Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-10-2023, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
I can understand the manufacturing tolerance...
I can understand the manufacturing tolerance issue involved but it seems Wallas is being lazy in addressing it. Fuel injectors on many engines require "mating" of sorts and even some car batteries...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-10-2023, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
Shawn,
With Scan Marines help, I pretty quickly...
Shawn,
With Scan Marines help, I pretty quickly determined I had a defective fuel pump and after having my hands in the guts of the heater to do the diagnostic tests was rather disappointed to find...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-10-2023, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
+1 for mounting a heater in the cabin. As you...
+1 for mounting a heater in the cabin. As you can see from our boat picture, we don't have an engine space so don't have that option anyway. The typical mounting location in our model of boat is...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-09-2023, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
Hydronic
Steve Mitchell does numerous good writeups on his SeaBits site and happens to have done one two years ago for his own hydronic installation. Includes how he sized his unit for his boat, evaluation...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-05-2023, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
Our heater installation also had requirements...
Our heater installation also had requirements about the relative elevation between the heater and the fuel supply. If the heater was mounted below the level of the fuel, it required an optional...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-04-2023, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
There are two air flows
These forced air diesel heaters have two separate airflow paths that only contact each other in the heater "box" through a heat exchanger. Let me call one path "combustion air and exhaust" and the...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
11-04-2023, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
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Forum: Trailerable or Pocket Trawlers
09-26-2023, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,155
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
09-18-2023, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 9,635
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics & Navigation
04-02-2023, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,032
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics & Navigation
01-13-2023, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 663
For what it's worth, I'm in the process of...
For what it's worth, I'm in the process of installing a Quark QK-A024 AIS receiver in our boat to interface with our ipad via wifi, using this 2 year old homebrew implementation YouTube for guidance...
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Forum: Harbor Chat
04-12-2022, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,056
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Forum: Harbor Chat
04-12-2022, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,056
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
06-29-2021, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,673
I went back and checked the Nova Kool...
I went back and checked the Nova Kool Installation and Troubleshooting Guide document, Nova Kool does explicitly state they use the BD family of Danfoss compressors. I couldn't find their .3A fan...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
06-28-2021, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,374
We installed a small Wallas in our (small)...
We installed a small Wallas in our (small) Rosborough last year and were totally comfortable doing the AICW down from Norfolk this past January/February (long story). The admiral thinks it was our...
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Forum: Other Trawler Systems
06-28-2021, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,673
"As Comodave says, ventilation (to allow the...
"As Comodave says, ventilation (to allow the compressor unit to get rid of its heat) is always key. Along the same lines, you can wire a fan to two specific tangs on the electronic module, and it...
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Forum: Trailerable or Pocket Trawlers
05-04-2021, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 22,769
We had a Rosborough rendezvous of 27 boats at...
We had a Rosborough rendezvous of 27 boats at Caladesi State Park in late March. Bill Webster gave a ~1hr long presentation to the group about his second trip to the Bahamas (as part of his...
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Forum: Trailerable or Pocket Trawlers
05-04-2021, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,699
Why not go to the hang outs?
For R246 information, I'd suggest joining the "Rosborough boat owners, wanna-be's & used-to-be's" Facebook group and the "Rosboroughrf246owners" groups.io forum. Both groups are pretty active, the...
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Forum: General Maintenance
05-01-2021, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 735
screw cap source
FYI, I've had good luck with Pro-Dec screw caps with thin SS washers.
Snap-Caps - Screw Caps, Screw Covers | Pro-Dec (https://www.pro-dec.com/snap-caps)
They seem more robust than the Lowes type and...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-22-2021, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,529
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Forum: General Maintenance
02-09-2021, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,403
We had a cockpit enclosure fabricated for our...
We had a cockpit enclosure fabricated for our Rosborough about a year ago and struggled with the decision of what screen material to use.
We searched the web for the tradeoff in airflow vs....
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics & Navigation
11-30-2020, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,528
Nova Kool fan now standard
A couple of weeks ago we upgraded our 16 year old Nova Kool 3800 for a new 6200 double door fridge freezer. I noticed our old fridge had trouble keeping things cold sometimes during the summer heat...
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Forum: Financial Matters and Red Tape
08-13-2020, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,602
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Forum: Financial Matters and Red Tape
08-13-2020, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,602
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Forum: Financial Matters and Red Tape
08-13-2020, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,602
Regarding suitability of boat, we met a couple...
Regarding suitability of boat, we met a couple and their teen from Texas a year and a half ago in Tampa Bay a week after they had crossed the Gulf and saw them again last fall on the Trent Severn....
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