All Entries Tagged With: "Marine A/C maintenance"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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…
Backflush A/C ? & Marine Growth
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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 [...]
Pumps & High Pressure…With Manual Controls & Hi Pressure Switch
Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsRecently 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 [...]
A/C System Ices Up
Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsI notice from the Google searches…That A/C System Icing is a search done often..
Though there can be many reasons for system icing…There are a few that the DIY boater can rule out before calling the service guy ( I can discuss other reasons in the forum [...]
New “Forum” Section
Thanks to my webmaster brother Capt Scott…We now have a forum section…Whoo Hoo !!!
Everyone can access it, but registration is required to post…I don’t share that info…You can find the link at the top of any of Marine -AC.com’s pages…Just click on “Forum”…Or you can click on this http://marine-ac.com/forum/
We are slowly growing, and I seem to notice from the searches what folks do to find [...]
Marine A/C Cabin Controls
Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsSince they are not like home A/C controls…Sometimes marine A/C controls are misunderstood…Hope this can clear up some misconceptions…
They do provide the same function as in home systems as they are designed to keep the temperature in the cabin/room at a selected temp within a few degrees…
But different than [...]
Filters/Pump Systems Maintenance & Checkup
First & Foremost are Filters…and not just the Sea Strainer I talked about in my last article….But the ones in the Return Air path too…
Direct Expansion A/C (as opposed to Chilled Water) systems rely heavily on good air flow to keep from icing up in the cool mode (Low pressure) or shutting off due to High pressure in the heating mode…
Generally speaking…Most boats may have two Return Air Filters per system or control…Some have more if there are more than one air handler on that system (compressor)
Marine Air Conditioning System Maintenance
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…
