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You guys got me thinking - how much ice does my Raritan make per day? ANSWER: 22lbs per day, according to their website. How much does the Raritan cost? Answer: cheapest one ~ $1200. Yeah it's automated, yeah it's built in...but $1200?

Does the reservoir tank on your red icemaker hold the water in rough seas? Are you saying once the ice is made you have to consume it or it will melt?




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Ron

The Air-N-Water protable ice makers will not store ice since it is not a freezer. I've made ice then fell asleep for the night only to find the machine red light on. When the basket is full, the ice touches a sensor (cold) and stops the process, but the basket was still full, howver it was "wet ice" if you know what I mean.

This machine works great if you want to use ice all day while at anchor or at dock. It keeps up with demand. As I posted earlier. I'll start "ice making operations" when I arrive on the boat Friday at noon, and by the time pm i'll have 3 or 4 gal size aip lock bags filled and in freezer. This will last me or two of us a few weekends then I just repeat the process.

As I said the $149.00 has paid for it's self over from the cost of buying ice from marinas.

Rich
 
oh sorry....

The machine will run while underway..you fill the tank with about 1 gallon of water and the basket sits over it.. about 6 inches deep, so it wont spill in normal seas. But I usually make the ice while at the dock then store it for the trip, unless is a short trip on Fridays to an anchorage, then I leave it running.

Rich
 
I do the bilge cleaner trick every weekend as well. Not a cure, but it definitely helps!

Paul
 
Our boat is a 1997 400 sedan bridge. When we bought the boat last year I was shocked that the galley sink drained into the shower/vanity sump to be pumped out. Same problem with float being on upper deck of sump- won't completly pump out.
But..bigger problem to me was that galley sink drained into sump...potential coffee grounds from bottom of cup, tuna fish scraps from lunch plate being washed, etc., etc..
My solution was to tear out lazy susan under the galley sink (I'm too old and to fat to get down and really use the lazy susan anyway) and open up this huge area. I then cut a regular 'home sized' drain in the sink and installed a full size sink drain -drilled a hole in the side of the boat - installed a 'thruhull' fitting a foot or so above the water line- installed the smallest Horse Power garbage disposal I could find to the new galley sink drain - rerouted the drain hose to the new thru-hull = no food stuff, junk, grease in the sump. I found a power outlet behind the refer and convenient to plug the disposal into
I don't feel I'm polluting as everything that goes down the drain is biodgradable (except the occasional spoon I have to fish out!)
I've changed quite a few things on the boat ( convection oven for microwave, flat screens etc.) but feel this sump bypass was the most usefull.

Bud
 
As an update since this thread came back alive, the bilge issue with us is that we do not run our a/c's. Instead we have a portable dehumidfyer that we run while the boat is at our house. This has been recommended to us by several "experts" to save the a/c's from barnicling up.

The problem is we drain it into the kitchen sink which as being discussed ends up in the shower sump. Everytime we setup to go on a trip, I have to clean that sump out. The orange stuff would just pump out when it fills with the water from the dehumidfyer.

But, we have not had to have the a/c's serviced since then.

Ken
 
Rich
Thanks for the explanation. So this is not a replacement for the Raritan.
 
interesting thread and some good ideas.

I now use small bromine tablets in my AC strainer and 1 tablet in my shower/sink sump and never, ever put solids down the drains. This has worked well for both so far. I think it's very important to throughly flush the system after a good outing.

I like Ken's idea about the dehumidifier (instead of running the AC systems) but sea water is still in the lines so barnacles can still grow, right?

Randy
 
Ray 40 said:
potential coffee grounds from bottom of cup, tuna fish scraps from lunch plate being washed, etc., etc..
My solution was to tear out lazy susan under the galley sink (I'm too old and to fat to get down and really use the lazy susan anyway) and open up this huge area. I then cut a regular 'home sized' drain in the sink and installed a full size sink drain -drilled a hole in the side of the boat - installed a 'thruhull' fitting a foot or so above the water line- installed the smallest Horse Power garbage disposal I could find to the new galley sink drain - rerouted the drain hose to the new thru-hull = no food stuff, junk, grease in the sump. I found a power outlet behind the refer and convenient to plug the disposal into
I don't feel I'm polluting as everything that goes down the drain is biodgradable (except the occasional spoon I have to fish out!)
I've changed quite a few things on the boat ( convection oven for microwave, flat screens etc.) but feel this sump bypass was the most usefull.

Bud
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Odyssey said:
interesting thread and some good ideas.

I now use small bromine tablets in my AC strainer and 1 tablet in my shower/sink sump and never, ever put solids down the drains. This has worked well for both so far. I think it's very important to throughly flush the system after a good outing.

I like Ken's idea about the dehumidifier (instead of running the AC systems) but sea water is still in the lines so barnacles can still grow, right?

Randy
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Randy,

We have not needed any service to the A/C's since we started doing this. However, I put a half a bromine into each strainer every trip we take prior to leaving the house.

The diver cleans the thru hulls so I suspect we are not getting any growth in the lines.

Knock on fiberglass this keeps working.

Ken
 
Rich
Hi we met in Port Washington a couple of weeks ago. Which Rule 2000 pump did you use? West has 4 different ones. How do you install it? Let me know if its something I can do myself.
Thanks,
Ron
 
Ron of NJ-
The ice maker is not a real replacement for a built in. It can be though depending on your situation. I you have a family and need the freezer space for food, then no. For me, it's one or maybe with two on the boat so I don't keep a lot of food onboard, so the freezer can be filled with bags of homemade ice.

Ron of NY
The Rule2000 RM2000 (12vlt). Easy to install, remove old round pump and float, cut wires. Put new ovel mount basket on angle and one hole will match up, thats all you need, if fact it works well when you need to do a mid summer cleaning it will swivel around. attach the wires as instructed and your good to go. just make sure you use shrink tube to waterproof the electical connections.


Bud..
I thought about changing the galley sink drain to a thru-hull..Hmm never had the guts to cut a hole through the side..your a bolder man than I am..but I'll have to revisit this, and really measure. You have a sedan bridge so your sink is higher in the boat than my DA, so I need to make sure the drain has enough downward angle and still not be too close to the water line.. I don't think theres enough freeboard on a DA. But glad it worked out for you.


Rich
 
replaced the stock clarion /panasonic amp and polk momo sub and was able to go from 17 to 25 on the clarion remote volume.
sound quality and level dramitcally improved.

next exploring adding another set of speakers in the arch access holes if the amp will handle it
 
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Hi Guys

Same problem on my 460 with the shower / air con sump never draining out, I simply replaced the float switch with a Water Witch electronic switch, problem solved and it has already lasted way longer than the Rule Float switches. Since the "mercury free" switches were introduced, the life span of the Rule float switches is terrible.

The Water Witch runs for about 10 seconds after the water level goes down, and that ensures that the sump is completely empty before the pump is switched off.

Very easy to mount and wire the Water Witch, I have also replaced the Rule switch in the aft cabin bilge with a Water Witch.

Graham
 
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I replaced all 5 of my cockpit floor lights with Marinebeam 7 LED puck lights (http://store.marinebeam.com/waterproof-led-puck-light.html). All are blue except red under the helm. The only light in the upper cockpit is the one under the helm. The original lights were so dim at 0.4 W that you barely knew they were on. The new ones at 1.4W are more than bright enough. Now, I have that blue space ship glow in my lower cockpit and a red glow throughout the upper cockpit. Looks sweet.
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anyone silence the vibrating cockpit refrigerator creatively?
Apparently the frig doesn't sit on its feet rather is suspended in the cut out opening via the 4 screws / flange
was thinking to either add plywood to raise support under unit or wedge with shims to stop vibrating
 
Rich122 said:
The Rule2000 RM2000 (12vlt). Easy to install, remove old round pump and float, cut wires. Put new ovel mount basket on angle and one hole will match up, thats all you need, if fact it works well when you need to do a mid summer cleaning it will swivel around. attach the wires as instructed and your good to go.

Rich
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Rich,
Do you have a check valve attached to the RM2000? Instructions indicate not to have it. I left it in at first but pump would not always pump during testing it so I removed the check valve and it worked fine. I would prefer to have the check valve to keep the water at a minimum. Wondering if maybe its just a bad check valve or if it's creating to much resistance.
 
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