After a marathon of calls, I finally found someone to work on my AC, being so far from any major boat center didnt help. He replaced the water pump and its working fine now. Just waiting on the electrician to drive over an hour (on my dime) just to fix some small issues with the 110 panel. Boat life isn't cheap or easy at all.
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Some of the downsides of boat life
- Thread starter M00SE21
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I hear you on the painful cost of getting technicians to the boat. That exact issue is why I invested in a Victron remote monitoring system to get ahead of problems. Are you running any kind of NMEA 2000 or other network that you could tie a monitoring gateway into?
If you're not doing at least half your own boat repairs, you're basically paying a premium to stay frustrated. At some point, boat ownership becomes less about freedom and more about funding other people's vacations, just with your maintenance budget
I should check that out. And nope i'm not currently set up with NMEA 2000 or any other network on the boat. Would adding something like that be complicated or expensive? Also, how much has the remote monitoring helped catch issues before they became bigger problemsI hear you on the painful cost of getting technicians to the boat. That exact issue is why I invested in a Victron remote monitoring system to get ahead of problems. Are you running any kind of NMEA 2000 or other network that you could tie a monitoring gateway into?
Yeah i can relate with you on that one. I dont really have the time to do so, but yeah i guess i have to find some.If you're paying travel fees just to get basic electrical work done, you're better off learning the 110 panel yourself. Marine electricians charge like they're working on superyachts, not because the work's hard, but because boat owners let them