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DI’ve been using Aqua Map for most of my boating since I purchased this boat in Stuart Florida one year ago. In the last few days, I...
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Chart Plotter apps for iPhone.StarCraft, with the Navionics App, are you using it on the IPhone or a Tablet? Or Android? Has it let you down when you have the...
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Basic Electrical.I was relieved when the yard manager here in the marina agreed that once he got the rest of the boats launched to spare up a couple...
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DHere's a diagram of the AC control panel I'm building for my '99 restoration. It shows conceptually exactly what Tom is talking about...
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DP.S. Any 120V appliance that is based on resistance, like a space heater or hot pot, will drain your battery very quickly. You can do...
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DYour description of your wiring system suggests it is quite complicated. From experience I know that I need to have my shore power...
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DI had trouble with tripping breakers on the dock also. It worked fine at my older marina but did not work with modem GFIC circuits. My...
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Basic Electrical.Learning. The fridge is hot wired or something. If there is no shore pwr the fridge works. If I turn off the starter and the house...
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DThere is a new standard for dock electrical systems regarding ground-fault protection. These can be very sensitive. The electrical...
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DI don't know how your boat is wired and without a schematic no one is going to be able to give you a definitive answer. The situation...
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Basic Electrical.So is the inverters only job to convert the 12v from the house batteries into 120 for the fridge ? I’m on the boat right now so I’ll...
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Basic Electrical.Good explanation and I’ve decided I’ll hire a marine electrician at a flat rate to point out what I have.
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Basic Electrical.I can almost grasp that. Seen that in a house or something once where neutral and ground were bonded.
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DOn my boat I have two starter batteries and two house batteries. Then I have the main switches and panel below the helm seat. On the...
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DDonald Tyson replied to the thread Installed a Lone Star GX2 anchor winch.This sounds perfectly true as that is what I do with all lines....Climbing lines, fly lines, Fishing lines...just head on down the bay...
