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MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS The Snowball Starts Rolling – Failure Mode 1. When we got the new shaft in place I wanted to adjust the engine first, to do a rough alignment.Ericson, in all their infinite engineering wisdom. chose a three point motor mount system for the Universal M-25 diesel. Three motor mounts is not the norm in boat building and almost all engine manufacturers ship engines with four mounts, generally MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
1/2/BOTH BATTERY SWITCH CONSIDERATIONS One area of confusion we see fairly routinely is a boat-owner misidentifying the 1/2/B switches terminals. A 1/2/B switch has just three terminals and four positions. Terminals: Bank 1 – Input stud 1 in photo. Bank 2 – Input stud 2 in photo. “C” Post – Outputstud in photo.
UNIVERSAL DIESEL ENGINE Engine Panel With Ammeter = Dangerous. If your Universal engine panel looks like this, and has an ammeter, you are due for some critically important wiring upgrades.. The factory wiring, with an ammeter in the panel, is flat out dangerous and this wiring mess really needs to be addressed.It amazes me how many boats are out there still using this amazingly unsafe set up. TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rateMARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS The Snowball Starts Rolling – Failure Mode 1. When we got the new shaft in place I wanted to adjust the engine first, to do a rough alignment.Ericson, in all their infinite engineering wisdom. chose a three point motor mount system for the Universal M-25 diesel. Three motor mounts is not the norm in boat building and almost all engine manufacturers ship engines with four mounts, generally MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
1/2/BOTH BATTERY SWITCH CONSIDERATIONS One area of confusion we see fairly routinely is a boat-owner misidentifying the 1/2/B switches terminals. A 1/2/B switch has just three terminals and four positions. Terminals: Bank 1 – Input stud 1 in photo. Bank 2 – Input stud 2 in photo. “C” Post – Outputstud in photo.
UNIVERSAL DIESEL ENGINE Engine Panel With Ammeter = Dangerous. If your Universal engine panel looks like this, and has an ammeter, you are due for some critically important wiring upgrades.. The factory wiring, with an ammeter in the panel, is flat out dangerous and this wiring mess really needs to be addressed.It amazes me how many boats are out there still using this amazingly unsafe set up. TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate FUEL SYSTEMS ARCHIVES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers!COMPASS MARINE
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LAP-FITTING A PROPELLER TO A SHAFT Apply Compound to Shaft. Step 4 – Remove the key and apply a liberal amount of valve grinding compound to the shaft and slather the area where the prop will sit. The process of lap-fitting your prop to the prop shaft taper makes certain both the shaft and prop mate together on the taper well leaving no high or low spots. By lap-fitting you achieve the maximum shaft to prop mating surface area. REPLACING THRU-HULLS AND SEACOCKS This is the easy part of the project but you will need a few tools first. The must have tool for this project is called a step wrench. The step wrench can be inserted into the thru-hull and then used to tighten it into a seacock or to remove it from a seacock. With the use of some heat you can also use it to break the marine sealant free fromthe hull.
SEACOCK & THRU-HULL PRIMER Preferred & Non-Preferred Installations. The example on the left side of the photo is the preferred method for installing a proper seacock. The preferred method includes a wide base flange for strength and the ability to through-bolt or screw the flange to the boats hull.. The example on the right side of the photo is the non-preferred method of installation and has a number of down falls. RE-PACKING A TRADITIONAL STUFFING BOX Stuffing Box Wrenches. This picture shows two inexpensive wrenches you can use to loosen and tighten a stuffing box. One wrench is a traditional pipe wrench and the other is a spanner wrench designed for a sink drain. Both of these wrenches are available at Home Depot orany hardware store.
ANODE INSTALLATION
For a prop shaft I usually use 1000 grit wet sand paper. When installing any anode, clean oxidation free surfaces are the best practice. Once the surfaces are clean, and the anode is on and torqued, you will want to tap the anode to properly seat it to the shaft, rudder etc. then re-torque it once again. This tap is NOT a hard hit it is a light SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Let it cure overnight and in the morning go remove the thru-hull, and the flange, then clean them of the wax. The last step after de-waxing the thru-hull and flange is to bed them with underwater rated marine sealant and install the seacock, hose barb and hose. You now have a life long backing block, with replaceable studs, and no extra holes REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS The Snowball Starts Rolling – Failure Mode 1. When we got the new shaft in place I wanted to adjust the engine first, to do a rough alignment.Ericson, in all their infinite engineering wisdom. chose a three point motor mount system for the Universal M-25 diesel. Three motor mounts is not the norm in boat building and almost all engine manufacturers ship engines with four mounts, generally MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
1/2/BOTH BATTERY SWITCH CONSIDERATIONS One area of confusion we see fairly routinely is a boat-owner misidentifying the 1/2/B switches terminals. A 1/2/B switch has just three terminals and four positions. Terminals: Bank 1 – Input stud 1 in photo. Bank 2 – Input stud 2 in photo. “C” Post – Outputstud in photo.
UNIVERSAL DIESEL ENGINE Engine Panel With Ammeter = Dangerous. If your Universal engine panel looks like this, and has an ammeter, you are due for some critically important wiring upgrades.. The factory wiring, with an ammeter in the panel, is flat out dangerous and this wiring mess really needs to be addressed.It amazes me how many boats are out there still using this amazingly unsafe set up. TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rateMARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS The Snowball Starts Rolling – Failure Mode 1. When we got the new shaft in place I wanted to adjust the engine first, to do a rough alignment.Ericson, in all their infinite engineering wisdom. chose a three point motor mount system for the Universal M-25 diesel. Three motor mounts is not the norm in boat building and almost all engine manufacturers ship engines with four mounts, generally MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
1/2/BOTH BATTERY SWITCH CONSIDERATIONS One area of confusion we see fairly routinely is a boat-owner misidentifying the 1/2/B switches terminals. A 1/2/B switch has just three terminals and four positions. Terminals: Bank 1 – Input stud 1 in photo. Bank 2 – Input stud 2 in photo. “C” Post – Outputstud in photo.
UNIVERSAL DIESEL ENGINE Engine Panel With Ammeter = Dangerous. If your Universal engine panel looks like this, and has an ammeter, you are due for some critically important wiring upgrades.. The factory wiring, with an ammeter in the panel, is flat out dangerous and this wiring mess really needs to be addressed.It amazes me how many boats are out there still using this amazingly unsafe set up. TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate FUEL SYSTEMS ARCHIVES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers!COMPASS MARINE
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LAP-FITTING A PROPELLER TO A SHAFT Apply Compound to Shaft. Step 4 – Remove the key and apply a liberal amount of valve grinding compound to the shaft and slather the area where the prop will sit. The process of lap-fitting your prop to the prop shaft taper makes certain both the shaft and prop mate together on the taper well leaving no high or low spots. By lap-fitting you achieve the maximum shaft to prop mating surface area. REPLACING THRU-HULLS AND SEACOCKS This is the easy part of the project but you will need a few tools first. The must have tool for this project is called a step wrench. The step wrench can be inserted into the thru-hull and then used to tighten it into a seacock or to remove it from a seacock. With the use of some heat you can also use it to break the marine sealant free fromthe hull.
SEACOCK & THRU-HULL PRIMER Preferred & Non-Preferred Installations. The example on the left side of the photo is the preferred method for installing a proper seacock. The preferred method includes a wide base flange for strength and the ability to through-bolt or screw the flange to the boats hull.. The example on the right side of the photo is the non-preferred method of installation and has a number of down falls. RE-PACKING A TRADITIONAL STUFFING BOX Stuffing Box Wrenches. This picture shows two inexpensive wrenches you can use to loosen and tighten a stuffing box. One wrench is a traditional pipe wrench and the other is a spanner wrench designed for a sink drain. Both of these wrenches are available at Home Depot orany hardware store.
ANODE INSTALLATION
For a prop shaft I usually use 1000 grit wet sand paper. When installing any anode, clean oxidation free surfaces are the best practice. Once the surfaces are clean, and the anode is on and torqued, you will want to tap the anode to properly seat it to the shaft, rudder etc. then re-torque it once again. This tap is NOT a hard hit it is a light SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Let it cure overnight and in the morning go remove the thru-hull, and the flange, then clean them of the wax. The last step after de-waxing the thru-hull and flange is to bed them with underwater rated marine sealant and install the seacock, hose barb and hose. You now have a life long backing block, with replaceable studs, and no extra holes REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS The Snowball Starts Rolling – Failure Mode 1. When we got the new shaft in place I wanted to adjust the engine first, to do a rough alignment.Ericson, in all their infinite engineering wisdom. chose a three point motor mount system for the Universal M-25 diesel. Three motor mounts is not the norm in boat building and almost all engine manufacturers ship engines with four mounts, generally MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
1/2/BOTH BATTERY SWITCH CONSIDERATIONS One area of confusion we see fairly routinely is a boat-owner misidentifying the 1/2/B switches terminals. A 1/2/B switch has just three terminals and four positions. Terminals: Bank 1 – Input stud 1 in photo. Bank 2 – Input stud 2 in photo. “C” Post – Outputstud in photo.
UNIVERSAL DIESEL ENGINE Engine Panel With Ammeter = Dangerous. If your Universal engine panel looks like this, and has an ammeter, you are due for some critically important wiring upgrades.. The factory wiring, with an ammeter in the panel, is flat out dangerous and this wiring mess really needs to be addressed.It amazes me how many boats are out there still using this amazingly unsafe set up. TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rateMARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! REPLACING MOTOR MOUNTS The Snowball Starts Rolling – Failure Mode 1. When we got the new shaft in place I wanted to adjust the engine first, to do a rough alignment.Ericson, in all their infinite engineering wisdom. chose a three point motor mount system for the Universal M-25 diesel. Three motor mounts is not the norm in boat building and almost all engine manufacturers ship engines with four mounts, generally MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
1/2/BOTH BATTERY SWITCH CONSIDERATIONS One area of confusion we see fairly routinely is a boat-owner misidentifying the 1/2/B switches terminals. A 1/2/B switch has just three terminals and four positions. Terminals: Bank 1 – Input stud 1 in photo. Bank 2 – Input stud 2 in photo. “C” Post – Outputstud in photo.
UNIVERSAL DIESEL ENGINE Engine Panel With Ammeter = Dangerous. If your Universal engine panel looks like this, and has an ammeter, you are due for some critically important wiring upgrades.. The factory wiring, with an ammeter in the panel, is flat out dangerous and this wiring mess really needs to be addressed.It amazes me how many boats are out there still using this amazingly unsafe set up. TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate FUEL SYSTEMS ARCHIVES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers!COMPASS MARINE
Compass Marine. DIY-MODULAR Ratcheting Modular Crimp Tool. Shop OurWeb STORE.
LAP-FITTING A PROPELLER TO A SHAFT Apply Compound to Shaft. Step 4 – Remove the key and apply a liberal amount of valve grinding compound to the shaft and slather the area where the prop will sit. The process of lap-fitting your prop to the prop shaft taper makes certain both the shaft and prop mate together on the taper well leaving no high or low spots. By lap-fitting you achieve the maximum shaft to prop mating surface area. REPLACING THRU-HULLS AND SEACOCKS This is the easy part of the project but you will need a few tools first. The must have tool for this project is called a step wrench. The step wrench can be inserted into the thru-hull and then used to tighten it into a seacock or to remove it from a seacock. With the use of some heat you can also use it to break the marine sealant free fromthe hull.
SEACOCK & THRU-HULL PRIMER Preferred & Non-Preferred Installations. The example on the left side of the photo is the preferred method for installing a proper seacock. The preferred method includes a wide base flange for strength and the ability to through-bolt or screw the flange to the boats hull.. The example on the right side of the photo is the non-preferred method of installation and has a number of down falls. RE-PACKING A TRADITIONAL STUFFING BOX Stuffing Box Wrenches. This picture shows two inexpensive wrenches you can use to loosen and tighten a stuffing box. One wrench is a traditional pipe wrench and the other is a spanner wrench designed for a sink drain. Both of these wrenches are available at Home Depot orany hardware store.
ANODE INSTALLATION
For a prop shaft I usually use 1000 grit wet sand paper. When installing any anode, clean oxidation free surfaces are the best practice. Once the surfaces are clean, and the anode is on and torqued, you will want to tap the anode to properly seat it to the shaft, rudder etc. then re-torque it once again. This tap is NOT a hard hit it is a light SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Let it cure overnight and in the morning go remove the thru-hull, and the flange, then clean them of the wax. The last step after de-waxing the thru-hull and flange is to bed them with underwater rated marine sealant and install the seacock, hose barb and hose. You now have a life long backing block, with replaceable studs, and no extra holes REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice. ABOUT - MARINE HOW TO About This Site My name is Rod "RC" Collins and I am an independent ABYC Certified Marine Electrical Systems Specialist. That and 2¢ will buy you a gumball. The meat on the bones, and all that really matters, is if you like these articles. "Independent" simply means I work for myself, not a boat yard. This MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
REPLACING THRU-HULLS AND SEACOCKS This is the easy part of the project but you will need a few tools first. The must have tool for this project is called a step wrench. The step wrench can be inserted into the thru-hull and then used to tighten it into a seacock or to remove it from a seacock. With the use of some heat you can also use it to break the marine sealant free fromthe hull.
MARINE WIRE TERMINATION A Good Example of a BAD Crimp Tool. This is an excellent example of a really poor quality crimping and stripping plier.I say plier because I really can’t bring myself to calling this a tool.Dollar Store quality crimp-n-strips will deflect, flex and even cut the heat shrink on expensive heat shrink terminals thus defeating the purpose of spending good money on great terminals.A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Clamp & Drill. This is the most critical step and why you really should be using a drill press. Because you are literally drilling and tapping a piece of 5/8″ fiberglass or epoxy sheet, the threaded holes must be perfectly centered in the flange holes, and they must be100%
UNDERSTANDING THE MOISTURE METER As you can see the reading has gone from 6% up to 7.5%. This cored deck piece is a little over 3/4″ thick and still the meter picked up the metal. If the deck were thinner the reading would have been higher. It is very, very important to know what is under the deckbefore taking a
TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
BED-IT TAPE
Bed-It is specifically extruded at 1/16" thick and 1/2" wide. Each roll is 50' in length and ships in a custom designed shipping/retail box designed to protect the product during shipping. Bed-It Tape is the perfect consistency, thickness & width for bedding deck hardware, because it was designed & formulated for specifically this purpose.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice. ABOUT - MARINE HOW TO About This Site My name is Rod "RC" Collins and I am an independent ABYC Certified Marine Electrical Systems Specialist. That and 2¢ will buy you a gumball. The meat on the bones, and all that really matters, is if you like these articles. "Independent" simply means I work for myself, not a boat yard. This MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
REPLACING THRU-HULLS AND SEACOCKS This is the easy part of the project but you will need a few tools first. The must have tool for this project is called a step wrench. The step wrench can be inserted into the thru-hull and then used to tighten it into a seacock or to remove it from a seacock. With the use of some heat you can also use it to break the marine sealant free fromthe hull.
MARINE WIRE TERMINATION A Good Example of a BAD Crimp Tool. This is an excellent example of a really poor quality crimping and stripping plier.I say plier because I really can’t bring myself to calling this a tool.Dollar Store quality crimp-n-strips will deflect, flex and even cut the heat shrink on expensive heat shrink terminals thus defeating the purpose of spending good money on great terminals.A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Clamp & Drill. This is the most critical step and why you really should be using a drill press. Because you are literally drilling and tapping a piece of 5/8″ fiberglass or epoxy sheet, the threaded holes must be perfectly centered in the flange holes, and they must be100%
UNDERSTANDING THE MOISTURE METER As you can see the reading has gone from 6% up to 7.5%. This cored deck piece is a little over 3/4″ thick and still the meter picked up the metal. If the deck were thinner the reading would have been higher. It is very, very important to know what is under the deckbefore taking a
TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
BED-IT TAPE
Bed-It is specifically extruded at 1/16" thick and 1/2" wide. Each roll is 50' in length and ships in a custom designed shipping/retail box designed to protect the product during shipping. Bed-It Tape is the perfect consistency, thickness & width for bedding deck hardware, because it was designed & formulated for specifically this purpose.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice.MARINE HOW TO
Marine How To is the go-to site for DIY boat owners to find in depth, step-by-step articles for maintenance, upgrades and to find brutally honest insight from marine industry professionals. Marine How To is 100% reader supported with no advertisers or sponsors to appease. RAYMARINE SEATALK 1 TO SEATALKNG & NMEA 2000 Raymarine SeaTalk 1 to SeaTalkng & NMEA 2000 We get asked this electronics question more than just about any other, from customers who have a perfectly operating SeaTalk 1 network and want to add the SeaTalk 1 data to the NMEA 2000 bus. The article deals specifically with older Raymarine products that ABYC TE-13 LI-ION BATTERIES Marine How To is the premier site for DIY boaters to get in depth articles for maintenance, upgrades and insight from a professional. I sell products that I know work, because I've worked with them. I tell it like it is. No sponsors, except my readers! TESTING A MARINE FUEL SENDER Empty - Arm Down = 240 Ohms The fuel sender, for the typical US standard used in a marine application, is a simple device that presents a resistance reading to the gauge with which it MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS VS. DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES A Deep Cycle Battery Assassin The alternator pictured here helped to destroy a very expensive bank of TPPL AGM batteries in under two years. These batteries need an absorption voltage of 14.7V. The highest voltage I recorded on this vessel was 13.58V at the battery terminals. At this rate INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice. ABOUT - MARINE HOW TO About This Site My name is Rod "RC" Collins and I am an independent ABYC Certified Marine Electrical Systems Specialist. That and 2¢ will buy you a gumball. The meat on the bones, and all that really matters, is if you like these articles. "Independent" simply means I work for myself, not a boat yard. This MARINE ALTERNATOR INSTALLATION Many marine engines, other than some large Cummins, Cats etc., generally ship with what is called a small frame alternator. Small frame alternators run the gamut in terms of build quality and durability but none of them are what could be considered “constant duty“.The only way I know of getting a constant duty small-frame alternator is to remove the internal rectification and rectifyremotely.
REPLACING THRU-HULLS AND SEACOCKS This is the easy part of the project but you will need a few tools first. The must have tool for this project is called a step wrench. The step wrench can be inserted into the thru-hull and then used to tighten it into a seacock or to remove it from a seacock. With the use of some heat you can also use it to break the marine sealant free fromthe hull.
MARINE WIRE TERMINATION A Good Example of a BAD Crimp Tool. This is an excellent example of a really poor quality crimping and stripping plier.I say plier because I really can’t bring myself to calling this a tool.Dollar Store quality crimp-n-strips will deflect, flex and even cut the heat shrink on expensive heat shrink terminals thus defeating the purpose of spending good money on great terminals.A NEW PROP SHAFT
It is about 4 feet long and has a heavy metal weight on it. The weight is slid up the bar to the prop shaft and then thrown down the bar until it hits the end and SLAMS to a sudden stop. The idea is that it breaks the coupling from the shaft when the weight comes to the sudden and abrupt stop. The reality is it destroys gear boxes in the process. REBEDDING DECK HARDWARE WITH BED-IT BUTYL TAPE Step 5 – Apply a thin layer of marine butyl tape to the rest of the base. It is perfectly ok to stretch and pull on the butyl while laying it on in order to make slightly thinner. The tape I use, Bed-It Tape, is 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick and is specifically formulated for sealing deck hardware. SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Clamp & Drill. This is the most critical step and why you really should be using a drill press. Because you are literally drilling and tapping a piece of 5/8″ fiberglass or epoxy sheet, the threaded holes must be perfectly centered in the flange holes, and they must be100%
UNDERSTANDING THE MOISTURE METER As you can see the reading has gone from 6% up to 7.5%. This cored deck piece is a little over 3/4″ thick and still the meter picked up the metal. If the deck were thinner the reading would have been higher. It is very, very important to know what is under the deckbefore taking a
TESTING A GALVANIC ISOLATOR If you plan to plug into shore power, you’ll need a galvanic isolator at a bare minimum. To install a GI all one needs to do is to break the green wire, after the shore power inlet, but before the AC panel. Simply cut the AC green wire in two, crimp on two terminals and connect them to each stud. Not many electrical jobs on boats are thissimple.
BED-IT TAPE
Bed-It is specifically extruded at 1/16" thick and 1/2" wide. Each roll is 50' in length and ships in a custom designed shipping/retail box designed to protect the product during shipping. Bed-It Tape is the perfect consistency, thickness & width for bedding deck hardware, because it was designed & formulated for specifically this purpose.MARINE HOW TO
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SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Let it cure overnight and in the morning go remove the thru-hull, and the flange, then clean them of the wax. The last step after de-waxing the thru-hull and flange is to bed them with underwater rated marine sealant and install the seacock, hose barb and hose. You now have a life long backing block, with replaceable studs, and no extra holes DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
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SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Let it cure overnight and in the morning go remove the thru-hull, and the flange, then clean them of the wax. The last step after de-waxing the thru-hull and flange is to bed them with underwater rated marine sealant and install the seacock, hose barb and hose. You now have a life long backing block, with replaceable studs, and no extra holes DO I NEED A SOLAR CONTROLLER? 400Ah Bank Just 0.1A To Maintain 14.4V! PHOTO: In this photo I have two Trojan L16 6V batteries wired in series for a 12V 400Ah bank. The charger is set for 14.4V and the batteries were allowed to become chock full.Once chock full, like an unregulated solar panel can do, all this bank needed, in order to not over-shoot 14.4V, was just 0.1Aof charge current.
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SEACOCK BACKING PLATES Clamp & Drill. This is the most critical step and why you really should be using a drill press. Because you are literally drilling and tapping a piece of 5/8″ fiberglass or epoxy sheet, the threaded holes must be perfectly centered in the flange holes, and they must be100%
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MOORING PENDANTS THOUGHTS & MUSINGS The Lacing Begins #2 The lacing begins as close to the thimbles as possible. This keep the thimbles from “hockling” and interfering with each other on the shackle. #3 Begin the lacing by starting your first figure 8 around the two pendants. Do not snug this tightly. The number of figure 8’s you do around the pendants will hold the toggle buoys in place without being too tight.ANODE INSTALLATION
For a prop shaft I usually use 1000 grit wet sand paper. When installing any anode, clean oxidation free surfaces are the best practice. Once the surfaces are clean, and the anode is on and torqued, you will want to tap the anode to properly seat it to the shaft, rudder etc. then re-torque it once again. This tap is NOT a hard hit it is a light CHANGING A RAW WATER PUMP IMPELLER Removing The Screws. As I mentioned this job is very, very easy. If you can change oil or an air filter or clean a blender after making frozen chick drinks you can certainly change an impeller.. Step 1: Loosen the screws and remove them. If they are frozen or rusted use some PB Blaster but be very, very careful not to just blast it everywhere..Please understand that PB Blaster can eat pump INSTALLATION & ORIENTATION OF FLOODED BATTERIES ON BOATS Trojan suggests a maximum angle of just 22 degrees for flooded batteries. This is really not enough for a typical mono-hull sailboat, so by simply rotating the batteries you can gain a bit more heel angle. If you race or keep your boat on ear a lot then a GEL, AGM or LiFePO4 battery can be a better choice. WESTERBEKE / UNIVERSAL MARINE HEAT EXCHANGER CLEANING Westerbeke 3" Heat Exchanger This is a typical 3" raw water heat exchanger as found on many Westerbeke an Universal diesel engines. Close Up of End Cap The end caps on these HX's are rather prone toleaking, if
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