Recent content by JDMarlin300

I recommend buying a 55 gallon Drum from http://www.domo-online.com/yamaha. Last year I did this and it only cost me about $16/gallon. If it's too much oil for you, buddy up with someone. Fill your own bottles and save about 50% John D Living Water 30' Marlin North Carolina :praise

I am the third owner of this boat and did not have prior experience with an inboard generator, but right from the first day of ownership I felt the generator was an annoyance due to sound. When my mechanic was diagnosing some problems with it, he commented that it was louder than normal. So it...

Went ahead and bought the Honda 2000i companion model as it came with a 30 amp socket that made it easy to connect to my system through a short shore power cable. It runs the ac and hot water heater on Eco mode believe it or not. While the 30 amp socket only feeds about 16 amps, it is enough...

Sounds great, thanks for the input, I am going to give this a try before spending on the fisher panda diesel! Thanks again, John

Correct, it was and I thought of simply matching, yet that would make for a pretty big generator. These inverters seem to maxout at 3500 watts and they get pretty heavy. Hoping to get away with smaller. I just learned that the ac will need 1000 watts and I won't run too many appliances at one...

Had to pull my Kohler generator out of my 01 Marlin due to problems. I would rather not fix and reinstall it nor do I want another gas inboard generator as I hear of too many problems. The diesel option is pricey considering that I won't see heavy use. I was considering using a portable...