www.iFourWinns.com

I agree Cincy...I can be cold during the night and hear that compressor kick off and a very short time later be too warm. That mid cabin gets stuffy pretty darn quick without a lot of air moving around in there. I think we keep our cabin at 74 degrees during the night. If I set it even one or two degrees cooler it gets too cold and that's coming from the admiral who absolutely does not tolerate heat well.

Firecadet wouldn't have had this problem in the past two summers but like everywhere else this summer the midwest has at times been intolerable.

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2008 Vista 278 Volvo Penta 8.1 Gi 375 hp
1999 Horizon 220 5.7 GSi

Prepped waiting for the new unit to arrive...

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

You mean the wife, waiting for Kid #2 ? or the boat ?


Congrats

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

You're crackin me up Cap'n

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2008 Vista 278 Volvo Penta 8.1 Gi 375 hp
1999 Horizon 220 5.7 GSi

Are you going to double up on those hose clamps?

Tom

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Tom
Cape Coral

'99 Four Winns 258 Vista
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bowcam
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cape-coral-marine-radio VHF
http://67.207.143.181/vlf9.m3u VLF: Lightning, spherics

Yes..that is the factory install on it right there....nothing double clamped.

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

Have you double clamped everything in your boat? No need if you double clamp things than you run the risk of the clamp not being on tightened down on the barb of the fitting and it will split a hose way easier!

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2001 328 Vista "Nauta Dream 2"
AB Inflatable 10AL "Little Dreamer"
2000 248 Vista
1997 225 Sundowner


Mike

You are suggesting to not double-clamp? Or are you saying that incorrect double-clamping is worse than a single clamp? If the latter, I agree. Should you not be suggesting to doubler-clamp correctly?

In my boat, yes, anything that can sink the boat or blow it up is double-clamped.

Tom

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Tom
Cape Coral

'99 Four Winns 258 Vista
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bowcam
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cape-coral-marine-radio VHF
http://67.207.143.181/vlf9.m3u VLF: Lightning, spherics

I would say the latter of your statement is true. I've seen a lot of crap at work on systems where operators double clamp and the slightest bit of vibration on the hose and the clamp digs in and splits the hose. For some reason they never split during the day it's always a 2 am call in to somewhere not close!

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2001 328 Vista "Nauta Dream 2"
AB Inflatable 10AL "Little Dreamer"
2000 248 Vista
1997 225 Sundowner


Mike

She's in....true test comes tomorrow.

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

How did the new AC work?

Tom

Nice to see they changed to a plastic drip pan! True test will be this week. 95 all week.

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Former owner of:
1996 Four Winns Horizon 200 5.8L VP
2006 Four Winns Horizon 260 8.1L VP
2007 Sea Ray 290 Sundancer

Current boat
2004 Sea Ray 290 Sun Sport Twin 350 Mags

New unit is fantastic.

For comparison...in Hammond we overslept on day and woke up at 1030....to 79 degrees Unit was set at 72.

Sunday, we woke up to 72 degrees..unit was set to 72. I turned it down to 68 to see what would happen. I had a temp gauge sitting in the V-berth....on the bow side of the sink in the galley. It got down to 67 degrees...although the thermostat said 74.

The sensor for the thermostat is right on the front of the unit, in the first picture you can see the clear plastic holder where it slides into. So the thermostat might read a bit high..but the boat can be cool. The new AC unit, coupled with the vent I added make a fantastic difference!

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

Glad to hear that the new unit works great. Enjoy the cool, sounds like we have another hot week coming in the midwest.

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Jnizi

2007 Vista 338 "Better Yet"
Previously:
2007 Vista 258 " Just Right"
2005 Horizon 230