Rented this tool over the weekend, received quickly from Ken. Very easy to assemble and use. Start to finish was 1 3/4 hrs. Even with an old worn out bearing that was stuck. Prefect for the job, saved hiring the marina to do the job. Highly recommend!

Absolutely over priced for it's features

Hi, not sure if you still have the boat, but your flooring looks great. I have a Catalina 30 and would love to floor it like this. Having a tough time finding the Nuteak c-floor product. Any suggestions?

Wow! I need to replace the cutlass bearing on my Catalina 36. I’ve looked at dozens cutlass bearing removal videos of weekend mechanics yapping about everything but removing the cut,ass bearing. This is the first one I’ve seen that addresses the issue. THANK YOU!!!

Do you have a video of putting the new bearing in??

Is it worth it to buy a solar generator?

Mini PV / Solar Tips: (Winter, also camping) A boiler and other hungry electricity consumers can be infinitely dimmed using the "5000W dimmer". Ebay €7. I run 5 dimmers in parallel on an 850W inverter. Kettle 2.2KW at 150W runs 12 hours a day, so the water is always hot. The room is also nicely heated. 2.5KW washing machine runs in parallel with dimmed to 200...400W. Iron, dishwasher, oven, electric heater, coffee machine, all internal heating are throttled with me. Videos on my channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3SVoJ-YeKebnpI The inverter stays cool, quiet and the MOSFETs + (battery) remain intact because no extreme current peaks arrive at the inverter. Now every Mini PV Inverter is enough to sell large devices. So, with the dimmer, all internal heaters/devices can be converted into base load devices that stay almost permanently ON, drawing very little current directly from the PV. With a wattmeter / energy cost measuring device you can then measure this perfectly in order to set the dimmer optimally. A little hint (for everyone else): Energy cannot be saved. So if I want to boil my water, I always have to use the same amount of energy for one liter. Christian's method relies on a longer period of time with less power in order to be able to use the power provided by the PV as efficiently as possible - so consumption peaks are intercepted. In the end, the energy consumption should even be (slightly) higher due to the interposition of the dimmer, but it doesn't matter, since more efficient coverage by the PV system and therefore better use of the self-generated energy .......... ............. 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 ......................................................................

I do installation of this on yachts for a living 😎 easy stuff to work with if you create a template first and then do a cutout and then dry fit, then glue in sections that are taped together

Would you be interested in renting the tool for the weekend ?

Would you happen to have the Ice Box dimensions handy?

How many litre kit did you get?

Where can I get or order that floor

Where did you find marine grade plywood in the Fredericton area? (Thanks for the video!)

Great looking floor! Thanks for the video. I have a 1983 Catalina 30. Look forward to seeing more.

Will it freeze and not just refrigerate?

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Looks pretty good even with bilge covers left original.

This is a stupid question, I am in the process of installing solar and someone recommended this to me (it looks great!) Would you also install an mppt controller?

Brilliant video..iv got 3 AGM 130ah in Parallel can I set it to 390 ah on the settings 🤔 thanks

I realize this is a older video, but I am hoping you monitor your YT channel. Did you have any problems with the frame moving side to side from the wind? I build a similar frame and it collapsed from the wind pressure on the starboard side. I am thinking of adding collar ties to the angled sections to keep the entire from from shifting in the wind. Andy thoughts? I keep my boat on the western end of Lake Superior and they are getting 10cm of snow over the next few days. At least the snow will hold my cover down.

Looks very good for synthetic teak. I am considering it but it is more expensive and a bit more labor intensive due to the small planks and separate holly. Do you still recommend it?

What is the dark shades on the top corners....every video iv seen looks like that..

Do you still use this tool? Planning to replace cutlass on Pearson 30. Will research your site and tool supplier separately. Welcome hearing more about your experience after this. Thank you! Emailed toolmaker, will see if still operating...

Which option shows the capacity of the panel?

Where did you get that tool?

What's the thickness of the endplates? The diameter of the threaded rods? Thanks

Is the diode box water proof?

I have one of these meters and it will often show my batteries at 104% state of charge. This may depend on what you set the battery capacity to on the meter vs the actual capacity of the batteries - a bit of a guestimate required with older batteries. I've probably been overly pessimistic about my 4 year old battery bank.

Use the same tool to push in the new bearing?

The multi stage charger probably isn't getting your batteries to 100% Do a specific gravity test to find out how close your battery charger is getting the batteries to 100%

how is it working today?

looks like crap!

Excellent explanation - thank you

Is it me or the marina is running out of space?

Is weekendRproducts still in business?

the idea that you should not go lower then 50% DOD means you don't understand battery life cycles..

Maybe you could do a follow-up review on the durability of those panels and if you're still using them

How did you get the center pole through? Did you use smaller "spacers" between T's? I'm trying to do this right now.

Great video. If you are interested in loaning or renting the tool drop me a line. I’m low on cash and have to replace the cutlass in my Catalina 30: [email protected]

I never saw a update from this design from you- was it awesome or failed? If you made improvements what were those?

Did it work the following winters? Any modifications? I like this idea and am going to do it on my Tartan 30. How much did all the PVC cost? Any reason why its black? In the States I think its usually white. Cool vid.

You keep saying it "Discards" the extra voltage than say it converts it later on. You should correct this anomaly. It converts , otherwise it would be quite a waste of energy to even use this type of controller.

After being a marine surveyor For 26 years I have invented a sure way to check proppelers on the boat for roundness and bent. I have checked over 5,000 props and about half were out of pitch and round !!! Why worry about that --- a bent prop or out of round will cause vibration and can destroy a transmission oil seal !!! Fried. Transmission and maybe destroyed stuffing box !!! To get a great measuring tool for proppelers call 772-460-9919.

I think you can make it with Avasva solutions.

Where on the boat would you start with so you have a good starting point? And could a similar thing work in the head?

Looks terrific, thank you so much for the follow-up! Also, thank you for addressing the staggering, I was also going to ask about that.

Why not use the new bearing to push out the old one?

really PVC is good looking

Thanks a lot for the review. It looks like I would prefer the Victron Energy BMV-700 except for its stupidly small display. (I like being able to check the voltage from across the saloon) But the BMV-700 has the ability to program alarms.

you might have to lower the ah that you programmed into the meter. i found it is never what the battery claims it is. always less . charge a dead battery till full,[when it goes into float mode ,almost zero amps.] see how many amps you put in to get to a full charge ,and that is your number . i think. lol. older batteries are less. i put an old 7 Ah ,UPS battery on my meter [ the wireless Ming-he $30+/- ] ,and set the meter a one Ah.it helped. but it may go by volts only and batteries just don't stay at full charge 13.5-7 v dc very long .. the meter is a common complaint. total guess work i think. good place for a piece of black tape.