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Old 12-25-2015, 08:14 AM   #56
what_barnacles
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Originally Posted by Brooksie View Post
I have "homemade" monitoring systems on both my boats. They "monitor" by sounding an auto horn at each steering station if raw water stops going into the exhaust elbow, oil pressure falls below 7, water temp rises above 200, 2nd (higher) bilge pump runs, or wet exhaust hose +250. All wired to one relay which sounds both horns. Momentary switches cancel while starting up.
My gauges will tell me where the problem is but this system will warn that there is a problem when no one is looking at the gauges which is 95% of the time. Each system has saved my butt.
The PO did something like that on my boat as well. He said if you ever hear that, look at these.
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