Recent content by mgdavis

I can vouch for Senate as well. I have been using a set of SMH10 on my bike for 3 or 4 years now and am quite satisfied. They accommodate music and phone calls as well as intercom. I'm sure the stand alone version for mariners is quite similar.

This is how ours is installed. It actuates an 80 amp solenoid to power the system.

Square D / Schneider Electric 9050JCK46V36 series single shot style is what we use on our head. It energizes for up to 10 minutes. It is in our system as a safety in case of a seal failure, so the head doesn't run continuously. There is a similar style that can be programmed several different...

All of your outlets connected through the inverter? On my boat only select outlets are powered by the Freedom.

Kingston, Bainbridge, and Bremerton all have marinas very close to ferry terminals. I've heard Bremerton is a bit sketchy. Bainbridge is liable to be more expensive with less availability. Port Orchard is also a reasonably short drive from the Bremerton marina and has several marinas, both...

I have a Water Fixer. It was installed by the prior owner. I think it is a worthwhile system, and the cost to recomission would be worthwhile for me. Maintenance is straightforward.

Great color on the hull. Definitely an attractive boat. You were looking for destinations to cruise to while you get used to her, you should come visit us at Brownsville. We have a deli with beer on tap and live music many Fridays, and very competitive prices at the fuel dock.

USS Enterprise being towed away from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard this morning. She is destined to be scrapped. Just out of frame are tugs Lindsey Foss, Henry Foss, Andrew Foss, and offshore supply ship Dino Chouest.

As the other posters suggested, a brace inside the hollow stanchion may be a workable solution for you. The prior owner of our boat had implemented this fix and it functions well. The only downside is that I have to lift the whole tabletop off the stanchion to remove the brace if we want to...

I finally made it back to the marina this morning to continue my troubleshooting. I started off by securing all power, and then pulled the Link 1000 unit off its bracket to take a peek at what was behind. Low and behold I found that the voltage sense lead had separated from the terminal and was...

Voltage did not drop below 14.2 V dc after 75 minutes so I shut things down and headed home. I want to try a longer power off period, or possibly a reset to factory defaults.

The Link 1000, which I disconnected at the Freedom 20, shows that 4.7 amps is still flowing into the battery after about 30 minutes. The threshold to transition to float is 10 amps or 1 hour according to the manual. I guess I'll have to wait patiently for anoth 30 minutes to see if voltage...

I have disconnected the Link 1000 and am currently monitoring voltage via dmm. After the initial 14.6 volt charge, which lasted about 10 minutes, the output has been holding steady at 14.2 V dc. It is about 50 degrees F in my engine room today so the temperature compensation should have float...

I secured shore power at the AC master breaker on my power distribution panel. I manually secured DC power by turning the on-service battery switch to "OFF". There was no power available to the inverter. Battery voltage does fluctuate along with the phase of charging indicated by the Link...

"Have you tried turning it off, and then on again?" I went down and shut everything down for about 15 minutes, and then brought power back up. The Link 1000 seemed to run normally for a bit and I got my hopes up, but they were dashed when it went back into the failure cycle. I shut off the...