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LED Anchor light replacement kingsailor at 10:29am 03.29.14 Big Boats 3/937 How do I find the LED model number for a replacement anchor light bulb on my 2002 H450 ?
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Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 3:06pm 05.14.23 RTFM strikes again! :biggrin::stir:
Non Skid; Black Spots (1) dlochner at 3:04pm 05.14.23 215664 Above is an enlarged section of the OP's photo. Notice the relative uniform shape of the dar
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 3:02pm 05.14.23 This is not good. It should be connected to a breaker on the AC panel. I will have to look into it
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 2:43pm 05.14.23 I think you meant 25% larger. The way the sentence was written, yes, it should be 25%. It was eas
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 2:40pm 05.14.23 (The battery charger breaker on the AC panel does nothing.). This is not good. It should be conne
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 2:38pm 05.14.23 Why don't you just turn the battery charger off instead of wearing out the plugs on your shore powe
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 2:33pm 05.14.23 Rick, I have no reason to believe that there's any issue with running the engine while plugged in.
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 2:32pm 05.14.23 while only being 125% larger I think you meant 25% larger.
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? dlochner at 2:31pm 05.14.23 I would never do that simply because the two systems are not designed to be simultaneously running.
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 2:29pm 05.14.23 I would never do that simply because the two systems are not designed to be simultaneously running.
Non Skid; Black Spots LakeOntario270 at 2:28pm 05.14.23 I have these spots on my non skid also. I've tried everything and can't get rid of them also.
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? Davidasailor26 at 2:28pm 05.14.23 I would never do that simply because the two systems are not designed to be simultaneously running.
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 2:25pm 05.14.23 When I finish each cruise, I wash the chain/rode/anchor well with fresh water to help extend the li
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:24pm 05.14.23 Don't you have a Yanmar? The Yanmar tachs do not work off the Alternator, unless the boat has been
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? Rick486 at 2:23pm 05.14.23 I'm not following you, Rick. Why wouldn't one start the engine, for whatever reason, while plugged
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 2:03pm 05.14.23 Why would you do that? I would never think of doing such a thing. To me that would be taking a chan
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? Rick486 at 2:00pm 05.14.23 I haven't fully verified this yet, will do so today. But commissioning my boat this season it's th
Non working microwave Johnb at 1:58pm 05.14.23 I googled "microwave showing 8888" and got "About 3,490,000 results (0.49 seconds)". Depending on t
Non Skid; Black Spots sailcapt340 at 1:57pm 05.14.23
Tachometer Trouble On Shore Power? jviss at 1:56pm 05.14.23 You can ignore my comment... I would never ignore your comment, Dave! I enjoy your contributions

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