Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Re: [electricboats] Engine room tips?

Thank you for all the suggestions! 
The diesel is out. What a messy exercise. 
So many unnecessary holes in the hull now. Much work to do. 

On Aug 17, 2020, at 16:45, Bob Jennings <heatnh@gmail.com> wrote:


Good time to replace it with a dripless unit.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 7:39 PM Richard Mair via groups.io <fullkeel2000=yahoo.ca@groups.io> wrote:
Good time to replace the stuffing box flax and it's hose.
> On Aug 15, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Ryan Sweet <ryan@ryansweet.org> wrote:
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> So my appointment with the crane to vanquish the Diesel engine and begin the electric install is on Monday.
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> I plan to clean and paint the whole engine room. Any tips from those of you that have done the conversion on things to do in prep for the electric install or things you wish you had done when the engine room was empty?
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> Also, any advice on routing the AC ground wire? Previously it was attached to the Deisel and I assume grounded through the shaft and prop, I've seen conflicting advice about this.  Some say it's bad for the prop zincs?
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