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ocgrant said:
Guys, spent all day cleaning and working on "moving in" about 4pm I was on the swim step and the AC pump(s) stop cycling water. I went down stairs and found the switch on and all the AC's running as this is Florida and it was 80 degrees today. I shut everything off as I don't want to fry an AC unit. Went into the engine room and discovered it appears I have 2 pumps that cool the AC units? I looked for a breaker and couldn't find anything. I let everything cool down for an hour and fired it back up and still nothing? Is there a breaker or did both my AC pumps take a shit?
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Did you also check the strainers on the suction side of the AC pump? If it gets clogged up with junk, it will stop the flow of water to the pump. The pump will still kick on when called for by the AC controller, but water will not flow.

Jaybeaux
 
Here's a good shot of that whole area. I removed the batteries to make it easier to replace one of my pumps. Took about 10 extra minutes but IMHO this is the only way to work on this area. Once yo have full access to this area, makes it much easier to troubleshoot things and you might as well replace the hoses while you're at it.
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jeffrey vargas said:
Here's a good shot of that whole area. I removed the batteries to make it easier to replace one of my pumps. Took about 10 extra minutes but IMHO this is the only way to work on this area. Once yo have full access to this area, makes it much easier to troubleshoot things and you might as well replace the hoses while you're at it.View attachment 79276
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Looks like we had the same guy mark our hoses as the writing on mine is identical. Our marina is just off of a silty river, and I have to look at them every month as part of my planned maintenance is blowing out the lines to keep the A/C units from plugging up.

-Tom
 
jeffrey vargas said:
Here's a good shot of that whole area. I removed the batteries to make it easier to replace one of my pumps. Took about 10 extra minutes but IMHO this is the only way to work on this area. Once yo have full access to this area, makes it much easier to troubleshoot things and you might as well replace the hoses while you're at it.View attachment 79276
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Funny I have a separate strainer for each pump
 
rwvw415 said:
How heavy are those batteries to lift out of that area?
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Ours are AGM, and weigh about 175 lbs each. We used a chain hoist attached to a bar that we placed in one of the inspection holes in the hardtop.
 
Taking my new baby to the yard next week for new bottom paint and prop speed. Both rudders are leaking any tricks to sealing these up? Every Sea Ray I have had the rudders leaked.
 
Well, I was successful at removing my starboard aftercooler and oil/fuel cooler today. Well, not me per say but I found a kid at the marina that is super handy with a wrench and does odd mechanic work on the boats. He's about 5'2" and 120lbs. After showing him what needed to be done by using the Port aftercooler as an example, he seemed pretty competent and was hired on the spot and we got to work. Total removal time was about 2.5 hours with a couple short breaks. When he told me he wanted $200 for the work I gave him $300 just to make sure he'd come back to put it back together
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...lol. Now time to get it cleaned and pressure tested.
 
ocgrant said:
Taking my new baby to the yard next week for new bottom paint and prop speed. Both rudders are leaking any tricks to sealing these up? Every Sea Ray I have had the rudders leaked.
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I had both of my rudders dropped and the packing glands re-packed. The old packing material that came out was pretty worn. I was having other work done so decided on this approach as it seemed like the best way to address this and do it right while the boat was out of the water.
 
jeffrey vargas said:
Here's a good shot of that whole area. I removed the batteries to make it easier to replace one of my pumps. Took about 10 extra minutes but IMHO this is the only way to work on this area. Once yo have full access to this area, makes it much easier to troubleshoot things and you might as well replace the hoses while you're at it.View attachment 79276
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This is not right; did the bridge AC get added later? The AC pump (if one is running and another not) will draw air back through the other pump and AC system should the suction head go negative which it does as the strainer becomes plugged. Then, the pump will loose prime and the system will shut down on HI PS. In other words you can't have two air conditioning systems on a single through-hull without being able to isolate one or the other.
 
ttmott said:
This is not right; did the bridge AC get added later? The AC pump (if one is running and another not) will draw air back through the other pump and AC system should the suction head go negative which it does as the strainer becomes plugged. Then, the pump will loose prime and the system will shut down on HI PS. In other words you can't have two air conditioning systems on a single through-hull without being able to isolate one or the other.
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Very interesting...That never occurred to me...Now I hear what you're saying. From what I can tell, everything is factory installed and the cockpit air is on the build sheet. All AC systems seem to be working fine. If I add another strainer to feed the bridge air, do you believe it possible to T off the through-hull to both strainers and not have to put in another through-hull? Can someone post a pic of where their second strainer is mounted?
 
jeffrey vargas said:
Very interesting...That never occurred to me...Now I hear what you're saying. From what I can tell, everything is factory installed and the cockpit air is on the build sheet. All AC systems seem to be working fine. If I add another strainer to feed the bridge air, do you believe it possible to T off the through-hull to both strainers and not have to put in another through-hull? Can someone post a pic of where their second strainer is mounted?
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The best solution at this point is to install some check valves but they bring their own challenges... If it works fine, leave it alone; it's a first on me...
 
jeffrey vargas said:
Very interesting...That never occurred to me...Now I hear what you're saying. From what I can tell, everything is factory installed and the cockpit air is on the build sheet. All AC systems seem to be working fine. If I add another strainer to feed the bridge air, do you believe it possible to T off the through-hull to both strainers and not have to put in another through-hull? Can someone post a pic of where their second strainer is mounted?
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I think that would be the same thing you have now only with two strainers. Like ttmott said if its working leave it
 
jeffrey vargas said:
Very interesting...That never occurred to me...Now I hear what you're saying. From what I can tell, everything is factory installed and the cockpit air is on the build sheet. All AC systems seem to be working fine. If I add another strainer to feed the bridge air, do you believe it possible to T off the through-hull to both strainers and not have to put in another through-hull? Can someone post a pic of where their second strainer is mounted?
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I don’t have any pics on me but it is mounted directly across from the other one. Both through hulls are the same way right next to each other. I will grab some pics when I am back in Miami on Friday.
 
Has anyone added Flir Night Vision to their boats. I am looking at the M232 M625S and the new M364
 
We have not yet. Where I'd really like it is for those times when we caught out in pea soup fog with no warning while cruising. I checked just a couple weeks ago, and it still said they were good in "light fog" only. If you have any information to the contrary I'd be interested.

-Tom
 
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