Have you found a fire alarm that works with this setup? Thanks for the videos! Super helpful!

Good job man, innovative, and being considerate of the environment, tons of beer bellied clowns would just spill anti freeze everywhere and don’t care

I lost the instructions and the screws. This helped me get it done. Much appreciated.

Excellent walk through, thank you!

Mine died as well in 2 seasons. I will not use the same brand again.

Thank you for a great video! What is the name of the relay you are using for the bildge pump? If I want to DIN rail mounted relay, what is the specification I should look for? Can use a relay to tap into the float switch that is triggering the bilge pump?

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Thank you for sharing

Can you use an octocoupler instead of the relay?

Can you share a link to the relay you used? Thanks!🙏

Hi,good job.Please can you tell me what a model is trasmission,I have the same but i can not finde what is a model a just know tahat is a Borg Warner and if it is a bearings on shaft or something else bekause I'm geting some nois.Thanks

Good job, funny ending .

Thank you so much for taking the time to meet this. I am restoring a 1972 Bertram 31. I couldn’t figure out why the throttles weren’t balanced.

Did you fuse the alternator wire to the battery. If so what amp rating.

i has a Charlie Morgan built in 1968. keel centerboard was nice.

Quick question. On your port engine, while you were ahowing the helm pressure i noticed it would jump every 5 seconds or so. I can hear the click in the video which seems to be why the pressure gauge jumps the way it does. What is that click? Just bought similar boat and have the same click

Did you put teflon tape around the threads before putting them on the new pump ?

Helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, We spoke via email about your the purchase of your Alberg 30 quite some time ago. I have lost track of your email address. Can you let me know how to contact you again? Thanks!

I have rebuilt several Rule pumps, 2000 and 3700 and a Chinese pump from Amazon. Basically the bottom seals fail from SS shaft corrosion and let in the water. Got new brushes and ground to fit where needed. A secret is to us silicone dielectric grease to saturate and seal the seals. It wont wash away and repels water. The rule pumps, the impellors are difficult to remove with some damage. One impeller I did crack off the center hub. Devcon epoxy will repair the plastic impeller. I was thinking of next time, slitting the impeller hub to be able to slip it off. I bought a can of dielectric grease for $10 and it works great. And brushes from Amazon. Then can be sanded down to fit as long as they are bigger than OEM. Rule uses an odd size deliberately. The wires slip thru the black bushing, use the dielectric grease and slip them back as you take pump apart. Grease everything including wires when putting back together.

My Balmar is setup to charge 3 8d AGM batteries which have come to their end of life. I have replaced them with 2 300 amp hr LiFePO batteries and I was told that the AGM regulator I have been using should be the right voltage range for new batteries. The sterling alternator protection looks like the way to go. I have a 100 amp alternator and they say 50% of capacity in amps for charging so theoretically it should work fine for 600 amps. I've heard of finicky BMS's burning up alternators so I've been researching it when I came upon your video. Regards

I have the same pump it died after 3 months.... pure junk!

Nice walk through. Many thanks.

Hey, by any chance do you happen to know where to find parts for these?

Hello, I just ordered a 270Ah Lithium battery to replace my GEL house batteries and plan to do the same thing you’ve done! I have a balmar 70 which I plan to have the MC-614 charge directly. I ordered an Orion 12/12-18 I intent to connect to the house bank to keep my Gel starting battery topped off. What solution did you choose to keep your start battery connected and charged? Thanks!

Good to see it’s going good. 👍

Why not charge the 2 lithium in parallel so they stay the same for parallel connection once installed as the house bank? Oh and congrats on the lithium upgrade, you'll love it for sure

Finally these long-style pumps have been replaced by a much much better unit.

Do you run into any issue with water intrusion with the batteries being in the cockpit? The cape dory 36 is on my shortlist, but I’m concerned about space for a decent battery bank.

Excellent, particularly the pawl spring explanation and photography.

years later, this video was exactly what i was looking for. Thanks!

Glad to see you are still sailing, how's the Alberg, Morgan and trawler?

Nicely done. Thank you for sharing this info with us.

Brilliant! Thank you!

Any issues with the alternator overheating? I’m doing the same thing and everyone is telling me the Lithium will overdraw/overheat my alternator.

Pretty sure you need a fuse at the alternator protecting the wire from the alternator to your lithium batteries.

Wow! Fifteen years ago! Great memories. Thanks for reminding me.

Very good information. Needed a reminder.

How is done if winch is mounted When I try to turn the Allen key,the whole body of 5he winch turn Do I need something like a monkey wrench to hold it? Thanks before hand

Thank you for the video! very helpful!!

That's really helpful! Thanks for making such a clear and informative video.

Thank you. You wouldn’t believe all the guesswork on boaters forums as to how to do what you just did. 🙄

Thanks for posting this, I appreciate coming across someone with your particular setup. How's this working out for you? I'd appreciate your input on how you are liking your alternator and voltage regulator as well as if this setup is the way to go. Not many people that I've noticed charge their batteries in this order. House then boat/vehicle. I'm interested in doing the same thing more or less. I've been looking at Balmar voltage regulators and didn't know that they built alternators as well. I have a camper van that I'm building out and was considering charging my Lifepo4 house batteries first through an upgraded alternator then to a voltage regulator as you did. My house batteries are 180AH 24v Lifepo4 and the van is 12v so a 24/12v DC to DC charger should do the trick. My biggest concern so far is that if the alternator doesn't finish charging the house batteries before shutting down the vehicle, I will end up with the vehicle batteries not getting charged. If you have any comments to share, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks again.

Just to clarify, do I need to take any electrical safety measures before messing with the out let, such as disconnecting the batteries?

Please can the "music" thanks.

I know its been awhile since you made this but thanks for sharing and you did an excellent job all around!

Excellent and so very helpful, thanks a lot!

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Where can we purchase the bearing of this machine? I'm from the Philippines. I also have like this machine

That is a great video and a very good description of the issue, but you have missed the most important and critical detail. As you clearly show, the bottom compression seal is in good condition and should still be doing its job. The reason that it can't do its job is that it has been dislodged from its original position. Again, as you rightly show, it is a compression seal that requires the seal to be tightly help agaist the washer mounted in the base of the cartridge. It is held there by the impeller which in turn is held there by the circlip which is lodged into the groove at the end of the stainless steel shaft that runs from the electrical motor. If this circlip is dislodged or corrodes away then the impeller falls down and as a consequence, so does the compression seal. I have studied your video with some good views of your impeller and associated screws and hardware at the 43 and 49 second mark and cannot see any circlip. Did you remove the circlip? Do you still have the circlip? I would be fascinated to see it if you could show it on another video. Keep up the great work. Cheers.