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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 13-05-2022, 08:01
Replies: 1
Views: 396
Posted By Joe500
Mysterious thru hull under kitchen sink

We have two thru hulls under the kitchen sink. One is the just the drain from the sink. The other we cannot figure out.

The mysterious thruhull valve has two hoses coming off of it, one white...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 22-04-2022, 06:50
Replies: 9
Views: 1,989
Posted By Joe500
Re: How to diagnose fuel gauge problem

Great, thank you all for the prompt advice. I will try what you suggest.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 21-04-2022, 18:35
Replies: 9
Views: 1,989
Posted By Joe500
How to diagnose fuel gauge problem

My boat has been on land for two years. I came to test it out prior to putting it in the water. To my surprise, the Volvo Penta 2003 diesel engine started easily. However, the fuel gauge didn't...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 30-05-2020, 11:31
Replies: 0
Views: 1,110
Posted By Joe500
Optimus stove repair

I have an Optimus International Series 6000 gas stove on my boat. I think this is the original stove that came with the boat 30 years ago and this manufacturer no longer seems to exist. The left...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 03-11-2019, 15:34
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
Re: My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

It seems refrigeration is some kind of poorly understood magical phenomenon. Just in the last two messages, one response is that icing of the evaporator means low refrigerant whereas the next...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 05-10-2019, 18:29
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
Re: My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

I'm not at the boat now, but I don't think there's much airflow behind the condensor. It's up against the wooden wall as you say. On the other side of that wall, is the U-shaped couch with dining...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 05-10-2019, 17:30
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
Re: My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

Hello Richard, I've been slowly working off of your advice. I bought a sensorpush bluetooth temperature sensor so that I could record what's going on as well.Now that it is fall, the fridge may be...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 18-09-2019, 18:40
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
Re: My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

Hi Nello,

Thanks for your response. It's good to know you have the same fridge. What brand/model remote thermometer do you recommend? Is it battery powered or do you have to run electricity into...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 18-09-2019, 18:36
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
Re: My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

Richard, thanks for your message and for sharing your expertise. I was going to buy your book so that I could ask you for your advice but you beat me to it. I will try the simple things you suggest...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 18-09-2019, 05:55
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
Re: My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

Thanks for all the replies. One crucial question I got from you all is whether the problem is really the lack of refrigerant or something else. How do I tell? I would say significant frost forms on...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 17-09-2019, 19:17
Replies: 54
Views: 28,188
Posted By Joe500
My refrigerator still uses R-12. What are my options?

I have a Frigoboat AV-12 refrigeration system in my sailboat. I think it is the original refrigeration from the 1980s. I have owned the boat for fifteen years and have not done anything to maintain...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 20-04-2019, 15:45
Replies: 39
Views: 10,284
Posted By Joe500
Re: stripped thread on prop shaft

Thanks for all the replies. I'm afraid I don't know the answers to most of the questions you have asked though. Yes, I meant bronze not brass on the nut in the picture. And I'm told by the marina...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 19-04-2019, 13:57
Replies: 39
Views: 10,284
Posted By Joe500
stripped thread on prop shaft

When the marina removed the prop to change the cutlass bearing, they found the threads ruined on both the shaft and the hub. They say that the prop is not the original prop for the boat, that it was...
Forum: Marine Electronics 19-04-2019, 13:44
Replies: 17
Views: 6,248
Posted By Joe500
Re: How do I build an autopilot shelf?

I was surprised to get a reply to this post seven years after I wrote it. From my end, I thought I'd provide an update to the community. We visited the Beneteau factory in South Carolina for a tour...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 11-06-2018, 16:30
Replies: 35
Views: 7,192
Posted By Joe500
Re: Batteries lasting only 2 years - AGM any better?

Many of you suggested that the problem wasn’t the batteries. I think you were right. I thought I’d provide an update.

Using my fancy new battery tester, I measured around 600 CCA per battery,...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 10-05-2018, 19:26
Replies: 35
Views: 7,192
Posted By Joe500
Re: Batteries lasting only 2 years - AGM any better?

By the way, there does not seem to be any loads draining the battery when everything is off. I have a battery monitor that I put in front of everything, and it records a daily history of loads.
...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 10-05-2018, 19:13
Replies: 35
Views: 7,192
Posted By Joe500
Re: Batteries lasting only 2 years - AGM any better?

Thanks to all for the suggestions. It sounds like many of you think the problem may not be the battery. So I just ordered an Ansel Ba101 digital battery tester on amazon so I can test the CCAs...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-05-2018, 18:24
Replies: 35
Views: 7,192
Posted By Joe500
Re: Batteries lasting only 2 years - AGM any better?

Wow, 8-10 years, that's great. My batteries are interstate brand, I get them from the local marine shop. The boat gets hauled out for the winter in Connecticut. I didn't know about the permacube,...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-05-2018, 17:31
Replies: 35
Views: 7,192
Posted By Joe500
Batteries lasting only 2 years - AGM any better?

My battery bank consists of two group 31 flooded batteries for bank 1 and one group 24 starting battery on bank 2. They are charged by the engine alternator and a 100 Watt solar panel with Victron...
Forum: Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 18-09-2017, 19:02
Replies: 0
Views: 2,295
Posted By Joe500
Kid friendly mooring spots in Long Island Sound

We currently keep our boat on a mooring off of South Norwalk, CT. It is easy to get to, cheap, and near all the restaurants and festivities of that town. The problem is that it is right in the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 29-08-2016, 12:14
Replies: 3
Views: 1,955
Posted By Joe500
Re: Long term sailboat storage near Long Island Sound

Jim, do you know how to reach Maxwell boat yard? They don't pick up or return messages on their telephone listed in Google.

I just called Captain Cove. Once you include stanchions, they charge...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-08-2016, 18:41
Replies: 3
Views: 1,955
Posted By Joe500
Long term sailboat storage near Long Island Sound

Does anyone know an inexpensive but reliable place in the Long Island Sound to haul and store a 38 foot sailboat? The place I've been using in Norwalk, CT, which is quite good, costs around $2,500 in...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 16-08-2016, 18:27
Replies: 9
Views: 13,177
Posted By Joe500
Re: Volvo Penta 2003: Why is starter motor clicking?

Thanks for all the responses. Seems like I should start with all the electrical connections first, checking them and/or bypassing them. Once I do that, and if it doesn't work, I may come back to...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 14-08-2016, 19:16
Replies: 9
Views: 13,177
Posted By Joe500
Volvo Penta 2003: Why is starter motor clicking?

Late last fall, as I was getting ready to put my boat away for the year, the starter stopped working. Instead of cranking the engine, I would just hear the solenoid clicking when I turned the key. ...
Forum: Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 06-06-2015, 08:28
Replies: 29
Views: 31,236
Posted By Joe500
Re: Anchoring on the Hudson River?

There is a great anchorage just south of croton on the Hudson, it's in half moon bay just northeast of croton point park. It's protected from everywhere except the northwest and there is a state...
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