Recent content by rick 62

ah sorry, you guys refer to fuel as gas to us in England that would be diesel,but still the plumbing was wrong

i had the same problem, when the mechanic tested the fuel system the fuel lines at the change over valves were attached to the wrong valve input and output connections ,so we were drawing fuel from the starboard tank for both engines and returning fuel to the port tank, the generator was...

hi paul ,I've just stripped mine down and soaked the duck bills in vinegar, they now work perfectly, the boat is a 410 express and the duckbills have ben on e boat since new,I did discover a few leaks in the pipe work when I stripped it down but simply sealed them with instant gasket, one tip I...

hi,I have a victron invertor 3kw (not invertor charger) I have worked out(based on only using 25% of the battery capacity) that at most I would need a 650amp hour set up(based on max usage)most of the time I'm only going to need about300/400ah on the port side set up, but 've been offered a...

hi can I apologise in advance for hijacking this thread, the information on here is interesting,my question is can I have one bank at 1000amp hours (to run the invertor) and one bank at 200amp hours will the charger cope with he difference, I have a sea ray 410 express with the same set up a the...

happy new year to all at csr,thank you all for your help this year,ian I hope your mrs gets well soon

we found our breaker for the tvs in the bathroom cupboard/storage, my daughter accidently switched it off while putting something away, a very odd place to put a rcd breaker we are thinking

thanks again for the input ian, by the same capacity I take it we are talking amp hour not voltage

the tvs are 240v,which is a shame(they were brand new when we bought the boat)warming to the idea of a small inverter,we are still a lot cheaper than were we started

hi, guys right where to start, first the tvs x2 are 240wats each so a small easy to install inverter appears to be the answer(thanks for the pointer ian)and the 12v for the jug is now installed, but having now had a good look at the battery set up its not what we were told by the boat yard, we...

Hey progress , after pressing the genny reset it now works with the engines on, but the tvs need 240v so they require a small inverter,still it means a lot less money than the original quote

You guys are making me laugh,I'm going to try a bunch of stuff this weekend ill let you know the results,the reason for the original post is because the mrs went ape at the 6000dollars , shes loads happier now its a lot cheaper

the generator is a westerbeke 7.5kw,after a lot of research you guys are correct in your assumption that it should work when we are on the move we will be getting that looked at over the winter, the generator works fine otherwise, I take your point on the...

thanks for the input ian the posts make interesting reading, just to add some info we have 4x145 amp hour batteries wired to give 12v 580 amp hours, all have been checked and are in good health, the quote that we have been given is for £3250(pounds)which when I do the maths calculates at...

the generator does not run when the engines are running don't know why and and yes ian you are correct that's what I want to do