Getting back on topic. Some conversions create magnificent yachts. I come from the Pacific Northwest and that region probably has more tugboat...
It sounds like your gearbox is having a nice day. A gearbox typically absorbs around 3 percent of the power put into it. That means if you put...
Just for the record, my bemused detractor, I earned my unlimited chief's ticket by starting out on seagoing tugs on the West Coast, Aleutians, and...
Efficiency is the holy grail of merchant ship design. There have been ships scrapped without ever carrying a cargo after leaving the builder's...
You just won't give up will you? Is it some compulsion to post even if you haven't a clue what you are writing about? Gotta give you credit for...
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You have a safety margin, that is what the alarm setpoint is for. It tells you to monitor the condition, not panic and call for a tow. If the...
I don't know, ask ZF or Cat. I don't presume to know more than ZF's engineering department, I just quoted their numbers. If you are looking for...
There is actually, ZF describes 90*C (194*F) as "nominal." Nominal means the designed operating point. It is the temperature at which the oil...
Running below an alarm setpoint is perfectly acceptable. A warning is just notice that a parameter is approaching a limit and should be observed,...
The starboard side wouldn't be running in reverse would it? Again, contact ZF with the precise dataplate information off both gearboxes and...
Hear, hear. Maintainability is just as important as reliability. No one has ever built an engine that won't break sooner or later.
Volvo still likes it, they just gave themselves a prize. STOCKHOLM, Apr 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regulatory News: A team of five...
Is this really a problem? Maybe the other gearbox is heating up faster because of a running gear issue on that side? What does the manual speicify...
I think that "definitive" will be pretty hard to establish for such a broad application as "yacht service" since few yachts operate exactly the...
Stick to mudboats and race cars Henning. :rolleyes: Aircraft use a vernatherm valve to control oil temperature. A thermistor is an electronic...
I know you didn't ask for anyone's opinion but since this is the internet someone is going to give you theirs anyway, so let me be the first....
I think 3 or 400 watts ought to be enough to rock a few boats!
It's a switching power supply and they are very efficient, about twice that of a linear supply so the heat dissipation is much much less. I...
Yeah, who needs to hear all that VHF chatter and whistle signals anyway?
