All Entries Tagged With: "yacht ac troubleshooting"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
Join the forum discussion on this post – (2) PostsCopy 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 [...]
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 [...]

