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  1. harringtondav

    Check your furnace filter

    Thanks. I was sweating the heat kit, but at least it has high temp limit switches....that worked this time. The kit has two elements and I'm guessing the top one was the one that shut down. I forgot that the evaporator (condenser in HP mode) needs to shed its heat also. I have a second filter...
  2. harringtondav

    Check your furnace filter

    When I replaced our home gas furnace (and 3 T condenser) a few years ago, the tech suggested using cheaper air filters and changing them more often. I'd been using expensive Filtrete allergen level filters. I understand his logic. Buy the time an expensive filter is spent it's been blocking...
  3. harringtondav

    Check your furnace filter

    Another simple maintenance job on a central a/c condenser unit is to pull the power, remove the top cover and gently spray a garden hose at the condenser coil fins to back flush the dust/debris that will accumulate. I do this every few years. The first time I learned to do this there was a 1/8...
  4. harringtondav

    Check your furnace filter

    Simple, inexpensive maintenance can save you a lot of headaches. Yesterday I noticed the new heat pump split system at our river house wasn't keeping up. It was running on back up electric heat strip. I checked the power going to the heat strip and found it was only drawing 1/2 current...
  5. harringtondav

    Electric Boats

    Good learning for me. Iowa electrical use is over 30% wind sourced, and the turbines continue to pop up. But I've never really understood 'the grid'. I've always assumed it is interconnected and covers all of North America, and could absorb power from any source, and deliver it to any user. I...
  6. harringtondav

    Electric Boats

    This electric pontoon has two power options: 24V with two 12 V deep cycle marine batteries in series, or 48V with four batteries in series/parallel. Your 2 kW system above will certainly help, but with the amp requirements above I wonder how much (?).
  7. harringtondav

    Electric Boats

    I saw this in a Face Book ad. I publicly snarked at some of their claims. First was their 'sealed, maintenance free out drive'. You all know my objection with that. Maintenance free anything on a boat is an oxymoron. Second was their claims of power and range. Like EV ads, these guys fail to...
  8. harringtondav

    Electric Boats

    I came across this recently. Electric pontoon. Some of their claims seem a bit iffy, but I could see it at the 300 acre lake where three of my sisters in law have cabins and pontoons. They mostly troll around the lake on cocktail cruise shore patrol. Each have 110 V shore power to top it off...
  9. harringtondav

    Electric Boats

    Very true. I read a FB EV post where someone mentioned hooking up a vehicle wheel driven alternator to extend the EV's battery range. Not only counterproductive, but it would take one hell of an inverter to deliver 400-800 VDC.
  10. harringtondav

    Rotten Boat Factory

    Tell me. I purchased a new Regal 1900ESX last summer. Very nice boat but I have no idea how typical repairs can be made. The entire top half: floor, gunnels etc is a single mold. Very nice for sending water to bilge drains. I only had a month of use before winter layup, so I didn't explore much...
  11. harringtondav

    Rotten Boat Factory

    The red boat in back has been sitting open for at least nine years, the boat doing the wheelie on its skeg has been sitting open since last summer. The one with the cover moved in last fall. The rest moved in about the same time and are all sitting uncovered. This eyesore greets guests to our...
  12. harringtondav

    I don't think this will buff out....

    Sorry, I don't think this can be viewed without Facebook. ...I tried to get the raw video. Anyway, I assume someone borrowed his brother in law's boat. It is a video of a nice +- 24' glass cruiser breaking ice in a river.
  13. harringtondav

    "Fogging" new VP 4.3?

    Thanks, I downloaded the free VP maintenance manual which had the process that you describe. But I downloaded it after I had the engine winterized with pink antifreeze in the seawater side, so I didn't want to do this again. I did mix a gallon of >30:1 in the remaining gas in the fuel tank. The...
  14. harringtondav

    Alpha One Gen 2 Outdrive not going back on

    Per above check alignment. Often the inner race of the gimbal bearing gets knocked out of alignment during installation. If you don't have an alignment bar, a 1" pipe will move the inner race around. Worst case remove the splined coupler yoke shaft from the drive and use it to test alignment...
  15. harringtondav

    Oil sheen in water after start up

    I'm just learning VP drives. My new SX's trim motor/reservoir is mounted outside of the transom, in the water, on the starboard side tucked up between the drive and gimbal ring. ....another source of oil in water.
  16. harringtondav

    "Fogging" new VP 4.3?

    Thanks for the info Muc. I've been to this site many times, but didn't scroll down far enough to see the free manual. ..also need to poke the dealer....again. I now have a copy of the manual. I think I understand why fogging won't work. High pressure direct fuel injection needs oil in the fuel...
  17. harringtondav

    "Fogging" new VP 4.3?

    I checked the online copy of this manual. P. 90 doesn't address fogging. It does describe the two cycle oil process. "During storage the engine’s internal components must be protected from corrosion. This is done by introducing a Fuel Storage Mixture in to the engine. Fuel treatment and...
  18. harringtondav

    "Fogging" new VP 4.3?

    ...hmm. OP here. My manual is back at our river place. I'll check p.90. Apparently I missed this.
  19. harringtondav

    Convert siphon feed 'paint cup' spray gun to pressure feed?

    I'll be applying a lot of drywall primer and finish paint at our river house project. Enough that I will break out my old Sears pressure pot spray system. The original gun is getting iffy and I'm wondering if I can convert my Campbell Hausfield siphon gun to the pressure feed hose. It would seem...
  20. harringtondav

    "Fogging" new VP 4.3?

    Above threads say to not fog. My owners manual said to put premix two cycle in the tank and run the engine. Others above said to drain the fuel filter and fill it with a rich premix ratio. I started to do this yesterday, but couldn't get a band filter wrench on the filter. Very little clearance...
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