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DIY LOCKING SWING ARM TV MOUNT FOR BOATS BY POINT SUPPLIES

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There are many expensive and time-consuming ways to install a TV on your boat. Wall screens integrated into pop-up windows of electronic cabinets. But what if you want to save money for other things on your endless list of boat projects and save time with an easy to install, safe, and versatile system, complete with products and parts Available today? To be fair, we received a lot of questions about our  Mount Tv On Boat   setup from the short installation clips of some of our videos. So much so that we thought of a separate blog post on the products used and an update on the rationale for their retention. Here are the clips in question; We had to be selective about the TV medium. The base should be no more than 10cm wide and the mounting screws or bolts should be in the center of the stand, not at the edges. This is because we wanted to  Mount Tv In Boat   directly to the wooden column on the port side of the boat, where there is a channel for the cables to lead f...

Boat Outfitting Shore Power by Point Supplies

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  Electricity–it might make you think of Benjamin Franklin flying a kite with a metal key attached during a lightning storm, but to boaters it means using modern conveniences aboard, such as air-conditioning, refrigeration, or ceramic cooktops. And for boats without the means to produce their own electricity, plugging in is a fact of life. Shore power is the generic term that refers to the systems and components–both ashore and onboard–that provides alternating current (AC) electricity to a boat. A basic system generally consists of an onboard inlet and an AC breaker panel that protects circuits and distributes electricity to components such as AC outlets, a battery charger, an air-conditioning system, or a deep freeze refrigerator. There’s certainly more to it than that technically, but it’s much like your home: there’s a supply, a breaker panel, and branches of wires that supply certain appliances and outlets. And just like houses, different boats have different power capaciti...