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  1. dingbat

    Transom straps

    You have to watch how the components are rated when selecting winch and tie downs. Breaking strength, safe working load (SWL) and working load limit (WLL), as well as a few others, are all quoted in winch and tie down component specifications. While breaking strength is straight forward...
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    DVA adapter vs DVA analog meter for sensor and coil wire testing

    Sounds like you’re confused as to what is going on. You’re dealing with a capacitor discharge system. Voltage is built up in a capacitor then collapsed (discharged) and the process starts over again. As such, you’re dealing with pulsed AC similar to the trace shown below. Note the duration...
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    Fuel injected parts no longer available

    Rebuilding a quadrajet is a lot more work than ordering as new small engine carb off Amazon for $20-30 I have yet to “scrap” a single machine from NLA issues. Parts are easy to source if you know how and where to look Got tired of running up to Autozone working on my daughter’s cars. Bought a...
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    Fuel injected parts no longer available

    Same reason Garmin and Lowrance support the same third party transducers yet are not interchangeable (w/o break out box) due to the use of different connectors. Slowly seeing that nonsense go away as more and more components move to the NMEA 2000 standard
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    Fuel injected parts no longer available

    While I can’t argue there are more possible points of failure if you count wiring, I have not owned or messed with carbureted engines, other than lawn equipment and two old outboards i own in almost 40 years. Bottom line, they take two completely different skill sets to support. With my...
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    Cybertruck

    Cant say much, under NDA, but it’s none of the above with supposedly better corrosion properties than even 316L
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    Fuel injected parts no longer available

    Bear in mind that large OEMs make very few of the parts in their assemblies. NLA in most cases doesn’t mean a replacement part is no longer in production. It means that the OEM no longer stocks or carries the part in question for one reason or another. Typically parts with low turnover rates and...
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    Tree sap on cover

    What kind of oak tree? Live under a canopy of a mix of mature chestnut, red and white oaks. Never had an issue with sap As noted above, I live in the woods. Couldn’t keep a sun-brella type cover more than a year or two before the organic material (leaf mold, etc.) falling from the trees...
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    Repacing a Garmin 451s and the 200/50 transducer?

    Garmin bought Navioncs a few years back. Guessing the change is more marketing than content https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/904463#additional
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    Staying warm on boat in the winter

    Not a bad idea at all. They make radiant heat propane heaters suitable for use in this application https://www.mrheater.com/little-buddy-heater.html
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    Seeking Advice: Real-Time Bathymetry Solutions for a 25-Foot Boat

    I see some value in the software for a trawler, but not so much as a competitive hook and line angler. What advantage does this software provide over that of a good set of charts, a quality fish finder with side scan the most recent SST readout buy me? No word salad....be specific with...
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    Seeking Advice: Real-Time Bathymetry Solutions for a 25-Foot Boat

    What exactly are you trying to do? How deep and what is your budget? "Real-time bathymetry systems" and "value" don't belong in the same paragraph. Have a friend who just retired as an acoustical expert for Naval Research. The "fish" they tow for mapping cost more than the average home The...
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    Out to lunch Gear Oil Prices

    Doesn't have to be miles from a store. We are Amazon Prime subscribers. Free, mostly next day delivery to my front door on anything sold through Amazon for $60 a year. Cost me more than $60 for a tank of gas let alone the time and effort involved in going to various stores and buying it...
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    Lewmar 700 pro series anchor winch

    That's the point........nothing happening in a hurry in an emergency. Not a good situation to be in with rouge waves approaching or a boat on auto-pilot bearing down on you.
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    Lewmar 700 pro series anchor winch

    How do you cut the "anchor line" in case of an emergency or getting the anchor hung up on the bottom?
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    Staying warm on boat in the winter

    No...testing needs to be done live. Take voltage reading with battery fully charged and motor running. Then flip on your load. If you don't get an immediate voltage drop, demand and supply are roughly balanced. If the voltage drops over time, you have an unbalanced load and the excess is...
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    water pressure vs air pressure

    I use a shop vac to clear (suck) the water out of the 1.5" lines running between the skimmers in the pool and the pool house. Actually works quite well considering the lines are 50-60 ft. long and 5 ft. below the ground level at their deepest point
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    Lewmar 700 pro series anchor winch

    Pretty much the same here though I typically drift fish except when fishing an "edge". Been a while......guessing I have 20-25' of 1/4" chain with a #16 Danforth. The only advise I have is to make sure you have "free fall". Nothing worse than try to strategically position yourself with a...
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    Lewmar 700 pro series anchor winch

    Pretty common machine for a boat that size that don't intend to use it as a storm anchor. The question becomes what are your expectation and needs? How much water do you anchor in? Any drift allowed? Any short rode situations?, i.e fishing in a crowd?
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    water pressure vs air pressure

    Blowing out lines is a function of flow not pressure. You would be better off installing a schrader valve in the line and forego pressuring the storage tank all together. Used this method to clear the water line running out to the barns for years before running new lines at the proper depth...
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