I looked up what I could find in terms of pulley/sheave specs for dyneema and I’m well beyond the 8:1 D to d ratio recommended. The only other...
Back to the water pump - it’s leaking now so I’m going to pull it and tear it down. It got me home though!
I would personally choose cat c18’s at least for the bottom half of that range, c32 for the top half. Or 3406 for an older boat that doesn’t...
Is the concern the dynema will slip over the rim of the pulley and bind up?
I always remind myself a boating vacation is just an opportunity to work on the boat somewhere else.
Wanted to share a cautionary tale about a series of events that ultimately led to our davit cable failing while under load while lowering the...
Ok I’ll start a new thread. I saved the cable. Gonna research synthetic options would be nice to not have to worry about corrosion and cutting a...
Wire. I just replaced the winch less than a year ago so it was new cable. I could tell by looking at it though it got pinched and compromised. I’m...
Unfortunately I already cleaned it all up so not much to test with a magnet but I will if I see any more of it. I fished for 4 hours yesterday...
It definitely came out of that little window. It was very gritty, almost like it had sand or salt in it. Otherwise it was black and oily but...
I found this little pile of gritty black grease underneath the shaft of my raw water pump. There’s a little “window” in the shaft housing and it...
New alternator is on the port motor and I’m seeing 14.3V and 1000 rpm. So seems I have two healthy alternators again. Thanks for the help folks....
Will do thanks captain
Update - port alternator is fried as a chicken. I disconnected the 61/exciter wire and connected the alternator 61/D+ terminal directly to the +...
Ran all day today and never saw above ~12.5v on the port engine. Battery alarm on the whole time. But great news that my stbd side is now...
Ok swapped the wires. Stbd side appears to be fixed - seeing 13.9V with the battery charger off. Port side no change. Still not seeing 12v at the...
I’m so embarrassed. From the angle I was looking I couldn’t see the “-“ and the “B” looked like a D. I pulled the wires off so I could see the...
[ATTACH]sorry this took so long we were away from Internet for a while. I got the email and am studying it. Much appreciated
Ok here are some measurements from the port side, which does not have house loads. Battery charger off. 12.66V from positive to negative...
I tried connecting the positive alternator post to the “61” exciter post with a 14 ga alligator clips jumper and it flashed, insulation caught...
