Unique Ideas for improving Marine Reliability
 

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Do-It-Yourself instructions, drawings, parts lists, where to buy.
Some KITS and/or parts available.

Anchor Alarm Wakes you up if your anchor drags. Do-it-yourself
instructions.
Auxiliary Battery Bank Adding a remote battery bank for anchor winch
or bow thruster.
Battery Box How to install (actually how NOT to install) a battery
box
Battery Saver Protect your battery banks from "short cycle" damage.
24 Volts from 12 How to get 24 volts for a bow thruster from a
12 volt system.
Combiner Specs. Never again get caught with a dead starting
battery.
Trolling battery Charging a trolling battery automatically from
an outboard.
Bilge Alarm. Save your boat from sinking.
Compass Software Software creates a deviation chart for your
compass.
Dinghy Saver Protect your dinghy from theft.
Fire Prevention How to prevent 120v electrical fires from
damaging your boat.
DIY Flag The easy way to make your own flag.
Head Flushing How to avoid extensive plumbing maintenance on your
head.
Mildew Removing and controlling mildew on a boat.
Propane Switch An automatic propane shut-off switch and some great
tips.
Pump Saver Prevents your pump from self destructing if it runs
dry, for under $5.00.
Siphon Breakers - Vented loops Fix siphon breakers on vented loops so
they stay working.
Venting Trapped Air. Automatic elimination of trapped air in
filters, strainers etc.
Pump Priming Automatic Repriming Centrifugal Pumps
Save Water Gadget to save precious fresh water.
Clogged Strainer How to clear clogged inlet strainers in less
than 60 seconds.
Diving Compressor DIY diving setup using the Hookah type
regulators.
Teak Decks How to maintain, clean but mainly how to Re-Caulk a
teak deck.
Electrolysis A non-technical education on boat electrolysis and
problem solving.
The Galvanic Isolator A brief description of the Galvanic Isolator,
and how to test it and how to make your own.
Capacitor for Galvanic Isolator Does my Galvanic Isolator need
a capacitor to conduct AC?
Combiner Remote Build yourself a remote indicator/control for
the Combiner 50 or 150. (Not for beginners.)
2 part polyurethane How to mix small batches of 2 part
polyurethane.
Mixing Lead-Acid and GEL batteries. Use our 150 AMP Combiner as a
voltage regulator to charge AGM/GEL batteries from an alternator with
an internal regulator set for Lead-acid voltages.
Refrigeration battery saver Automatically disable your
refrigerator when there is no 12V charging source.
Depth marking an anchor chain. A simple scheme using only 3 colors
that lets you read the depth from the marks on the chain without
counting.
Anchoring in tidal areas How to set two anchors so you are not
resetting them on tide changes and not twisting multiple rodes.
Teach Yourself Morse Code. A free program you can download that
will do a good job of teaching you code.
Making Battery Cables How to solder the terminals on battery cables.

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:59:43 -0400, Larry W4CSC
wrote:

(Mic) wrote in :

From: (Mic)


I think this pretty much says it all......

Augh...come on Larry...dont you think there are some worthwhile ideas
there? Its not of any commercial benefit to me. And many things can
be fabricated without purchase from a particular company.

There are so many great ideas out there, so much so that I have about
1 gig of it and it by the very effort and usually for no return,
people share their knowledge, you were one such person. To the extend
I have saved some of your advice, like the "liveaborded stimulator" or
the "application for a date with a sailor", some tech stuff too.

If there is a link worthwhile or a useful idea then what is wrong with
posting the link. Some good discussion have come from that, even
greater knowledge.

I think there is lots more to say and it isnt spam or trolling
either...

Hey is ....Larry or maybe you just done like spam
either...?? I still like your sense of humor and most... always read
your posts....Keep well. Regards.