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You guys are great! Yes, the same conclusion is being reached, that any unit sufficient to be a whole-house solution is necessarily going to require 120V. The Marey unit linked is interesting as it might be perfect for the deer camp(!) That still leaves me wondering... If the unit is mounted...

OR a battery-backup capability?

Well, I've been looking into these things and so far, I have not found anything on today's market that fits the bill. Does anyone know a specific model and brand that has a flow-powered system?

"Flow-powered igniter" sounds like exactly the setup I could be very comfortable with! I will see what the options are for these. See? That's why I asked the question here...this place is great!

To add context: East TX residence/2000sf/one story. The house is 72' N to S. Before all the kids moved out I had remodeled the utility (laundry) room into a new full bath/ laundry. I moved the WH to the garage area, which is the North end of the house. The master is at the South end. Takes a...

I have recently learned that there are tankless NG units which can be mounted on an outside wall without needing any enclosure. This has piqued my interest for a few reasons, primarily to get the 50gal old-school unit and its purpose-built closet and piping out of a spare bedroom. Also to...

An update: i have now picked up an upgrade path: an Evinrude 112 SPL(!) i’ll be swapping the 112 power head with the current 88 for a quick bump in power of about 26%..... and i’ll see if it will pick up a little speed!

Did some testing of the trim tabs on Wednesday. I found there to be *some* improvement. The boat's highest speed had been achieved running an 18" cupped SS prop with the jack plate way high, trim maxed out, allowing considerable 'slip' of the prop. The highest speed was 42GPS. That setup...

Picked up turnbuckles at Lowe’s, these should prove plenty stout enough for the job. I plan to put it in the water this evening to see. Rather than deal with wrenches and lock nuts at this juncture, i affixed some easy bungees to prevent vibration-induced rotation. After testing and likely...

Tried out the trim tab set up briefly, was able to at least see some benefit from them but the HF clamps proved too flimsy to get much run time with them. The plastic body of the clamp jaw proved to be the failure point because of course they are not designed to be cut up and drilled and...

Looks like hillbilly power poles!

the bow eye repair looks horrible and I will re configure it later for appearance’ sake but it’s fully functional and I have more 3/8” SS rod. After the bow eye repair, back to performance tweaks. I have been thinking of trying trim tabs; I’ve never had them. I’ve always wondered how they might...

And THEN, (because there’s always something) i discovered that the bow eye, which I was aware was worn thin, in fact failed, a chunk was missing after a trip down a rough road.

The vinyl material has arrived but not ready to work on that yet as other things have popped up. First, though, I have to say that I really love this boat! I’ve had it out numerous times dicking with props and etc just trying to boost its performance but that sort of muddies the fact that the...

I have now ordered the Luxury Woven vinyl known as sample #3 above for the lid-covering project phase. I am also actively seeking a matching donor engine to give up its powerhead, if I can find the correct one. The ideal candidate is an OMC "crossflow V4 bubbleback" which actually covers quite...