all the smart Y does is ensure both legs are on and connected to opposing phase before kicking in. Like eveything else, the arcing is caused by...
"A single phase AC Connection is comprised normally of 3 wires, Phase, Neutral and Earth. Even if you have 4 or 5 of these connections you will...
what problem are you having? no power at all on one or both of the legs? low voltage? popping breakers? hard to reply to your post without...
rofl... that's a good one! thks for clearing that up Bill!!!
hopefully their "star" status means that in the future boaters will pay attention and realize that there are things you just don't do. -50 miles...
thanks Ken, don't i feel like an idiot! :)
good post... some of these i didnt' know... YouTube has many rough water clips too...
saw a recent report that the keel problem had been solved... can't remember where.... triton maybe?
"I doubt that is what happened, even Zorba on a bad day wouldn't do something like that, he would have had to start closing while the tug was...
I understand that, but doesn't it show that no matter how well a cored laminate is built it will fail even more dramatically once something...
I would not doubt the story is accurate but i can't help thinking that a solid glass bottom would have faired much better. some cracks, some...
many refer to these boats as floating condos... 4 to 5 beaufort is too much for these boats in my opinion.
i agree, it works on a sailboat because the loads / needs are low. on a power vessel, especially at higher speed if you're going to produce...
teh biggest issue is that you're going to get a lot of drag... while a impeller or prop not connected to anything will spin fairly freely, once...
Carvers are generally considered inland or near coastal boats although to be fair most boats that size will strugle a bit in open waters except of...
early october we hauled out at Kelley, which is now part of Fairhaven Shipyards, good service, MUCH cheaper than Newport yards.
hard to tell where the price of fuel will be... last spring, if someone had told me that marine diesel woudl be 1.75 today, i'd have told them...