{"id":671,"date":"2007-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=671"},"modified":"2009-04-21T07:49:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T12:49:08","slug":"aqualarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/aqualarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqualarm"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had Aqualarm ( www.aqualarm.net<\/a> ) products on our boats going back to the early 1970s. Catching up on our mail recently we noticed a new catalog with some interesting products which we thought might be of interest.<\/p>\n

Aqualarm makes a range of engine, bilge, and intrusion alarms, much of which works well for retrofit.<\/p>\n

\"exhaust<\/div>\n

On Wind Horse<\/em> we are using their exhaust overheat detectors (a collar which straps around the exhaust line) to give us a warning if cooling water has stopped.<\/p>\n

\"cooling<\/div>\n

We also use their cooling water flow detectors for the engines and genset, and remote fire detectors.<\/p>\n

\"fire<\/div>\n

We have two of these in Wind Horse<\/em>‘s engine room – one between the engines and another further aft, over the generator and diesel heater.<\/p>\n

\"external<\/div>\n

We have used these external engine overheat detector (this last item is mounted on the engine heat exchanger to give us warning of a problem where low engine coolant might not reach the normal heat sensor) for at least 20 years.<\/p>\n

\"smoke<\/div>\n

The photo above is of a direct wired smoke detector. These units are hard wired to your DC power system, and close a switch, which then sounds an alarm if they detect smoke. If you have an engine room, like we do, this is probably a better bet than a household unit, as an internal alarm sound would be masked by the engine noise and shielding. We’ve ordered one of these to test on Wind<\/em>Horse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"light<\/div>\n

Another interesting product is the “Light Sentry”. This unit senses whether it is light or dark, and turns on a light circuit automatically. Seems like it might be good for anchor lights.<\/p>\n

OK, we agree this looks like an Aqualarm catalog, but this is interesting stuff and we’ve had good luck with it over the years, so we thought you might like a head’s up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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