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From: Bob (no email)
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 22:15:38 EDT
Quoting Brent Trathen <>:
> If you can shut down the engine and leave the key on how are your low oil
> press/high water temp alarms wired? Normally the low oil pressure alarm
> will activate when the engine is shut down, and when starting of course.
Ahhhhh..... the alarm panel has an "off" switch. Our 11 pound main coon cat
onboard has trained me to SHUT OFF the alarm panal just prior to hitting the
kill button on the engine. She will attack me and draw blood if she hears the
alarms go off :-((
Of course, this has trained me to start with the alarms turned ofF and after
start, turn the pannel on (the noise is absolutely awfull).
This however is the answer to the engine hour meter conundrum... the engin hours
will be re-wired to a function of oil pressure, the prescence of oil pressure
will indicate the engine is running, and will run the hours meter. This was
sugested in private mail from several list members, and seems to be the easiest
to implement. This also reduces the "ignition key" to activating the starter
solinoid only, as a simple security device.
On the fuel tank levels /fuel burn I am still at a quandry. It seems easiest to
accurately meter fuel use/return per tank with 4 flowscan units, but I LOVE the
Idea of installing sight gauges (KISS). Problem with this approach is the
non-symeterical nature of my fuel tanks. I would have the same problem as I have
with the dip-sticks. One inch of fuel at the top of a tank translates to an
entirely different "gallons" as an inch at the mid-section or lower on the tanks.
I guess one of the benefits of being tied up to a dock is the ability/time to
figure these thngs out. We got swans here, and cormorants, and ducks! No
dolphins since cape henry, but it's more life than I expected in New York, and
at $400/mO I can't/won't complain too much :-)) Guess I ain't a city-kid
anymore! These last 10 months have profoundly changed my mindset, and my life :-))
Best Regards
Bob
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M/V Tamara B
http://www.tamara-b.org
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