Recent content by ranger58sb

Marinebeamcom. We replaced the incandescent bulbs in our anchor and steaming light fixtures with their BAY15D 60 LED white replacement "bulbs" for Aqua Signal Series 40, 50, 55 (and 41). VERY BRIGHT! In fact, we also replaced the red, green, and stern "bulbs" with the same LEDs of appropriate...

First, we were on the boat for a while fixing something else, and I snapped a photo of the master shower door latch. The lock thingy (technical term), which I'd never even actually noticed before, says Perko on it. So the whole latch mechanism would have been made by Perko as OEM, and I'd...

Same for me. I've been thinking there might be a whole package, perhaps available from Sea Ray? And/or through a dealer? -Chris

Yeah, it was difficult when I was shopping, more than a year ago... You may have to just find another brand/model... or maybe used Aqua Signal from eBay or some such... -Chris

Have you downloaded the Owners Manual and the Parts Manual from the Sea Ray site? Both of those sometimes contain clues to bits and pieces throughout the boat... although sometimes the clues need a little translation... And then if you can figure out OEM for a given system, you can often go to...

Our aft bilge pumps each have their own float switch, one switch lower in the bilge, the other switch on the "step" up toward the generator. Lower unit is the "normal" pump, and the one with the higher float switch is the "emergency" pump. Original nav lights are Aqua Signal Series 41...

Good point, that I didn't address. In both of our installations, we chose to power all of the "light" loads: outlets (including a coffee maker outlet), microwave/convection oven, and entertainment system (TV/stereo, etc.). In this boat, we also included the AC lighting circuits. IOW, we...

I've read that before, too... FWIW, our Victron transfer switch is internal to the inverter/charger, and we haven't had any GFCI issues. -Chris

We've done this twice. Both boats with typical two-bank battery set-up, one each for starting an engine and servicing approx half of the house DC loads. The second (current) boat also has a third bank for the bow thruster. In the first boat... we added battery capacity to one bank, and then...

SLIDING DOOR LOCKSET Aftermath of our lock-out event... The nice lady at The Brass Works (thebrassworksinc.com) decided our new parts are a 969Z-FMH-MPCH mortise latch ($293), a knob locking cylinder 1484-35/26-MPCH ($152), and the large knob option 5602-MPCH ($37.50). Shipping and handling...

Was your new bridge AC a Dometic 27K? Or a CTM similar? We used the Dometic 27K, replacing the original Cruisair (offhand, I think 24K?) 'cause that's the size the make now, not necessarily because we thought we needed bigger. Not sure how the physical dimensions would have compared... If...

Interesting. Looks new. And flooded. I haven't quite figured out their cycle life chart on that; only goes toward 140 cycles against run time in minutes. Maybe with focus on how long you could run a trolling motor. Other deep cycle batteries often instead graph out cycles to depth of...

If an Interstate 12VDC battery is labeled "deep cycle" it's more likely to be a dual-purpose battery, decent enough for engine starting and general house loads over appropriate time periods. -Chris

If your battery banks are at 12V, they're wired in parallel, not in series. And in parallel, capacity is additive (2x100Ah = 200Ah). I've read cranking amps are also additive (2x600 = 1200, etc.). If wired in series, voltage is additive -- 2x6V goes to 12V, 2x12V to 24V, etc. -- cranking...

We had an 11, now have a 20 (17.9), no anodes. -Chris