Fogg 427 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Anyone know who services / fixes Cruisair A/C systems around Auckland / GH? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,278 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 http://www.oceanairrefrigeration.co.nz/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 438 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Michael Harris is the agent at Lighthouse and will service it on a Sunday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 The OceanAir guys did a great job abs got me up and running again. Firstly, I had stupidly activated the child-lock mode whilst trying to change from F to C. 😳 Although the error message wasn’t exactly obvious. Secondly, I didn’t realise that I have 2 completely separate units onboard. The newly discovered unit looks after the 2 aft cabins and was hidden underneath one of the deep cockpit lockers. 2nd 😳 Both systems needed re-gassing but once I was shown how to drive the 2 separate systems I was up and running. 3rd 😳 It’s actually a better system than I realised. Happy to discover it can run as cooling or heating or dual mode ie. climate control like a car. Or even dehumidify mode for damp days that are neither hot nor cold. So that’s us sorted to continue cruising this winter then although being electric not diesel heating we’ll need to run the genset to warm the boat and then switch off to go to sleep I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 244 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Sounds a bit too fancy for my old clunker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,056 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 whats wrong with opening a hatch? *bloody soft these young ones...* 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hatches alone don’t work on warm still nights! Esp after running engine the aft cabins get v hot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,672 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 In Mexico was 42at midnight. Spent the night wrapped in wet towels in the cockpit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Exactly! Fogg was spec’d for the tropics hence the A/C. If I was buying new in NZ I probably wouldn’t opt for it but go diesel heating instead. But hey you know, the boat you buy comes with some toys and it’s just human nature to want the toys to work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 A/C, why not I say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 386 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 We have this system and it’s great, use the heating here a lot in the winter to keep the boat dry as much as us warm and the cooling is great in the tropics like all AC run it regularly to keep it working well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Yes now it’s going again I will. I like that it has several modes hot / cold / set temp / dehumidify. That last one will be useful on those damp days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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