Author Archive for Steve Pooler
Steve Pooler is a marine air conditioning specialist based on the West Coast of Florida. His marine repair background started in the 1970's at a family owned and operated boat yard in St Petersburg, Florida. Steve has a knowledge of most all specialties involved with marine and yacht repair. For the last 20 years (11 of which were for a Cruisair distributor) Steve's specialty has been yacht & boat air conditioning and refrigeration service.
Free Marine A/C & Refrigeration Troubleshooting
Greetings All…
This is just a note to confirm that I offer FREE Troubleshooting help for your Marine A/C & Refrigeration issues…But I ONLY do this in the FORUM section…If you can’t take the time to register & ask in the FORUM…I usually won’t respond…(this section is not setup for dialog/discussion…it’s only setup for comments)
My only request in return is that [...]
Dometic Marine Air/Cruisair Pump Relay’s (For full listing click on read more)
Marine Air PUMP RELAY PANELS
224110040 $245.00 (2PRP) Two Unit Solid State Relay, 115V/230V 1phase
224110050 $275.00 (6PRP) Two To Six Unit Solid State Relay, 115V/230V 1phase
Cruisair Pump Relays and Triggers
PR3X $164.00 Pump Relay, 115/230V, Up to 3 Triggers (not included)
PR3X-2 $215.00 Pump Relay, 115/230V, with two 115V Triggers
PR3X-2C $215.00 Pump Relay, 115/230V, with two 230V Triggers
PR3X-3 $240.00 Pump [...]
Marine Air Digital Controls & Retrofit Kits (Call or e-mail for current discounted pricing)
ELITE & PASSPORT I/O DIGITAL CONTROLS
FEATURES BENEFITS
Elite or Passport I/O displays Versatility in choice of displays with Passport I/O
Compact Display Footprint circuit board
Universal Symbols Less Space Required for BulkHead Mount
Air Sensor in the Display Eliminates Language Barrier Overseas
EC Compliant Enhanced Comfort Control in Living Quarters
Plastic Construction Approved for Export to Europe
Gold Connector Pin Contacts Will [...]
Marine Air Self Contained Units (click on read more for listing) Then please call or e-mail for current discounted pricing.
VECTOR TURBO – Digital Control with 410A REFRIGERANT
NEW FOR 2010
FEATURES BENEFITS
Elite or Passport I/O Display Versatility in choice of displays w/Passport I/O technology
High Velocity Blower Increased air flow with no motor overhang
Rust-free Molded Composite Drain Pan Never rusts and minimal standing condensate water
Blower Rotatable to Left or Right Hand Reduced installation time and SKU #’s
Built-in [...]
Marine A/C & New Refrigerant Regulations
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Due to new 2010 EPA regulations regarding the phase out of our long used R-22 A/C refrigerant systems…
Here’s what I can share at this point from the Cruisair/Marine Air perspective & what I have been told.
Self Contained R-22 units are no longer in production…sort of…
Since 417a is a [...]
Marine A/C Icing in Heat
Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsIt’s the time of year that we all need heat…Even here in Florida this year…Global Warming My…?
Anyway…
Below is a post I answered in the Hatteras Owners Forum, and it seems to be a subject that many of you all are searching for answers to this time of [...]
To 2010 Boat/Yacht A/C Owners
Hello All…A New Year again…Hopefully yours was good….
I started this site last year to “put my feelers out” about what owners and captains may want to learn and share about marine a/c.
The support has been more than I ever expected…
So… My New Year resolution to you is expand the site we created…Because of your feedback I am going to begin adding [...]
Used Marine Air 16K Self Contained Cool/Heat A/C Unit w/Digital Control…SOLD….
SOLD…..
Unit model VRE16K-H (Rotary Compressor) 16,000 BTU 115 volt.
Serial 11844
Digital Control is a Marine Air Passport AH (White)
The unit came from a Grand Banks Trawler that was for sale at a dealer I do service for.
It had a bad control board and a bad High Pressure switch…The new boat owner wanted to start out new.
I had a [...]
Background
Hey Everyone~
My name is Steve and I’m an A/C guy with over 30 years of boating & service under my belt…Starting out in a family owned boat yard in the mid 70’s to working in other yards in most all aspects of boat service, and then…23 of those as a A/C service guy covering the West [...]
More on Pumps, Flow & Maintence…Larger Pump ?
The problem with this is the water runs are now much further than when the “Central” type systems were installed all in one location close to the pump…Back then we had very little growth problems (just scale buildup in condensers that was easy to remove) and flow was much easier to plan & maintain…
