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Yea, specifically asking about shore power, since the old unit was DC only....Was planning on just plugging in the DC to what the DC-440 was using - that said, I'll check the fusing for that side too...

Pulled out my nasty old DC-440 yesterday in anticupation of replacing it with a CR49 with AC/DC... Anyone have suggestions on the gauge wire for power? Run from the breaker box looks like we'll under 10 feet... Also, what rating for the breaker I'll put in the ACC slot? 10 Amps?

Inside the bubble...

I went with the 9" HDS specifically because i wanted to retain easy access to the bubble interior... Everything is a tradeoff...

That's the button to put the autopilot in standby... Thanks... Inside the bubble, I have a subwoofer and amplifier, NAC-1, Sonic-hub, and NMEA2K tree... I went with smaller MFDs so that I could preserve a hinged panel for accessing the stuff inside the bubble... Bigger is usually better, but...

Finally got a companion to my HDS gen 2 Touch, an HDS Carbon... Significant step up from the earlier unit...

I am thinking about replacing my old DC440 DC-only fridge with something new, maybe one that runs off of shore power when at the dock... Has anyone with a 265 express done this? How/where do you hook into AC/shore power?

I replaced all my switch covers a few years ago, then replaced all the switches a year or so later after I started getting intermittent failures...

In my experience, the only issue with the manual flush is the two valves - the joker valves and the other one (forget what it's called)... I used to flush deodorizing pods, but that seemed to lead to backwash that was resolved only by replacing these valves... Now, I use only the liquid...

Are you talking about the 265? I've asked before, but never saw any evidence of one that actually had an AC installed... I previously confirmed that it was not offered as an option on the 265...

Lucky: If you are new to boating (or not), I would highly recommend a youtube channel called "Born Again Boating"... The guy running this channel is a jack-of-all trades boat guy/mechanic, and he offers a wealth of great videos covering almost every imaginable subject related to operating and...

I flush my HPDI's on the lift after I've done everything else - usually 3-5 min each... That said, I am not religious about it - I know that missing a flush from time to time has practically no effect on a well-maintained engine... In fact, rather than winterizing, I usually run the boat year...

To reiterate what others have said, the helm switch just selects which sender the fuel gauge is reading... Each engine has a fuel valve (stopcock) that selects from main or auxiliary tanks for that engine... At least that's the way the 165 is rigged...

I sleep with my wife and five year old in our 265 express... It's tight, and I usually get the short end of the stick, but we manage... Can't afford $100G for an aft berth.... :-)

I have a 2001 with 200 HPDIs with 1200 hours... Purr like kittens with regular love and attention...

Someday, I am gonna gas up the 265 and make the 150 mile run from Deale to OC... Of course, I have no fishing experience outside of the Bay, and the heaviest rods I have are for spring trolling... No tackle besides tandem rigs and LTJ heads and plastics... How do you get a net around these...

I've wanted to put an AC in my 265 Express, but I've found no concrete evidence that anyone's actually done it... It was not a factory option, apparently... I've contemplated a zero breeze M2 unit to blow through the door, but not there yet...

I have three of these of various sizes on mt 265 Express... Great for holding stuff that would otherwise roll around and fall in the floor... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BFB2CM7/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Glad my experience is helpful... It was definitely worth the effort, despite the misery... Of course, part of my misery was trying various solutions until the right one (which was not the easiest) became apparent... Might have been easier if I knew I was going to be replacing lines from the...

Yep, did it once with my first boat about seventeen years, about a year after I got it... Everyone is bound to do it once... When I was in college, I was working out, about to change the weight on a pull-down bar... When I pulled the pin on the weight stack, the heavier-than-zero-weight bar...