40 sedan bridge forum

scooper321 said:
Great minds think alike. I realized the AC converter breaker was on the starboard side of the panel, But I don’t know which transom connected that corresponded to, either. Trial and error may be my only option.o_O Got to be honest, Bill. I figured you would know right off the top of your head!
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On ours, the starboard side of the panel, with the AC converter is the upper outlet on the transom. I only know that because we lost that leg and lost everything in the fridge one time.
 
Brian Wert said:
On ours, the starboard side of the panel, with the AC converter is the upper outlet on the transom. I only know that because we lost that leg and lost everything in the fridge one time.
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I'm usually not many hours away from shore power, but I thought the fridge (and ice maker) would be OK for many hours on batteries? Never had a failure, but I've only had the boat a couple of seasons. Similar with previous two boats a 340 Sedan Bridge and an Apreamare 9 meter.
 
Hat Trick said:
I'm usually not many hours away from shore power, but I thought the fridge (and ice maker) would be OK for many hours on batteries? Never had a failure, but I've only had the boat a couple of seasons. Similar with previous two boats a 340 Sedan Bridge and an Apreamare 9 meter.
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I believe your ice maker will only function on 110v. It will not run on 12v power. How long your refrigerators/stereo and other 12v items can run is solely dependent on your batteries.

Bennett
 
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So this is kind of interesting...I've been chasing why my 3 year old Norcold was dead. Turns out, it's the refrigerator plug not having power that I'll have to figure out next time I'm at the boat. Plugged into the other outlet for the microwave seems to have solved my problem for now. I use wifi temperature pucks around the boat, and tossed one into my freezer to follow if it were getting and staying cold while I was away from the boat. Of course, it's plugged into shore power. The compressor takes the freezer to 0 degrees, shuts off, lets the temp get to around 34, and then kicks back on to go to 0 again. This cycle takes about 8 hours, and looks like you could almost set your watch to it. Attached is a screenshot of my phone app showing the cycle for a day and 4 days.
 

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Throwing it out there again. Anyone found a microwave that is plug and play size? No modifications? I don't mind them but if a new one fails in 3 years and need to replace again I don't want to be re-cutting AGAIN. Funny thing is I have not even used mine except for popcorn in 7 years. But the digital display is still rubbing me the wrong way.
 
Just noticed this on the ceiling of the master stateroom. Not sure what caused it. Maybe it’s always been there and I just don’t remember. Or my wife pressed something against it and compressed the foam. Anyone seen this before?
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Anyone here ever service your aftercoolers?
Got the port one off no problem (not counting the hoses). The starboard looks to be mission impossible. Any tricks remove air filter, etc?
Thanks for any help.
ps Already have ample supply of swear words.
 
Two things. 1 I have a skinny daughter. She took it off. 2) adjust the hold on springs so they are not such a U shape. Easier to get them to hook. 3) I also taped over the springs in the cap so they wouldn’t fall out. Made it simple.
 
Njlarry said:
No idea but I would check the moisture content of deck area above it to be safe.
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It was water. We had an unreal storm where rain was like a fire hose. Water was forced between the rubber seal and the glass and ran along the vinyl and pooled there. The dent is almost completely gone now after two days of drying. Deck checks out fine. I’ll rebed hatch this summer as a precaution.
 
Has anyone replaced the Salon Carpet ? I have looked at local carpet stores for the brand of carpet with a backing on it from the factory. The one that rolls up over my engines in the salon is Kangaback. It is only 9 x 7 and I haven't been able to find it. I assume I will have the exact size traced and then binded but I can not find the carpet material.
 
Totally Gross please share what you find. I have been to several carpet suppliers and specialty carpet distributors and have not found a replacement. Replacing this salon carpet is long overdue. Any suggestions are appreciated.
 
The NH Sea Ray dealer also has a division that manages our condo/marina, so we use them for many services. As noted elsewhere on this forum, there are many instances where the phrase is: "That's 20 year old stuff. Nobody uses it any more. Here's what's better and here's why." When I replaced the salon carpet in my 1987 340 Sedan Bridge, I had a local carpet store do the installation. I picked out what I liked. No idea about brand. It worked fine. I have also seen some who replaced the carpet with laminate flooring. I'm certainly interested in where to find the Kangaback, but I'd be interested in whatever other solutions have been used.
 
Nautikflor has some great flooring. I've seen it installed on alot of boats looks outstanding.
Not sure on how much sound deadening the carpet offers though.
 
Since the Aetna tachs I installed a few years ago light up red, I decided to make everything match. Replacing the gauge bulbs was a chore. The little bulb wires are soldered onto the contacts. Had to pry them off and pull the bulbs away from their wires to clean it out for the new bulbs. Then had to straighten the new bulb wires and pinch them over the contacts. This method is actually what holds the bulb in place. Wanted to solder them but couldn’t get the gun into the tight space without melting plastic. So it’s just friction fit.
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I replaced the factory swing arm starboard fuel sender back in January, with a KUS sliding puck sender. The tank is about 20.25” tall, so I installed a 19” sender. Finally got to use it when I brought the boat home from FL last week. The port side still has the swing arm sender in it. Some observations:

- The needle movement is very linear, unlike the swing arm which tends to move the needle in bursts

- The needle position quickly dropped by 1/8 and stayed 1/8 lower than the swing arm needle past 1/2 empty. The swing arm needle started catching up then and they were close to the same at 1/4 full.

- The KUS sender provides a lot of safety margin. I only have two data points but at 72% full, the gauge indicated 63% full. At 46% full the gauge indicated 31% full. When the needle shows 1/4 full (44 gallons) you are going to have about 70-75 gallons left in the tank.
 
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