my Danfoss pulls), wouldn't that mean that the AC unit would have to be twice as efficient to at least match the 12v unit...

The fridge can be run on AC or DC. I run it on DC. When the fridge is running it draws 4 amps according to the analog meter. The compressor is a Danfoss BD50. The Charger-invertor is a Xantrex freedom 458. The manual says it draws .12 amps at idle. Not sure what it draws running a phone charger...

Ok, pretty sure my module is fried. The fridge is a Domectic RPD 190 and now I have a decision to make. I could buy a new module at almost $200 a pop or replace the fridge. If I go with an Energy Star rated AC only fridge, how is my energy usage going to change? Will it go up a little, a lot, or...

This was just taking up space on my upper helm which I would like to reclaim. The unit works, how well it works, I'm not sure because I have nothing comparable to compare to. On the Gulf of Mexico I could see my buddy's boat, a Gemini 34 catamaran when he was 1/2 mile away. However, I could not...

So, just to update the thread. I tried to inject power directly into the backbone and although that did power up the display, the drive unit was not recognized. I then disconnected the ACU unit and opened her up. Inside, nothing obvious to my eye looked corroded or broken. I'll go ahead and send...

Did I miss the price or location?

As stated earlier, the unit fired up this morning. We're sitting on a mooring ball in St. Augustine and so I left the unit on all day. I did redo the dockside wizard and that went fine. Left to go walk about and when we got back about six hours later the unit had shut down. At this point I'll...

It's been acting up for the last couple of months and I have changed nothing. It's a pretty simple setup. From the ACU 200 you have wiring going to the drive unit then you have a connector that feeds power to the backbone. That connector goes to a tee that carries the backbone. From there the...