Quick ?, should my alternators charge my house battery? Almost all of my electronics on the bridge are powered by the house battery which is the largest AGM available and brand new. I have 2 12" MFDs, autopilot, radar, stereo with amp, VHF w/AIS and fridge all running while under way. Yesterday did a two hour cruise stopped for 3 hours with everything off but the fridge and radio on with no music playing. After about an into the hour cruise home with everything back on I received a low battery m ...

Just a little calculation.
2004 360ss, 2x 8.1 VP's
50 hours, 302 liters used (80 US gallons).
Cost= $412 Canadian.
=$1.36 a liter.
6.04 liters per hour , equals, $8.21 per hour to putt around in this boat.
This boat is cheaper to run than my other boat, a Rinker 280ec with 1 x 8.1 Merc.
Wow.......

Hello my name is Mike and my wife and I are not new to boating but new to the yachting side. We have a 1996 320 voyager with twin 350 crusaders. We are frustrated at the moment due to the starboard engine dies randomly. Here is what I have done and found so far, installed new OEM electric fuel pump, new OEM anti syphon valve, new ECU unit. On to the trouble shooting part, at this time I have wired in a green light from the ECU to the fuel pump so I know when it looses voltage. Once it looses vol ...

Hi everyone hope you had a great weekend,
Renovatio NY here. I’m jelious no boat decision yet.
I’m stuck. We have the option and my wife is OK with which is the most important part . We have the choice between a 2001 Carver 466 and eight 2001 506. Both seem to be without major problems both seem to be very close in price.
The 466 has the 6K engines 1200 hrs, while the 506 has the Volvo 12 engines 600 hrs freash water always.
The 506 has both bow and stern thruster, while the 466 has bow thruster ...

I was running some wires through the area of the Battery disconnect switch, and when I was replacing the panel, a pole broke off of one of the ETA 50A circuit breakers. I know I am a bit needy lately, but does anyone have a source for these? I saw some on EBAY but not exact match ups. It was an ACC breaker, and 50 AMPS. Attached is a photo of the numbers on the side. It appears to be sistered up to the 60A breaker next to it. Thanks again, the wealth of knowledge here is outstanding! ...

We love our 450 voyager, but she is too tall to make The Great Loop. Has anyone hinged their arch?

New owner of 1994 320 Voyager. Equipped with Marine Air System 16K to run on shore power. Boat had been sitting on the hard until July 3rd. Marine air appeared to work initially and cooled the boat to 77 degrees according to digital display when outside temp was 91. Today it is struggling to maintain 85 with outside temp of 91. Owners manual for the AC was not with the boat. Any and all guidance is very much appreciated.

Hello All! Looking for some input here. Gen is not firing up and the canister fuel filter is dang near empty? Is this a fuel pump issue?

Hi



I have a '96 carver 400 with the 'little' big blocks. Crusader 7.4 XLI



I think these are the original 96 manifolds. And I got a hole in one or the gasket is shot. I dont know because i took ownership in 2016. I purchased two Crusader manifolds and elbows, bolts, gaskets, etc. Its the one under the couch so it didn't get much attention.



I need some advice on the port engine, the elbows / manifold closest (And i mean close) to the fuel tank. I already soaked the elbow bolts and nuts with PB b ...

Ok, this is becoming an ongoing issue. As mentioned in other posts, I installed an Promariner 2000 watt PS inverter last year with a new battery bank. We run the outlets on the boat through the inverter, which includes the circuit for the microwave. That may or may not have anything to do with the problem.



We are having a problem with what I would call an amperage surge with the microwave. When we have the microwave on for more than a couple of minutes, the amps surge from 14 amps to over 30 and ...