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DIY Question about Marine A/C Wattage Draw & Operating on DC Inverter Power

December 9, 2011 By Steve Pooler

I Recently received an email from a gentleman named Tyler... Tyler was inquiring about a DIY job installing Marine A/C on a 30 foot sailboat, and then running the Marine Air Conditioner on an inverter when he was away from shore power. His question asked about wattage draw of a 8,000 BTU Cruisair self contained Turbo AC unit & if I thought the 8,000 BTU marine ac unit would be large enough for his 30' Irwin. Since this "Air Conditioning on Inverter" question is being asked more & more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY Questions, Inverters, Marine Air Conditioning Tagged With: Amperage, Boat A/C, Cruisair, DIY, Do It Yourself, Dometic, Inverter, Smart Start, Soft Start, Wattage

MARINE AIR 224110091 (6PRP) REPLACEMENT PUMP RELAY BOARD

November 12, 2010 By Steve Pooler

Replacement board for 2PRP pump relay-Marine Air Part # 224110091 6 PRP circuit board Includes thermal compound packet for retrofit Call for details and shipping options 727-365-6123 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marine A/C Store, Marine Air Pump Relays & Parts, Marine Airrrr Store Tagged With: 6PRP, Boat Air Conditioning, Dometic, Fault Code, HHH, HI P5, HI PS, LO PS, LPF, Marine AC, Marine Air, Pump Relays

Marine Air 224110090 (2PRP) Replacement Pump Relay Board

November 12, 2010 By Steve Pooler

Replacement board for 2PRP pump relay-Marine Air Part # 224110090 2 PRP circuit board Includes thermal compound packet for retrofit Call for details and shipping options 727-365-6123 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marine A/C Store, Marine Air Pump Relays & Parts, Marine Airrrr Store Tagged With: 2PRP, Boat A/C, Dometic, Fault Code, HHH, HI P5, HI PS, LO P5, LO PS, LPF, marine ac pumps, Marine Air, Pump Relays

5 Critical Things You Need to Know BEFORE Buying a Marine Air Conditioning System:

November 8, 2010 By Steve Pooler

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...]

Filed Under: About, AC/Systems, Featured-Home, Maintence Tips, Marine AC Tagged With: Boat A/C, Boat Air Conditioning, Cruisair, Dometic, Marine AC, Marine Air, West Coast of Florida, Yacht Air Conditioning

Marine AC Compressor SmartStart, Soft Start, Hard Start Assist

November 8, 2010 By Steve Pooler

Got a Compressor that is a bit hard starting...Maybe marginal Shore Power or Generator causing Tripped Breakers, Lights Dimming, or Battery Backups beeping every time the A/C starts...This could be your answer... I have installed several and found the claims to be true... The instructions are pretty straight forward, but I can also provide an installation video... Steve~ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cruisair Store, Marine A/C Store, Marine Airrrr Store Tagged With: boat ac troubleshooting, Chilled Water, Compressor Starting, Cruisair, Dometic, Hard Start Compressor, marine ac troubleshooting, Marine Air

Marine Air Vector Turbo Self Contained A/C 8,000 Btu 115 volt

November 8, 2010 By Steve Pooler

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 Isolation Mounting System Minimizes vibration to the mounting deck State-of-the-Art Patented Technology Increased capacity & reduced FEATURES … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marine A/C Store, Marine Air Self Contained "Turbo" A/C Units, Marine Airrrr Store Tagged With: Boat A/C, Dometic, Marine AC, Marine Air

Marine Air Vector Turbo Self Contained A/C 12,000 Btu 115 volt

November 8, 2010 By Steve Pooler

Filed Under: Marine A/C Store, Marine Air Self Contained "Turbo" A/C Units, Marine Airrrr Store Tagged With: Boat A/C, Boat Air Conditioning, Dometic, Marine AC

Marine Air Vector Turbo Self Contained A/C 16,000 Btu 115 volt

November 8, 2010 By Steve Pooler

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 Isolation Mounting System Minimizes vibration to the mounting deck State-of-the-Art Patented Technology FEATURES BENEFITS Elite or Passport I/O … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marine A/C Store, Marine Air Self Contained "Turbo" A/C Units, Marine Airrrr Store Tagged With: Boat A/C, Boat Air Conditioning, Dometic, Marine AC, Marine Air

Sentry Battery Chargers

October 30, 2010 By Steve Pooler

Greetings All, It seems that there is some confusion/misconceptions about Sentry battery chargers...Actually all chargers, but with the recent years of newer technology in battery charging (switch mode or multi stage) when compared to the older (time proven) technology of Sentry & others being Ferro Resonant transformer type...below is a bunch of excerpts from a forum I visit... All of this below is repeated info folks...Just wanted to try to centralize it...It's copies of posts & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured-Home, Sentry Battery Charger Tagged With: Cruisair Battery Chargers, Dometic, Dometic Battery Charger, Dometic Charger, Marine Battery Chargers, Marine Development Corp, Sentry Battery Charger, Sentry Charger, Sentry Charger SM model

Free Marine A/C & Refrigeration Troubleshooting

March 24, 2010 By Steve Pooler

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 you Consider me when buying replacement parts, or units...And that if local, you also consider my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY Questions Tagged With: ac iceing, Boat A/C, Boat A/C forum, boat ac troubleshooting, Boat Air Conditioning, Chilled Water, Cold Plate/Holding Plate, Cruisair, Digital Marine A/C Controls, Dometic, Eutectic, Eutectic Refrigeration, Fix my A/C, Free Marine AC Troubleshooting Help, High Head Pressure, Marine A/C Controls, Marine A/C forum, Marine A/C maintenance, PR3X, PR8X, Pump Relays, Strainer, Yacht A/C, yacht ac troubleshooting, Yacht Air Conditioning

Marine A/C & New Refrigerant Regulations

January 27, 2010 By Steve Pooler

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...]

Filed Under: About, AC/Systems, Cruisair, Maintence Tips, Marine AC, Marine Air Tagged With: ac iceing, Boat A/C, Boat A/C forum, boat ac troubleshooting, Boat Air Conditioning, Cruisair, Dometic, Fix my A/C, High Head Pressure, Marine A/C maintenance, Marine AC, marine ac iceing, marine ac troubleshooting, Yacht A/C, yacht ac troubleshooting, Yacht Air Conditioning

AC Filters, Coils & Pump Systems Maintenance & Checkup

January 6, 2010 By Steve Pooler

If it’s yourself doing the service…There are a few things you can do but since you are probably not equipped or trained as an A/C tech…There are of course some limitations…Hopefully I can point out and describe what you can do…And offer a few hints of signs of trouble without tools like gauges etc… … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air Flow, Maintence Tips Tagged With: 2PRP, 6PRP, Boat A/C, boat ac troubleshooting, Cruisair, Dometic, Fault Code, Fix my A/C, HHH, HI P5, High Head Pressure, LO P5, LO PS, LPF, Marine A/C maintenance, marine ac iceing, Marine Air, PR3X, PR8X, Pump Relays, Pumps, Strainer, yacht ac troubleshooting

To 2010 Boat/Yacht A/C Owners

January 5, 2010 By Steve Pooler

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...]

Filed Under: About, AC/Systems, Maintence Tips, Marine AC, Site Info Tagged With: Boat A/C, Boat A/C forum, boat ac troubleshooting, Boat Air Conditioning, Chilled Water, Dometic, Fix my A/C, Florida, High Head Pressure, Marine A/C forum, Marine A/C maintenance, Marine AC, marine ac iceing, marine ac pumps, marine ac troubleshooting, Marine Air, Pump Relays, Strainer, Yacht A/C, yacht ac troubleshooting, Yacht Air Conditioning

Chilled / Tempered Water Marine Air Conditioning A/C

August 7, 2009 By Steve Pooler

Dometic (Cruisair & Marine Air) tempered water systems are built for larger yachts and commercial craft. These two-stage systems use circulated water as a heat transfer medium. The warmed or cooled fluid is piped through a closed loop from the tempering unit in the engine room to any number of air handling units throughout the boat. Dometic's unique reverse-cycle design provides very efficient heating, even in relatively cold seawater temperatures, in many cases eliminating the need for … [Read more...]