I happen to fly on the C-130J's at Elizabeth City and we flew over 30 hours looking for the lost sailor. Saturday on scene conditions were horrible and half the flight crew got sick looking for her for over 8 hours in 10-20 foot seas. My flight crew relieved them and flew another 8 hours looking, fo...

The question arises since I'll be staying at 3 different marinas in 4 days and would like to use some shore power to use a laptop, charge batteries and such. You never know what their setup looks like till you get there. I definitely want to be on the safe side and do the smart thing such as adding ...

Can you guys suggest a good breaker setup for the least cash? I had my eye on this one but I've already spent a ton of cash this winter on upgrades but this may happen next winter. Heres the one I had been looking at http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Blue-Sea-Systems-8079-AC-main-panel-_W0QQcmdZViewIte...

I have done some searches but haven't seen an exact answer to this question. The previous boat owner had a shore power receptacle added and ran marine grade 10 Gauge wire directly to a GFCI outlet. I know this is not the preferred ABYC installation method, but the P.O. said he used it all the time w...

I need some help with setting up my battery banks in my :macx: . I bought the boat this past august and it came with 2 batteries wired together, a deep cycle and a starting battery. No dual switch, just a batteries on or off switch. Finall after the boat sat for three weeks the motor failed to start...