I wasn’t sure when I started as the steering was stiff Turned out it was just in need of a service and Is nice and smooth again now 👍

Regarding fresh water flushes. We also flush our entire system with fresh water (we do not have a loop for refrigerators but we also flush the pumps and lines to the toilets). However, we do this

This is exactly what Barnacle Buster is supposed to help with. I have used it once a year since I bought the boat as directed, and all lines, etc appear to be completely free of scale or buildup. Kent

Paul, no the Raymarine instruments needs bigger holes so I just screw a thin piece of plywood behind the old holes and use that to guide the hole saw to make bigger holes. No problem, the same

Hi Nick, We have a NEXT STEP-2 reg ...there is a file in the Files section showing how I did it The reg in the Leece Neville alt is not designed to charge deep cycle batteries. Keeping the voltage

Danny, OK , good to know, its always been like that and I guess with other things to worry about ,I never gave it much thought. Thanks, Pat

Hi, I had the same occur when my hot water cylinder was turned on. The element was faulty and shorted out so the shore power breaker flipped.. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Bill, One fairly simple thing to check is the auto transfer switch that selects ether the generator or shore power for AC Power. Mine failed soon after converting our shore power cable to be able to

Paul, Sorry, I misreadyour post. You did say raw-water side. The best way toclean the raw water side is to remove the heat exchanger and after cooler fromthe engine. Either take them to a

Don't forget to check any in-line devices like a transmission oil cooler (heat exchanger). Many times I have found this to be the problem. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander

HiPaul; Inorder to get Kokomo ready for the winter, we flush out all of her raw watersystems with fresh water for about 15 minutes. We accomplish this by turning offthe main thru hull valve,

Hi Pat. No it is not normal. I have had the same on Ocean pearl and through my rather practical life on other motors in vehicles of diverse types. The excitation circuit is faulty. This circuit feeds

Paul, I would suggestusing a bucket and a pump to circulate a flushing agent through the engine fora couple of hours. You can use any automotive radiator flushing agent to cleanthe coolant side of

Well on Amelia the Alternator did not need revving up to kick in until a few months ago. So in my opinion it is not correct. You can look at the pulley ratio, compare the pulley circumferences of the

HI Alan, Thanks, all good info. When I get back to the boat next Saturday I will check it again. I am toying with the idea of buying a 3 stage regulator too. I have Lifeline AGM bank of batteries. I

Since several boats are the same , in that they need to rev up to charge, maybe someone could chime in and say if this normal or not. Pat SM#123

Was the same on NIKIMAT SM2K #289 (and on a 1976 Aston Martin I owned). Sincerely, Alexandre --------------------------------------------

Hi Nick, Another possibility (and I completely forgot about this until I was reminded by a friend) is the little red light at the bottom left of the 24VDC panel. If your 24VDC alternator has the

I also have to rev it up to get it generating on my Volvo TMD22a , not sure if that is normal or not . Pat SM#123

Whenwe first got on board that is what we did. We dialed back the pressure to remainat 150l/hr or less. However, when we had to replace the black box controller onthe HP pump, I had several in depth