Steps wrote: Which is why, good practice is to fire up the engine, put into fast idle with fast idle lever .. takes to about 1200+ rpms (automatic if battery measures low on the merc ct) This just kicks in the alternator.. with very low out put. Then use the winch... If swell and/ or current running, the engine is dropped into gear, to face the swell and run up on the anchor and lift to take a lot of load off the winch and the battery and alternator. An alternator can be gear in such a manner it will charge at lower rpms.. putting heat aside...but it loads the engine.. which at idle a 100 or so rpms above idle . This load will them have the engine with excessive loads on the powerhead due to the power/rpm curve at that point and in practice idle very rough stall very may or just cut out. An example of this is in pre LED days, idle the car then turn on lights, wipers , fans the engine idle would drop.. if not tuned well would stall... pre alternator day .. |
Joker wrote: Smurfy, I've never worked out how to use the remaining fuel tank guage. I just fill up the tank and zero the fuel used guage. I dont touch it until I fill up again so in my case with a 120L tank if I've used say 80L then there is around 40L left. |
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