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If you are going to disconnect the buzzer...that is generally a hot wire off the key. Key on > hot to buzzer> grounded at oil pressure switch. You will be disconnecting that wire at the buzzer, you can use it. Just make sure its the hot wire into the buzzer and not out.

Its only illogical because you have chosen a 2 micron filter as your first filter element. Many use 30 micron as primary and something smaller, usually an OEM spec, as secondary. In addition every time you change your primary a small amount of debris will get through and you will need your...

What engine? If you go to Facebook and look up Trawler Tom, he is out of St Pete currently but travels the entire East Coast. He is a very talented diesel mechanic. He specializes in Lehmans but works most brands. He does basic troubleshooting and repair to full overhauls.

Obviously still much to be done. But it should be a nice upgrade from no inverter at all and 2 group 31 AGM batts for house bank to 920ah lithium and Victron Multiplus II 12/3000/120.

I have been pondering this exact thing for some time. And I want the simplest solution possible. I have an old boat that leaks at the rail stanchions and other places. As a result I get fresh water in the bilge when it rains. it also tends to collect in the stringers at various points. My...

Thanks. This interests me to see a smaller Trawler head to the Bahamas. My 31 Tung Hwa Senator is essentially a GB32 copy.

On my Perkins the stop solenoid is energized to stop. However its energized via a relay on the Stbd side of the engine. You may have 2 round relays over on that side. Opposite side of the stop solenoid.

LOL....first time? Anytime you put a rotating bit in a round hole you risk this action. And its always a risk. Cant tell you how many times I have tempted fate, being lazy and "extra careful" only for it grab and wind up with that scenario.

You are the BEST! Thanks!

Could be.

What size is your alternator?

If I remember correctly those are resistors to take the place of the typical "charge" light bulb used to indicate loss of alternator output. If the bulb burns out on some configurations you may not have alternator output. Many boats dont actually have that bulb and may use the resistor in place...

You can do it two ways. One is through the NMEA2k and the other is via a regular Victron RJ45 cable from the Ethernet Port on the Cerbo to the Ethernet on the Chart plotter. The first way is demonstrated in the video below at around 6 minutes. You need to order the Victron NMEA cable. I dont...

One thing to note here. As you can see in the diagram, most connections for upper helm are actually made on the backs of the lower helm terminals. This a terrible solution. When rewiring, I used a terminal block behind the lower helm gauge panel and routed all wires to the terminal block. Then...

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