Two unrelated questions:
We have a 14' sailboat which we want to put on a mooring on a small lake. I bought some 1/4" chain and also ahve some 3/8" chain. Both appear pporly galvanized. The chain will ALWAYS (summer, fall, winter, spring) be underwater and I plant to connect a line to it and use it to secure the boat. Not sure what I'll use at the other end. My question, however, is whether the chain will rust. I vaguely recall hearing/reading that metal under water doesn't rust. Or does so very slowly. It will never be in the air. I want it to last ten or fifteen years and don't want to ever have to check it.
Any ideas/advice/comments/suggestoins?
My second question deals with an air conditioner we have on a Pearson Triton (a Carl Alberg design so I feel free to ask the question on the CD forum). It's a Sears 5,400 btu unit. I want to run it occasionally at anchor with a generator. Honda recently introduced an EU 2000 model which seems ideal. Its 20 amps will easily run the unit and its 5.4 amps. But A/C's startup amperage is much higher than the running amps. The owners's manual doesn't give the running amps. I called and e=mailed the techies at Sears and they give me all kinds of variables that affect start up amps but are unable to give me even a range. Other manufactuerers seem to be able to do so. Does anyone have any experience with the Honda EU 2000 or ideas/comments/suggestions? Thanks. Mike
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