Some Good Info Here Folks in this 16 page PDF...What to Look For and What to Avoid, plus additional products to improve an existing system. … [Read more...]
5 Critical Things You Need to Know BEFORE Buying a Marine Air Conditioning System:
November 8, 2010 By
Marine Air Conditioning System Maintenance
November 5, 2010 By
Greetings All, Let's start with the basics... Seawater flow thru your A/C system is primary... Without water flow....You have NO cooling ! Service people on the docks (at least the better ones) can walk down the dock during the summer and tell which boats they are likely to be getting a call from next just by the flow of water (or lack of) going overboard on each boat....Lack of seawater flow can cause other problems besides loss of cooling... Lack of seawater flow causes high system … [Read more...]
Marine A/C & New Refrigerant Regulations
January 27, 2010 By
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. … [Read more...]
To 2010 Boat/Yacht A/C Owners
January 5, 2010 By
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 to my store to allow you to order most of the common Marine A/C system items that I found you've needed, but … [Read more...]
Background
November 3, 2009 By
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 Coast of Florida...11 of those years with the Cruisair (Now Marine Air also) distributor in St. Petersburg. I have serviced just about every brand of marine A/C (most boats too) but have always … [Read more...]
More on Pumps, Flow & Maintence…Larger Pump ?
September 2, 2009 By
Below is another copy of a post I made in the Meridian Owners Forum...If you want the full jest...http://www.meridianyachtowners.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1957&posts=15#M18424 Hi Mark...Don't know if you are still watching this thread, or if you have seen my thread over in the "Introduce Yourself" forum but here's my take... It seems that when the system was flushed, that it was flushed just well enough to break loose some stuff...Now it is floating around in the hoses and … [Read more...]
Backflush A/C ? & Marine Growth
August 24, 2009 By
Copy of recent e-mail to Marine AC.com... Hi Steve, love your web site - lots of great info. ! Our company does a lot of yacht maintenance / mechanical preventive maintenance type stuff here in Wilmington, N.C. - my question is, do you have an opinion concerning back flushing the sea water lines on marine air conditioning systems ? That is, do you think there is any benefit to occasionally (2 or 3 times per season), removing the water discharge hose and connecting a dockside water hose to the … [Read more...]
More on Hold Over/Cold Plates
August 24, 2009 By
In another forum I visit...I answered a post http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=130856 from a gentleman that was considering replacing his 12v standard plate system with a like system utilizing a Hold Over/Cold Plate in his factory (boat builder) built top loading box...The system he was considering is one of the package type systems offered today, and below is a copy of my post of considerations...(I had linked to my previous article here on Marine-AC) … [Read more...]
Pumps & High Pressure…With Manual Controls & Hi Pressure Switch
August 10, 2009 By
Recently I was on a boating message board and came across a discussion about pumps and some troubles folks had experienced. The original poster had a March magnetic drive pump that would not pump water, and after the usual back flush & priming sugguestions he could still not get it to pump water…Just before I read the thread he had found that either something had gotten past the strainer (or he didn't have one) and had lodged between the impeller magnet and the pump housing … [Read more...]
Hello to Boat A/C Owners
October 16, 2008 By
I'd like to say hello and offer my plans for this site... First & Foremost...True to my history in the marine maintenance and air conditioning business...I'd like to help the boat owner with their A/C & Refrigeration systems. I am always happy to share my experience, from the most minor advice...To major cooling or refrigeration upgrade plans...Questions will always be welcome on this site, share your thoughts and experiences, join the conversation about marine A/C maintenance … [Read more...]
