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		<title>The Propulsion Repower</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reconditioned Marine Propulsion Engine or New? Begin your repower project by learning the relevant State and Federal requirements for marine repowers in your area. Reconditioned engines work best when they can replace like-for-like engines. This reduces the expense for new accessories such as motor mounts and the electrical panel. Reconditioned engines are often good for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2012/01/25/the-propulsion-repower/</link>
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		<title>Boat Owner&#8217;s Tool Box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Figure 1-The Multimeter Every boater needs a multimeter!  That’s because today’s boats are stocked like a RadioShack, with a huge variety of electronics.  All of it looks complicated, but with a good multimeter and careful study of the accompanying manual, as a refresher in basic electricity, it is possible to maintain most electronics.  The multimeter (Figure 1) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2011/11/18/boat-owners-tool-box/</link>
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		<title>Save Fuel $$$ With Your New MER Generator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MER = MORE High Fuel Efficiency-MER industrial and marine generators provide very low fuel consumption, and this is due to our specification for more copper per kilowatt rating. The fuel savings is in the tens of thousands of dollars over the life of the machine. Our complete load survey is done by telephone, up-front at no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2011/08/30/mer-generators-why-pay-more/</link>
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		<title>MER Has New John Deere Power Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deere Marine PowerTech Engines-Propulsion, Generator and Auxiliary Drive Engines 6068AFM: Propulsion-The AFM series combines a 4-valve cylinder head with a High Pressure Common Rail  Fuel System and the benefit of a jacket water after-cooler and single circuit keel-cooling. The  compact engine has multiple power-take-off (PTO) options for powering auxiliary equipment. Generator Drive-This year the generator rating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2011/06/27/mer-has-new-john-deere-power-options/</link>
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		<title>MER Product News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Custom, Tailored, Specific- Three ways to describe MER products. Everyone knows our after sale support is the best in the marine market. Have you considered our before-the-sale support? Take a MER custom marine generator for example: During the first phone call our technical sales people identify how you&#8217;ll use the generator; its exhaust outlet direction, dipstick and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2011/03/03/mer-product-news/</link>
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		<title>MER Mobile Hydraulic Power For Oil Skimmers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MER supplies heavy-duty Hydraulic Power Units (HPU) to the US Navy, oil spill response contractors, and Alaska’s commercial fishermen. The range of HPUs is from 20 gallons per minute (GPM) to 350. The machines are similar to a generator set except they make useful hydraulic power instead of electricity at variable engine speeds.  MER also makes Hybrid units that produce hydraulic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2010/07/08/mer-mobile-hydraulic-power-for-oil-skimmers/</link>
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		<title>Introducing MER Trainers, Herb Knight and Bobby Kilker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ MER Marine Service Training-In an expanding effort to meet our customer’s needs, the MER service department has begun conducting marine engine training classes. The first class was held in the spring of 2009 as a one-off. Feedback from students was overwhelmingly positive, and has lead to more classes and an ever expanding curriculum.   Classes cover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2010/04/19/yodio-mer-trainers-herb-and-bobby/</link>
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		<title>New MER Silencer Mounting Brackets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the decision is made to use a dry exhaust system instead of a wet system, the next chore is to decide where the silencer will be mounted. One option is high up on the boat, under the stack cowling, if so equipped. Another place if space allows, is in the engine room, where fishermen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2010/04/05/new-mer-silencer-mounting-brackets/</link>
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		<title>Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel Lubricity Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deere&#8217;s Common Rail Fuel System Reduces Emissions While Increasing Efficiency Customers ask us: Should you use lubricity additives in this new Ultra- Low Sulfur Diesel fuel, or not? In a word, YES, strictly according to your engine maker&#8217;s specification. Part of the reason is that ultra high pressure common-rail fuel systems came into wider use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2009/12/10/ultra-low-sulfur-fuel-lubricity-update/</link>
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		<title>MER Produces Problem Solvers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The focus of MER as a company is providing novel products that solve engine and equipment problems. Our products either increase durability or fuel efficiency-and this reduces operating costs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.merequipment.com/blog/2009/08/24/mer-produces-problem-solvers/</link>
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