Hi Steve,

I've been away from the boat for a week, but I will be back there tomorrow.  I'll let you know how it works out.

– George

Hi Steve,

Yes!  Finally all installed and running.  Getting the four way splitter made and installed, and the new ducting fitted and run took some time.  The new Passport control works very, very nicely.  So far I would say substituting the new 12K for the old 16K has worked out well.  The compressor is very quiet, only noise is the fan.  I'm using the default settings of the Passport control right now — no need to change those as far as I can tell.  I see a small red light inside the electrical box, when it is opened up and the unit on  – assume that is normal?  Would it be possible to trade out my old three knob control on my fwd unit for the same Passport control?  And if so is that difficult to do?

Many thanks again!

George

George~

Another way to think about this is…If you look at your discount amount on your last invoice….It would cover the cost of the upgrade control & you still have a old unit when just upgrading the control…

I'm guessing it may be pushing the budget but if you think about the economics…It makes sense (at least to me) to consider a complete new unit for fwd too…

You get all the benefits you now see with the aft unit, you now have 2 new units with warranty, and you have another operational unit (with control) to sell to recoup some of the costs….Operational units with control are much easier to sell than ones without control, and if you wait till the fwd unit has troubles (lets face it…it's getting old too) you may be faced with not being able to sell it, or putting money into it to git rid of it…Of course unless you give it away…

Just a thought I thought I would bring up…I'm happy to sell you the upgrade kit too  

Oh…And as far as settings in the Passport…I would at least look at setting fan speeds & time delay…

If the upper fan speed is not calibrated to the install…You may drop 2-3 speeds without noticing any speed change.

Low speed adjustment can lower noise considerably.

Time delay setting helps when shifting from shore to gen or back…Both units will never try to restart at the same time.

Steve~ 

Post edited 3:55 pm – January 27, 2012 by Steve Pooler

Believe me George when I say that you are only one of many, many, others that once they upgraded one system control to digital….

They Always want another  

Steve~

Steve,

It looks like I will need to move the location of the Passport control.  I thought this might be a problem — saw mention of it in the manual…  as I mounted it where my old 3 knob control had been, on the outside of the box that where my generator lives. Had been on shore power until now, but when using the generator the temperature of the control reads higher than the actual cabin temperature by about ten degrees.  So planning to move it to a more temperature neutral area.

George