I have a house bank and two sets of starting batteries. I have to keep it that way. The house bank is 12v and the starting 24v. I also use the...
Well I guess I'll just have to stay with my slow boat then. I don't see my wallet supporting a Spencer any time soon........unfortunately. They...
Electrician is back finally! Two days of electrical progress and building momentumOrdered 6x Group 27 Full River AGM batteries for house bank....
Yeah but we try to let those go if they are not hooked too badly. Generally only keep under 100#'s. The barn door fish are big female egg...
I wish I was more familiar with your boat, but obviously whatever water source you have that is farthest forward is where you would have to get to...
My compressor is in the storage locker on the flybridge. I have a smaller Rollair unit that is pretty quiet. Air is plumbed to the horn and we...
Do you hold enough fresh water or have a watermaker so as to have enough fresh water to make this useful? Does it need to be fresh water or can...
I had a few of these type fuses behind the panel where all my battery selector switches are and was from the factory. It really burned my azz that...
I don't think an alum console will work here but it is a good idea. You can see the patch panels we're using in the below picture. This will do...
Not a whole lot to report as progress has been very slow due to COVID-19 impacts. My project lead was out for several weeks as a precaution and my...
What are you using as a metric for your statement "ever growing military"? I don't want to sound like I'm defending the Navy here as lord knows...
Or just have a local shop make you a mounting plate. Bolt the plate to the boat using the old hole pattern. Then mount your new windlass to the...
Congress is the biggest problem here. The Navy is not asking for more LCS’s, quite the contrary. Congress keeps pushing more on them so Senators...
I'm sure it worked until recently. No, I'm not going to use those old solenoids. I would never trust them and don't like to cut corners on...
So finally spoke to someone at Trombetta with good technical knowledge. They suggested a solution using a more modern, readily available solenoid...
Thanks. I've found these on Ebay too for about $90 each. I'll probably give them a try.
Your spot on Pascal. Besides, it interfaces with the Fireboy system to close the doors if the system gets set off so the suppression agent is...
Naval shipbuilding and repair are ultimately jobs programs for the US, economic drivers, albeit costly ones. I have to disagree with this...
Thanks Capt J. We did contact Trombetta, lead time is many months and they have a minimum order qty of 10 to buy direct from them. I was hoping...
Here's a few more photos to give size info. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
