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Wow that looks great! I now have a new project.... Did the company provide you a template and they made the pieces to your specs?

JB
 
Use Bar Keepers Friend - mild oxalyic acid. Wet it, sprinkle it, brush it across the grain, let it sit 10 minutes, rinse well. Brand new look without the harsh two part teak cleaners...
 
Wow that looks great! I now have a new project.... Did the company provide you a template and they made the pieces to your specs?

JB
Hello JB, I originally took my existing original cockpit carpeting to Gioia Sails, in Brick NJ to have them copy as templates. They called me back and said the originals were no good, so they sent a person down to the boat to make the template, from what I saw it's just thicker semi clear plastic that they draw on with a sharpee and then cut with scissors. I saw a few vendors at the Fort Lauderdale boat show that would mail you a similar template kit, then ship you the carpeting all bound around the edges. I still haven't gotten around to installing the buttons, they provided me with beige ones that match so they should be almost invisible, I def see the need for them as the carpeting seems to manage to ride up and bunch up in corners, also making it hard to open the engine hatch!
 
Since I do not have a jet ski or dingy I took the chalks off the platform and put them in my dock box .
 
yes chargers are both 110. Someone suggested adding plugs inline but that’s a lot of work.
Buy a 50 amp female end, take an extension cord cut the female end off, wire the 50 amp end on it jumping the two positive terminals together. this will give 110 volt on both sides of the panel, it wont give you 220 volts so you can't run any of those loads. Been using this set up for years.
 
50 to 110 Adapter does not work. Apparently Searay puts a safety inline so if voltage falls below a certain point the power is not allowed to the panel. Looks like I am going with an inline plug at my charger
 
I'm wondering if you have an isolation transformer aboard, also referred to as an iso booster/transformer. I def have one in the far aft stbd corner of my engine room, found it by accident while climbing around back there, looks like a giant white hot water heater. It isolates shore power from boats electrical system. If the input voltage isn't high enough, the big magnetic relays inside won't make the connection and supply power to the boat. But I would think Doozie's smart idea of twisting the two hot's together would satisfy the iso's requirement of 110 on both legs. Certainly worth experimenting with. I'll give it a try and let you know my findings, worst case nothing happens.
 
That’s the issue right there. I ended up adding plugs to both chargers and ran a cord right to charger. Pain but could have been worse.
 
Would someone take a picture of the wiring on the back of a bow thruster toggle switch? The PO replaced the wiring on the lighted switch and it is incorrect I have the wiring diagram but is sure would be nice to have a picture of how it is supposed to look behind the toggle switch. Thanks
 

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