A Marine Hose for All Uses* – Armada SW569
December 15, 2009
Parker Hannifin’s new marine Armada Hose supplied by Go2marine is truly an all around, use anywhere hose.
Armada Hose is available from 1/2″ to 6″ and may be used for*: bilge pump intake and discharge, bilge ventilation, cabin heating, coolant and radiator service, gasoline and diesel fuel systems, lubrication systems, wet exhaust systems, internal non-potable water systems – galleys, drains, toilet and bath connections.
The unique construction of Armada Hose consists of two textile plies with dual wire helix acting as the matrix for the specially compounded black nitrile.
Unique Features Include:
- Diesel, gas and fuel oil compatible
- Rated for full suction / vacuum of working pressure without crushing
- Can be used in wet exhaust systems
- Compatible with antifreeze and coolants
Armada Hose is the superior replacement for Thermoid 7910 Bellowsflex A hose.
Go2marine can supply Armada hose by the foot or the roll (1/2″ – 3-7/8″ in 50′ rolls, 4″ and up in 25′ rolls).
Heat Exchangers / Oil Coolers – Seakamp Engineering
November 3, 2009
Go2marine is proud to offer Seakamp Heat Exchangers and Oil Coolers. Seakamp Engineering offers the following features:
- Made in the USA
- Built from quality materials by professionals
- Custom orders can often be completed in 2 business days
- Affordable replacement for OEM
- 1 year warranty on materials and workmanship
Exposed Heat Exchanger
Heat Exchanger Materials
Heat exchangers are typically constructed of copper cooling tubes or of a copper nickel alloy called cupro-nickle. The copper nickel alloy is most commonly done in a 90/10 ratio although 70/30 is available in limited applications. Heat exchangers built from 90/10 cupro-nickle tubes offer increased resistance to salt water corrosion and biofouling. Cupro-nickel does not corrode in seawater, because its electrode potential is adjusted to be neutral with regard to seawater.
What is a Heat Exchanger?
A heat exchanger is simply a device built for efficient heat transfer from one type of medium to another. Heat exchangers can be used to cool or to heat other devices. Examples of this abound in our personal life as air conditioning, refrigeration, heat pumps, heaters, radiators and other heat exchanger systems. The radiator in an automobile is a heat exchanger that transfers heat from the coolant which first flows through the engine block, gathering heat. The coolant then flows from the engine to the radiator where air flowing through the radiator fins removes some of the heat. The passenger heater in a car is also a heat exchanger.
Boats rarely have automotive style radiators because clean, steady air flow is too hard to attain. Instead of air moving across a heat exchanger, marine engines use the water the boat sits in to cool the hot engine fluids and exhaust gasses. In marine use, there are two primary ways to cool an inboard or I/O engine. These engines may be cooled with outside water running through the block and exhaust, this is a raw or sea water system. A sealed system of coolant cycled through the block and then into a heat exchanger which is cooled by external water is called a fresh water cooling system. You can also cool any type of oil – motor, hydraulic, power steering, transmission - with an oil cooler.
Fresh Water Cooling Systems
Conversion to a fresh water cooling system is typically done for boats being used in salt water. A Fresh Water Cooling System is a heat exchanger with all the parts to convert a raw water system to a closed loop cooling system. Beyond the heat exchanger, there is some plumbing and parts needed to install the system, including; belt driven raw water pump, heat exchanger mounts, gaskets, thermostat, thermostat housing, hoses, hose clamps, hose fittings, & fasteners. The biggest advantage of a fresh water cooling system is an increased life of all engine parts that were once in contact with the raw sea water. With fresh water cooling, there is reduced galvanic action to the engine cooling system.
Custom Built Heat Exchangers
Custom heat exchangers from Seakamp are available for varied vessel applications. Heat exchangers can be built to match:
- The vessels engine displacement and horsepower
- Hose connections to match the Inlet and Outlet for the engine
- Hose connections to match the Inlet and Outlet for the Raw (Sea) Water
- Outside Diameter of heat exchanger
- Orientation and installation – vertical or horizontal
- Flow rates and system pressure
- Typical raw water operating temperature
Interstate Batteries – Delivery to your home or marina*!
October 15, 2009
Go2marine is proud to carry Interstate Batteries for use in starting and running electrical equipment on boats ranging from day fishing and run-abouts to cruisers, commercial operations and offshore use. Interstate Batteries offers the convenience of home delivery with a wide selection of quality built batteries for a variety of marine uses, as well as backed by a worldwide warranty.
Home Delivery – A convenience no other battery manufacturer offers!
Interstate batteries offers door to door service with delivery directly to your home, marina*, business or nearly any place you wish! At the time of delivery, Interstate will also pickup your recyclable core batteries. The total battery delivery cost is $25 for the first battery and then $7 for each additional battery.
Gaston Plante
Choosing Your Battery
The first practical, rechargeable, lead acid flooded storage battery as we now recognize it, was invented in 1859 by Gaston Plante in France. In the last 150 years, the vehicle battery has remained virtually unchanged. It was not until just 10 years ago that the Lithium Ion battery that is now in use in hybrid vehicles was invented.
Vehicle batteries are still made of lead plates in a simple plastic case, filled with acid. Sixty years ago it was often just a choice of a 6 volt or the new 12 volt battery design. Today’s marine batteries still contain lead, have a plastic case and are filled with acid, but that is where the similarity ends and there is so much more to the design and construction now to make batteries more rugged, more powerful, longer lasting and affordable.
What You See – the outside case
The battery case is a rectangular plastic protective casing that houses the lead plates in an acid. Traditionally, batteries have had vented caps on top and required regular filling maintenance because of the gassing off of the hydrogen and the oxygen from the electrolyte during the charging cycle. One of the modern improvements with the case design has been to reduce venting to the outside which results in a more ‘maintanance free’ battery. Deep cycle batteries often have removable caps to facilitate topping the electrolyte. AGM and Gel batteries are completely sealed.
The Lead Inside
A battery is more than just a big outside case. There are dividers inside the case breaking a 12 volt battery up into 6 cells of 2 volts each (a 6 volt battery has 3 cells). In each of these cells are alternating lead and lead dioxide plates. The lead plate is negative side of the electrode and the lead dioxide is the positive side. There is an arrangement of odd numbered plate in all cells, with positive being on both sides of this plate group. Thicker lead plates produce a battery that is better able to tolerate deep discharges. Thinner plates allow a battery to discharge very quickly (starting batteries). When two batteries are compared together, the one that is heavier will generally have thicker plates.
The Acid
Most batteries are then filled with electrolyte to cover the plates in the cells with a 33% (approximate, changing with manufacturers) dilute sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid has been the choice electrolyte for over 150 years and continues on with some mild improvements. There are two common modifications to the battery electrolyte:
- Gel Batteries – are filled with the electrolyte that has been immobilized using a gelling agent such as fumed silica.
- Absorbed Glass Mat – AGM batteries feature a fiberglass felt that holds the electrolyte in place like a sponge.
- Neither AGM or Gel cells will leak if inverted, pierced, etc. and will continue to operate even under water.
Optima Batteries are spiral formed AGM batteries that are available in starting or deep cycle.
Lastly, it is worth noting that there is no real compromise in the starting vs. the deep cycle battery. Due to the differences in battery use, ensure that you are getting true deep cycle batteries for applications where they are required. Interstate Batteries manufacturers deep cycle batteries for all uses, including its own 4D in true deep cycle, thick plate, design.
* Delivery to a marina is done just like a business. There must be a location where the Interstate Battery truck can pull up and unload as well as a person to sign for the delivery. Interstate Batteries will not deliver to your dock or boat.
Teleflex Control Cables
August 28, 2009
Go2marine carries a complete line of Teleflex control cables for most applications, including vintage Morse cables. Teleflex Incorporated is a diversified global company supplying research and goods to Medical, Aerospace, Commercial and the Marine market sectors.
Teleflex control cables are the current replacement for traditional Morse 33c cables that fit operational Morse controls. Whether you are outfitting the controls on an inboard or outboard, Telflex cables are the industry standard. Beyond the 33c control cables, there are cables for both Mercury / Mercuiser as well as 1979 and newer Johnson Evinrude. Control cables are available as either ”General Controls Cables“, which will satisfy the needs of many boat operaters or the ”TFXTREME Control Cables” which are used on performance, commercial and military vessels.
General Controls Cables
- Available in varies quality, from Standard to Supreme
- 3300 / 33c fit Morse, Teleflex and many other manufacturers controls
- Mercury, Mercuiser cables available for standard Mercury controls and Mercury Gen II
- Johnson Evinrude cables fit 1979 to current, (adapter available for pre 1979)
- Cables available in 1 foot increments
- Quality built for most environmental applications
Teleflex General Control Cables from Go2marine
TFXTREME Controls Cables
- Built to survive in the harshest environmental conditions
- Unique splined core construction
- Maximum performance with no lost motion
- Cables available in 1 foot increments
- Excellent for long cable runs
- Available for most 33c, Mercury / Mercuiser and Johnson Evinrude applications
TFXTREME Control Cables at Go2marine
How to measure your replacement cable
For all your Control Cable, Steering Cable and Marine needs; visit Go2marine
The Latest Progress in Maintaining your Diesel Fuel.
No more dockside fuel polishing costing hundreds of dollars. Polish your fuel, all the time, every tank full, every day.
Go2marine works hard to keep your hard working engines running smoothly. The FPM-50 is the latest addition in list of products that help control, filter, kill or trap the bacteria that lives in the water moisture found in diesel fuel…
The FPM-50 Fuel Polishing Module is a small, 12v diesel fuel polisher that runs on minimal electricity requirements, 24 hours a day; Consuming less than 2 watts while polishing 50 gallons of fuel, every day.
Fuel Polishing Module, Clean, Prevent Fuel System Contamination
The Issue
The daily buildup of condensation in a diesel fuel system can lead to fuel contamination through bacteria growth. Parker’s new patent pending Fuel Polishing Module (FPM-050) combats the daily accumulation of water in diesel fuel systems, preventing corrosion and other system problems. Parker’s FPM-050 is optimized to remove emulsified water from the fuel system, preventing common fuel issues and maximizing the effectiveness of current filters.
How it Works
As diesel fuel warms through engine use or the daily heat of the sun, its natural capacity to absorb water increases, dissolving and dispersing a percentage of any water in the tank. When the fuel cools, this dissolved water desorbs into a bacteria-harboring emulsified suspension. By flowing the fuel gently over many hours, the FPM-050 maximizes your filter’s ability to separate this difficult-to-remove emulsion and filter out particulate.
Installation
The compact and lightweight design of the FPM-050 makes installation into the fuel system easy. The included mounting bracket secures the unit in place using standard screws. Fuel connections to the module are made using standard sized NPTF-type threaded ports, which are easily connected to fuel lines by standard crimp-on or barbed fittings.
The design also incorporates an automatic full-flow bypass valve. The auto bypass valve means there’s no need to use a manual valve to switch between polishing your fuel and using your engine.
Parker designed the system to meet the requirements of the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) standards pertaining to diesel fuel systems (H-33) and onboard electronics (E-11).
Installation of the FPM-50
Features and Benefits
- Provides maximum fuel system reliability by removing entrained moisture and accumulated contaminants.
- Keeps fuel dry, promoting a bacteria-free environment and preventing contaminant build-up.
- Reduces the need for expensive fuel treatments and additives.
- Uses patent-pending, solid state pump technology, consuming only 150 mA, minimizing battery drain and enabling continuous fuel maintenance.
- Can be run from a small solar panel.
- Allows for fuel maintenance during engine down time and off-season storage.
- Easy to install and operate; incorporates automatic, full-flow bypass valve, eliminating the need for manual switching.
Go2marine is proud to support the International Marine Community. As of 2008, Go2marine has shipped to 168 (really, I counted them!) of 193 countries in the world. We offer guaranteed shipping by post, truck, ship or air, from ounces / milligrams to 1000’s of pounds / kilograms.
Some of the more exotic locales are Bosnia, Cameroon, Colombia, Dominica, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, St. Martin, Syria, Tortola, Tusnia and Yugoslavia. Go2marine ships to commercial fishing fleets, around the world cruising sailors and anyone needing a part to keep them going!
Some of the landlocked countries we have shipped to including; Azerbaijan, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. There are only 44 landlocked countries and only 2 that are doubly landlocked – countries that are surrounded by other landlocked countries.
We have enjoyed extensive shipping to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Puerto Rico and the United States. Go2marine ships out boat building materials, marine facility maintenance supplies, vessel parts and equipment by the envelope, box or pallets.
Languages spoken – English, Spanish and French
Somos expertos en piezas para barcos y enviamos por todo el mundo. Si necesita alguna ayuda en encuentrar una pieza en particular, porfavor no dude en llamarnos. Nosotros tambien contamos con personal bilingue a su servicio. Tambien nos especializamos en enviar internacionalmente.
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Magasin 100.000 + pieces et approvisionnements de bateau. Bienvenue a BoatParts.Go2marine.com. Si vous avez besoin d’aide trouvant une piece, donnez-svp nous un appel, nous ont le personnel bilingue de service d’appel. Nous nous spécialisons également en embarquant internationalement.
New look for Go2marine!
March 12, 2008
Go2marine has a new look on it’s website.Through the creative efforts of the Content Development and Programming Departments of Go2marine, the entire site has taken on a brighter, fresher, easier to use layout. The changes through the site are subtle, although they greatly increasing customer functionality on products as well as following a more intuitive use of the location of internal links and navigation on the web-pages.
The new Community Page encompasses; Boatersline the Go2marine forum, Shopping Guides informing customers of product lines, BoatPartsInfo the on-line boat parts reference center designed for boaters and Our WordPress information and press releases. Go2marine’s Boaters Communities offers boaters a place to research products, gather information and ask marine questions.
Go2marine continues to update, always thinking of helping the consumer. We keep your boat looking new with a complete line of, Boat Parts as well as Boat Covers, from Taylor Made, Westland and ShoreMaster. Our expansive and complete line of Marine Egine Parts, along with the Sierra Interactive Parts Locator help keep your boat running! Rain / foul weather clothing and gear are well represented with the expanded lines of Gill, Grundens, Dutch Harbor, Hodgeman and Viking. With over 60 years of service, Stearn’s supplies many items for the marine user and boater, including Stearn’s Industrial, Life Jackets / PFD’s / Float Coats and Stearns Mad Dog hunting and fishing gear.
In the competitive world of Marine Electronics, Go2marine offers Ocens Software and Services, the SPOT Satellite Messenger and Personal Tracker and Items from Paneltronics, Garmin, Furuno, Simrad, Hummingbird, Nobeltec, Standard Horizon, Icom and others!
Shopping at Go2marine has been made more convenient, pleasant and informative; once again, leading the marine industry in customer service, innovation and responsiveness.
