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  1. dingbat

    Commonality with Auto Works

    I rent probably 30-35 cars a year. Have end up with just about every make and model you can think of over the years. Was lost a number of times until I learned how to read / maneuver the GUI used to operate most vehicles. How many people know there is a "pointer" to tell you which side of...
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    Dust Cap Woes

    Already been tried…failed miserably due to breakage…lol
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    Dust Cap Woes

    Wheel bearings are in hack and whack territory. Use anything “softer” than the race itself (~ RC60) to remove them. I use drift punches (brass if doing precision work) and a #3 ball peen hammer. A urethane handled, flat head screw driver works as well, if not better, when removing small...
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    Lowrance LCX-112C

    My boat had LCX 112 on it when I bought it in 2000. Was not a fan of the operating system. The flashing is an alert you that the displayed data (depth) in invalid. It’s typically a bad transducer, but could also be a failing pulse generator. The only way to know for sure is to connect a...
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    Lowrance LCX-112C

    Explain…transducers either work or they dont. What are you seeing above 30’? I’m amazed the connectors interchange. I prefer 50kHz when trolling because of the wider cone angles. Went to side scan CHIRP in 80-160kHz for trolling Yes…the pulse is generated in the head and sent to the piezo in...
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    Why I'm nervous boating at night...

    Shipping containers are not sealed….. they sink pretty quickly. USCG issue a notice to mariners when an event occurs.
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    Tow Smart "Submersible" LED tail lights are junk... better solution?

    No gaskets or windows….should be one piece hermetically sealed to IP 67 or IP 68 Protection standard. I will not purchase lights w/o this rating
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    Why I'm nervous boating at night...

    An estimated 400 people die each year in submerged vehicles across North America, making up roughly 10% of all drownings. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/26/1241003930/car-submerged-underwater-escape
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    F200 Impeller Change

    Buddy has twin F150 on his boat. One will pee be on muffs, the other will not
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    Tow Smart "Submersible" LED tail lights are junk... better solution?

    You have 12-18 LED running at less than 3 volts each, being feed a 12 volt supply. You need to mount the individual LED and you need to reduce the voltage to each one. A simple pcb solves both problems
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    Fridge shuts off when not on shore power

    Can’t tell w/o digging in to the schematic, but I’m guessing the unit runs on AC. Using a switching power supply to convert DC to AC. If that is the case, something took out the inverter side of the supply
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    Why am I replacing woodruff key???????

    Guessing The key is intentionally softer than the shaft to absorb the impact should anything bind up the impeller. Typically a low carbon steel. The drive shaft is typically a 4xx series stainless. The impeller typically has a bronze hub so you have a dissimilar metals situation. With the...
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    Humminbird Low Battery Alarm Setting?

    Technically, 12 volts is a dead battery. You might want to set it a bit higher ;) Yes, with caviots. 1. Depends on where in the circuit the voltage is monitored (input or output of power supply) 2. May or may not be an accurate depending on how much of a voltage drop do you have between the...
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    Depth Finders?

    Unless your already tan, you would be better off down here using a stop watch......lol
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    What is this filter on the ignition power wire?

    It's location in front of the coil would lead me to believe it's a diode
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    Why I'm nervous boating at night...

    Pots are expense. Nobody sets a string in a heavily traveled location, let alone a marked channel. Stay in marked channels and it's not a problem Having said that, buoys are no match for a SS prop at planing speed. They do however make a heck of a racket as they bounce off the transom...lol
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    Why I'm nervous boating at night...

    Do you drive at night? The probability of an accident on the way to a grocery store is far greater than running a boat at night in the ocean. You would be surprised at the number of “boaters” with a water phobia. Really kicks in when the beach drops over the horizon.
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    Lenco joystick/dual prop electric

    Unless you put 110 or 220 volts AC into the motor, I would not expect to see any damage at all. You need to start eliminating things from contention. Pull the connector on the actuator. Put a meter on it while trying to operate the motor to see if you have voltage. No voltage move up to...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    yep Scott Key buoy in the foreground
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    12V battery system - adding ACR

    If you get the full Blue Seas kit, it comes with a Off/ON/Combine Turn switch to On when using the boat. Turn it Off when leaving the boat. It’s that easy. Should the starting battery get weak or fail, you switch to Combine which parallels the batteries to provide power to start the boat...
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