PDQ OWNERS FORUM

Mine are Scandvik (not sure if they are original equipment or not but I think so). They can be reached at: http://www.scandvik.com and 800-535-6009. They are very helpful. They even replaced a part for me that is not normally sold separately. But a phone call to the office in Vero Beach, FL proved f...

Sold the old Wolter to a fellow PDQ owner for parts. Went out on ebay and bought an Excel on-demand unit for $269 plus shipping for a total of around $300. Installed it in the same location as the Wolter and it is working fine. Not sure how long it will last since it is not specifically a marine uni...

Looks like I am not going to have the Wolter repaired, they are asking too much money for just a pressure switch and a propane soleniod. the repair guy is interested in buying old units for parts. Before I sell it to him, I wanted to see if anyone on the list can benefit. I will find out what the re...

Mine have been done for a couple of months now. Input on the forward port hatch, exhaust in the head. No leaks. I am very happy with the outcome. By the way, I used a hole saw and went slowly. No problems at all.

Why don't I check the forum first????? I also just sent my Wolter 300 to Steve Aldrich for repair. The unit was working fine until I got something caught on the cold water intake hose and snapped off the PLASTIC nipple on the flow switch. Why it was plastic I do not know. Anyway, I thought the nippl...

What about a switch in the charging circuit to open the circuit to the battery bank when it is fully charged and not allow any further charging of the battries? Will this damage the charger?

If my math is correct, I need nearly a 12 amp draw on the system while underway with both engines running?

70W per engine * 2 engines = 140W

140W / 12V = 11.67 amps

Is this correct?

I always keep her plugged in at the dock and charging. So what is recommended is to run a load while underway? What is the output of each engine's charger? Is there no regulator that can do this automatically? Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

Is this standard? Does everyone run a load to protect the batteries? Is there a way to limit the charge? Have I already done damage at this point if I have not run such a load? Any help would be appreciated, I want to do this right.

Sam

I have a rigger coming out to tune my rig and I had a brain freeze. Here is what I am thinking. My concern was that the backstays seemed to be way too loose so we were going to tighten them to the appropriate tension. Before I did that, I wondered if it was possible that the mast was raked too far a...

I also have a leak in the starboard cabin and it obiously traces to the baby stay. Unfortunately, it is obvious that much of the bulkhead is damaged since I can see about 1/4 inch of movement of the baby stay from its original position (based upon the location of the caulk line on the chainplate abo...

I just finished the same job on Lady of the Lake. The manual pump has intakes that go from the hulls to a central pump in between the central stern lockers. The output from that pump discharges very close to that pump under the bridge deck. I added an electric bilge pump with an automatic switch to ...

In the 2001 Fall newsletter, Roger and Bonnie Ford of Kokomo reported that there was a firm called Capital Tees that had set up the PDQ logo and had shirts and hats that could be made with the logo and our boat name. It appears that they may no longer be in business. Does anyone have any contact inf...

"Lady of the Lake" is currently set up with wet cells and I would like to go to gels (I have brand new ones that came off of "Stories She Could Tell" after the hurricane took her from me). Since gels require a different charging voltage, is there an adjustment I need to make to a...

I just finished installing an A/C unit on my 36. I put it under the settee on the starboard side. I had to trim a bit of the nav station to make adequate room but it was no big deal. I elected to go with an OceanBreeze unit from Stuart, FL. Instead of going with the traditional reverse cycle heat op...