Flagship Marine Features
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Our Competitors
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Stainless steel chassis |
Many of our competitors use
painted steel
that will rust |
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Copper/Cupronickle condensers |
Many of our competitors use
painted Steel/Cupronickle
condensers that can rust |
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Dry drain pan - compressor is mounted on a dry chassis (except
low profile and units over 48,000BTUs) |
Many of our competitors'
compressors sit in condensate water and will rust |
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Simple schematic - a child can follow our wiring diagrams |
Need rocket scientist to follow schematic |
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Independent electrical
components - you can replace a single relay, a time delay, a
transformer, etc. - usually inexpensive over-the-counter components
- you are not "married"
to us for very expensive printed circuit boards. |
Many of our competitors incorporate
very expensive, sophisticated, unique
and complicated printed circuit boards
that are seldom repairable and ONLY
available from the manufacturer |
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Typical HVAC wiring
- no specialized marine HVAC training necessary - We believe
in the philosophy - "If I can't
fix it, it doesn't belong on my boat" |
You will usually need a highly trained marine HVAC technician, specifically trained for the unique and complicated
marine system to make repairs |
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Slick inner condenser
tube - much less likely to become
clogged and easier to clean but must be longer to have the same
surface area |
Many of our competitors use
enhanced, twisted, rifled or grooved tubes that increases the
surface area and reduces the tube length, however it is more easily plugged and harder to clean |
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Insulated blower motor
and evaporator chamber for quiet
operation while eliminating component sweating |
Some of our competitors have
uninsulated blower motors and evaporator chambers resulting in unnecessary
noise and sweating |
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Multiple safety controls including: built in chassis circuit breaker,
high refrigerant pressure switch, compressor thermal overload
switch, tinned marine oil resistant wire, triple heater safety
switches, etc. |
Most of our competitors
do not have all of these safety features |
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Simple digital control - in a pinch you can cross all of the digital
control wires except the white for cool or yellow for heat. Any
four wire thermostat will operate any Flagship Marine unit. |
Many of our competitors
have very expensive, sophisticated,
unique and complicated controls
that are almost never serviceable and ONLY available from the
manufacturer. |
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"Hard start"
capacitors are standard on all Flagship
Marine units over 9,000BTUs - this greatly reduces the start
up surge when the compressor starts (the larger scroll compressors
do not need this option- they start effortlessly by design) |
Most of our competitors
do not have this feature as standard equipment and will impose a significant
charge for a "soft start" or "hard start"
kit. |
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Our dimensions are
accurate! |
Some of our competitors
post the chassis dimensions which sometimes do
NOT include protrusions such as
the blower motor. |
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Self draining condenser - Our vertically mounted condensers self drain
when the pump stops, making winterization a breeze and eliminating
the marine growth on the inside of the condenser tube. |
Many of our competitors
have horizontally mounted condensers that need
to be winterized with anti-freeze
and hold water when the pump is not running. |
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Attractive and affordable
($89.95)
flush mounted digital control is
powered by internal batteries that isolate it from voltage spikes
- the thermistor actually measures the stainless steel faceplate
temperature |
Most of our competitors
have either very expensive, sophisticated,
unique and complicated digital controls or surface mounted "domestic"
thermostats that would typically
be found in a house (not very salty!) |
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Flagship Marine heating
systems are simple and work anywhere
- whether your boat is in the water or out of the water, regardless
of the climate and water temperature. In the heat mode the only
moving part is the blower motor, extending the other components'
service life. |
Many of our competitors
use reverse cycle heat which requires the pump and compressor
to run when making heat. These systems simply do
not work without a resistive heat
backup in colder climates, and we believe are unnecessarily
complicated. |
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No sales tax - except units shipped to a Florida address |
Many of our competitors are
obligated to collect sales tax in all states |
