09/22/2007 12:00:10 PM
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DaleHollow
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Houseboat 2 items, one is about to be newly installed westerbeke gen set, the mechanic said he would put down a piece of plywood instead of mounting on the struts of the alum hull to deaden it more, any suggestions what would help deaden some of the sound at instalation time.
also my macerator on the crown head is sitting on a wooden plateform on the sheeting in the bottom of the alum hull any suggestions that
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09/22/2007 01:48:07 PM
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houseboat8972
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Since you are near the houseboat building capital of the world, I would visit one of the factories and get pieces of the laminated walls they use. The scrap from a window cut-out is ideal to mount a generator on. most of the builders (summerset/Stardust) use that scrap material for the same purpose but there are always more pieces left over. That laminated board is also a lot stronger and less likely to rot than a piece of plywood.
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09/23/2007 09:40:18 AM
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DaleHollow
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thanks. your right, Ill be there monday, that sounds like a good idea, I was kind of thinking along the lines of 5/8's decking, if you know when mounting this gen set, hes not using a westerbeke, engine mount I wonder if he just mounts to the wood plateform are will he go through the alum struts also?
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09/23/2007 01:01:33 PM
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houseboat8972
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Typically they will attach the board/floor to the aluminum stringers and then mount the generator directly on that floor. That laminated wall material is very strong and will give many years of use without rot.
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09/23/2007 01:03:35 PM
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houseboat8972
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Well the generator won;t be mounted directly flush with the floor...it should have some type of rubber spacer/mounting bracket to minimize vibration.
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09/23/2007 07:31:45 PM
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DaleHollow
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thats in the works will shop for some type of rubber spacers to deaden it some, im only about 20 miles from the boat builder's hope they will talk to me on such a small request, i need some power cord plugs and recepticles so perhaps Ill find some one will ing to walk back to the shop and dig out the material lol.
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09/24/2007 10:56:12 AM
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houseboat8972
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Most of them will go out of their way to help.. I'd try Sharpe or Stardust.
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09/24/2007 05:29:06 PM
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DaleHollow
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ok planning on trying to get there wed. ill keep you posted which one helps
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09/24/2007 06:55:37 PM
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WattsBarbarians
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You might also check McMaster-Carr online catalog (www.mcmaster.com) for vibration isolators. They are commonly used for mounting rotating equipment like pumps, fans and generators.
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09/25/2007 06:10:44 PM
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DaleHollow
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stardust took care of it for me at closing time kinda nice, got the sheating, enough of that a guy could build a strong what ever
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