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I have been buying bulk shore cord from Pacer for years. Imagine my surprise when I found that they do not make it anymore! And on second thought, TT’s point is well taken. Although heavier and thicker, 6/3: 1-8 shore cord with a four contact plug on both ends is a much safer/better/compliant...

Pacergroup.net has 6/3 STOW Shore power cable.

I hate to start with credentials but: I was a qualified ship driver on both Navy surface ships and submarines. When I was serving, the US Navy’s fathometers were set for depth under the keel for good reason. When operating in littoral waters it is undesirable to depend on the watch stander to...

Regarding piercing of the insulation of heat shrink terminations: There is a specific single anvil, ratcheting crimper made to crimp these terminations that will not pierce the insulation: Ancor single anvil crimping tool Automotive type crimpers and the ubiquitous Klein will definitely pierce...

twisted tree #6: +1 Further, recommend that you do not buy this critical piece of equipment from eBay which is flooded with poor quality knockoff components.

@SteveK I have been involved with ABYC for over twenty years and do not recall such a requirement. In fact the phrase “heat shrink” is used only once in the current version of ABYC E-11:

paulga #36: I have no preference but generally use these: https://www.delcity.net/store/Nylon!Insulated,-Brass-Crimp-Sleeve-Ring-Terminals/p_806179.h_806180 I did not mention earlier that I only use nylon insulated terminations.

paulga #34: They look to be excellent crimps. Whether made with a TE 59250 (a $2000 crimper), I cannot comment. The markings are heat shrink label stock and printed with a printer from Epson, Brother or others.

paulga: I use adhesive lined heat shrink terminations in those applications, terminated with a single anvil ratcheting crimper, where warranted. These connections take about three times as long for installation as non-HS terminations and when installing hundreds of them that is an expense that...

@luna # 23: Absolutely correct. However, Type 3 is far, far easier to work with, especially for wire AWG 4 and larger. BTW, ABYC requires the use of Type 2 (@ least AWG 8) wire I in TBW bonding system.

OP: I have upgraded many older boats with Type 2 (heavy stranding) legacy wire throughout the boat. Rather than rewiring the boat, which is cost prohibitive, and to improve reliability of the wiring system I have used the following process: Re-terminate the legacy wiring behind the panel and at...

@RT_Firefly #13: The ABYC Standards are, in fact, Standards. They are the minimum standards for recreational boating to provide a safe boat. They are not enshrined in law as are the ISO standards that support the Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) but there is an active ongoing project to...

twistedtree #10: +1

As an alternative to the flat blade screwdriver, the tip of a standard weight cable tie also works.

Twisted Tree #14 +1 You need almost no current to replenish a starting battery. Here is an example that I use to educate clients on why I connect all charging sources to the house bank and then use any number of methods to charge the starting batteries. Let's assume it takes 1,000A to start...

@SteveK #5 I mis-spoke: I meant oil pressure switch, not the oil pressure sender. From the Balmar Operation Manual:

What is the make and model of the battery isolator? If the isolator is an FET based unit, it must be turned on for it to operate but I don't think that is the problem. You must supply a constant B+ (red wire) to the MC618 and a switched B+ (brown) wire that is energized when the engine is...

Helmsman: Here is the link to the extremely detailed Victron Connect manual: https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/VictronConnect_Manual/en/application-overview.html

Helmsman: I recommend that, if you are not experiencing any of the issues in the change logs or, if the update doesn't add a feature that you want, do not upgrade the firmware on a stable system. That said, Twistedtree is spot on with his discussion. The only thing to add is that Victron...

To help isolate the problem, use test leads and test the LEDs when connected to a 12VDC battery.

Enter m/n in Amazon search box...hundreds of candidates. Be careful to order the correct base configuration. Some double locking bases have offset locks.

The Xantrex will only qualify and accept incoming power within a specific frequency range. With a DMM, test the output frequency of the genset with no load. If it is outside of the qualified power frequency range, the inverter/charger will not accept it.

@Bacchus #12 Starting even very large (1000hp) engines takes a couple of Ahr at most. I have two recommendations: 1. Charge the large house bank with all charging sources and then "spill over" the few Ahr required to top up the starting battery with any of many different devices. 2. Replace...

An RCD (ELCI in the USA) would be an excellent upgrade on both of your shore power inlets. If the inlets are installed so that you can select one or the other (e.g.; bow and stern inlets) then only a single RCD would be needed installed in the output of the source selector switch or output of...

OP If you have the headroom on your battery’s charging algorithm, you may try raising the float voltage on the regulator to the max voltage allowed. This has worked for me on occasion.