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  1. markrsimon

    Switch to Lithium?

    Not an expert - but here's what I've learned along the way -- While they might just drop-in, I would familiarize myself with Charging, State of Charge, and Temperature at a minimum. Charging: How is your alternator tied into your start battery, and the the house batteries? You need to make...
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    One engine starts fine the other doesnt but with a twist

    That switch between the two starting switches is your 'emergency start' switch. Its a solenoid that connects both +POS cables of each battery bank together. Allows you to use all batteries at once -- or get the additional power from the alternator of the running engine. Given that it just...
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    One engine starts fine the other doesnt but with a twist

    How old are the batteries? Have you load tested them? Do you have two for port, and two for starboard - or three and one? (or is one for the gwnerator) Are they all dual purpose, deep cycle, or starting batteries? Guessing regular lead acid batteries. Throwing out a guess without any info...
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    Hot tubs???

    I'm on my 2nd Sundance Spa, over the course of 15+ years -- and I've bought both of them used. Parts are readily available and I prefer their control pack / design over the others. If your going to buy one (a 6-8 person), make sure it has two pumps, plus a separate circulating pump. How do...
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    T-Mobile hot spot

    As long as you don't have a unique setup, which might require direct inbound access -- the tmobile 5g home internet solution is great. If you haven't noticed -- their 'gateway' does not have any settings. All devices inside your house get a 192.168.12.x address. There is no public IP (that...
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    Generator Posts Over the Years

    How many Kohlers are out there compared to other brands? Install base could definitely influence frequency/qty of posts.
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    T-Mobile hot spot

    You normaly want to reduce/set the MTU on your end device (laptop) - not the gateway itself. Reason being, the encrypted packets from your laptop are flagged as DF (dont fragment). Encryption adds a bit of overhead. If the packets that hit the gateway are to large to forward, and set to DF...
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    T-Mobile hot spot

    We’ve taken it in the car with us on several road trips between Cleveland and Cincinnati (~4+ hrs each way) with an AC inverter in car to power it. Allows everyone to watch full streaming without using any of our cell phone data plans. Also works great in the hotel - without having to deal...
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    T-Mobile hot spot

    You can move the t-mobile 5G home internet tower anywhere you go.. home, car, boat, vacation - internet that follows you, provided t-mobile has service in that area. While it has a usb-c power connector, it wants like 60W at some higher level voltage - so you have to use the included 110v adapter.
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    T-Mobile hot spot

    +1 We've been using it for the last 2 seasons -- works great for us. This year, we are getting ~400Mbps down - which is way faster than home cable internet. They now charge you a $50 sign-up free, but you get that back in a $50 gift-card. Last year, we got an Echo Show 8 for free. We havent...
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    Oil Slick

    Most engines (if not all) have an oil cooler where the raw water comes into the boat, through the trans cooler (if inboard) and then through the oil cooler. If the oil cooler has a leak, that allows raw water into the oil and vise versa leading to a slick. Pull the water hose on the oil cooler...
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    Waste water is overflowing from cap on deck.

    What the gauge says, and the actual level in the tank -- may be two different things. Sometimes the sender unit in the tank gets gummed up with, well you know, and sticks, and no longer works properly. Shining a flashlight on the side of the tank to verify might be step one. It's can also be...
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    2005 weekender 215 Ran out of gas

    And if you really did run out - it takes a long time of cranking to suck fuel through all the lines, through the filters, and into the bowl. Crank 15 seconds at a time and wait 30 seconds - so you dont overheat the starter. You may have to do thay 20-30 times. The other option (my pref after...
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    AC System Failure - What are the Components?

    I’m still confused - any maybe its just me - in which case I apologize in advance. Q: so we are not getting any water flow from any AC thru hulls when the vberth AC unit is on? Single water pump + working vberth AC unit = working water pump, with water existing at minimum 1 thru hull...
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    Vacuflush VG2 - Vacuum Leak

    Helping a boat neighbor out who has a VG2. The problem started as a clog - which we resolved. We dismantled the VG2 completely (leaving the tank in the boat), cleaned, installed new bellows and duck bills, and reassembled. There is a vacuum leak where the dip tube connects to the VG2 tank...
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    AC System Failure - What are the Components?

    Confused a bit.. One of your AC units does work correct? and you see water coming out of the side of the boat, near that AC unit? or - do you have two pumps, one for each AC? Guessing you have one pump, and it works, given you said vberth AC works. On my pump the shaft piece kinda floats in...
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    Installing new smart thermostat

    The current thermostat is not setup like a home thermostat - so you cant swap it out. Home units typically run on 24vac - and have separate wires when calling for heat or air conditioning, and perhaps another wire for fan. Assuming you have a SMX-II control panel - it runs off 5v, and I can...
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    New Site Update - Report problems here

    iPhone — Settings, Safari, Advanced, Website Data, Search for clubsearay, swipe to delete.
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    New Site Update - Report problems here

    Images in original posts are displayed with low res (quality is very poor) - which you can click to get the original higher res image. However it seems when replying, the images are displayed with decent quality. See...
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    New Site Update - Report problems here

    Finally fixed my issue. Needed to delete all the saved data for this website - akin to clearing cookies/cache. iPhone — Settings, Safari, Advanced, Website Data, Search for clubsearay, swipe to delete.
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