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Electrical Systems & Electronics / Battery Charger
« on: June 29, 2019, 02:13:58 PM »
Well...discovered that the battery charger was not working last night when I went to flush the head!!!!  No juice (so to speak).  I have a 4 battery/4 bank system in the engine room.  The old charger was a 3 bank 30 Amp charger that required two of the batteries to be in parallel.  Don't see another reason for them to stay in parallel unless someone can tell me otherwise.  Want to get a MinnKota 4 bank 40 Amp charger.  Any thoughts?  Money is an object as, if it were not, I would get one that had some kind of display unit I could have in the salon.  Any ideas for me?

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Pearson Powerboats / Re: AC pump relay
« on: June 08, 2019, 07:08:40 PM »
Today we checked the other two units.  Got lucky with the Forward one but the split unit in the salon is kaput!  Thinking of replacing it with a (non-split) marine unit.  16k unit would be more than enough.  Any experienced folks in this area have any advice?

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Pearson Powerboats / Re: AC pump relay
« on: June 02, 2019, 09:54:37 AM »
Well, I found the relay for the AC's.  They are Luminaire Marine Brand AC's which I think is no longer in business.  The relay ended up being UNDER THE REFRIGERATOR!  I think it was easier to access at one time but the previous owner put in a larger 110v refrigerator that is larger and the access panel is now gone.  What a pain but we got it out of the space and the relay was FRIED so...  Got one of three AC's running with a new AC pump and fiddling with the AC in the back cabin.  It cools like a champ but the Thermostat and controls are not working properly.  Any ideas on where I can get a compatible control unit?  I think the unit looks similar to a MarineAir unit that I have seen before.  Thanks for any help you may have.

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Pearson Powerboats / P38-Double Cabin AC pump relay
« on: April 28, 2019, 05:03:58 PM »
Hello everyone.  I am currently fixing up a P38-DC which is a motor yacht made by Pearson in the 80's.  I have a 1988 model and I am now fixing the AC's.  At least one of the three units is operational but I cannot find the pump relay.  I realize that most of you have sailboats but if anyone has experience as to where Pearson may have hidden the relay for the pump, I would be most grateful.  I have the original schematics but the relay seems to not be there or hidden.  Any thoughts?

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New Member Introductions / Hello from a P38-DC in Florida
« on: April 21, 2019, 12:42:35 PM »
Bought a Pearson 38-DC last June and fixing her for cruising.  Capn Kirk here, have been steadily working on my boat and just finished redoing the starboard exhaust yesterday.  I already cruised her 3 hours up river but now want to take her for day/weekend trips in hopes of working up to a Great Loop journey.  I am hoping that someone else has a motor yacht like mine so that I can find out how to best do things.  I have all the old manuals for this 1988 model and I understand that there are very few that were made.  Need to figure out the AC system the documentation is not very good for them.  Anyway, I will share what I have and hope that there is someone else out there with a similar model to mine.

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