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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Incinerator toilet

Maintenance not being followed. I reviewed the manual on the website again and these have minimal maintenance that should be followed to maintain longevity of the units. I had my 208v model apart...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

28-03-2017, 07:20

Replies: 27

Views: 16,648

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Incinerator toilet

Have a modest solar array, good generator and some lithium batteries. It's only 1kwh. I can use the head all day long on a sunny day on the hook without starting the generator (20kwh bank). ...

Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

27-03-2017, 22:29

Replies: 24

Smelly toilet

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Smelly toilet

Bobr,

You could have almost had a brand new Incinolet waste incinerating toilet for the price of the repair job. Your mostly running a generator anyhow so the power is available to run it. No...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

27-03-2017, 21:54

Replies: 27

Views: 16,648

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Incinerator toilet

Now your funny too...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

27-03-2017, 18:39

Replies: 27

Views: 16,648

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Incinerator toilet

I have a 120v Model installed. It usually burns up 40amps off and on for an hour cycling between the burner and the fan which uses around 18 amps or so.

Any sailboat with a reasonably constructed...

Forum: OpenCPN

27-03-2017, 17:38

Replies: 239

squiddio plugin

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: squiddio plugin

I installed the squiddio pluggin and it seems to be working except that I keep getting a bell every ten seconds. Is there any way to disable or stop this bell from sounding? I'm using all the...

Forum: Marine Electronics

17-03-2017, 06:47

Replies: 91

Electric Inboard

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Electric Inboard

Stick with large format prismatic cells. In your area you should be looking at 123smartbms product sellers (https://www.123smartbms.com/index.phtml?category_id=4)

There are many different types of...

Radar, ais, chart plotter, wifi, multi-function display packages

15-03-2017, 09:32

Replies: 89

Break Pos or Neg on Solar Panel wire to controller

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Break Pos or Neg on Solar Panel wire to controller

Did some posts here get removed dealing with spst switch for lsc testing breaking positive? There was even a picture accompanying the post.

Forum: Marine Electronics

11-03-2017, 12:10

Replies: 18

Views: 49,254

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Radar, ais, chart plotter, wifi, multi-function display packages

I went with a Lowrance package on my 8m Solar Catamaran:
Autopilot Outboard Steer,
4G Radar
HDS7 Chartplotter
Link-8 DSC VHF
36v xi5 GPS Autopilot/Anchor

The reason I went Lowrance as the...

Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations

10-03-2017, 15:07

Replies: 60

Looking at Portable Freezer Fridges

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Looking at Portable Freezer Fridges

I really like the looks of the Whynter DZ models. I'm thinking of replacing my 3.2 Sylvania with an 85q Whynter but no dual zone but can function as either a fridge or a freezer.

I have a huge...

Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

09-03-2017, 18:04

Replies: 0

3.2 Cu Ft Horizontal

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Posted By PacificGreen

3.2 Cu Ft Horizontal

I have a 3.2 Cu Ft Sylvania Stainless Steel fridge freezer 2 door model that I would like to position and run horizontally.

How to Convert a Mini Fridge to a Chest Refrigerator - All...

09-03-2017, 09:46

Replies: 16

Views: 2,663

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: 600v MPPT Solar Charge Controller

You know I'm just going to hold off on buying anything until I get out to the boat and inspect it first. I'm only passing 15 amps through each side of my catamaran anyhow and usually depending on...

09-03-2017, 09:09

Replies: 16

Views: 2,663

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: 600v MPPT Solar Charge Controller

So to do it right each series of 2 panels should have a 10amp fuse because they all end up paralleled at the combiner and this offers protection for each current producing wire.

Looks like I'll...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

09-03-2017, 03:50

Replies: 27

On board power

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: On board power

Keep the 12v appliances as they are at least DC to DC.

09-03-2017, 03:45

Replies: 63

Which MPPT Solar Controller?

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Which MPPT Solar Controller?

Alan, Thanks, I see know I can't avoid a 2 series and 6 parallel string combination for 48v in a sealed box. How much for one of your six string combiner boxes and what is your paypal address? Are...

08-03-2017, 23:02

Replies: 16

Views: 2,663

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: 600v MPPT Solar Charge Controller

Starts to research small efficient mppt controllers. Much appreciate the input/solutions.

Hmm, I've been there before with smaller controllers:

My Voc for a single panel is 39.8voc.

I give....

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

08-03-2017, 22:40

Replies: 27

On board power

Views: 4,056

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: On board power

I like 48v for power distribution. Things just run better. Loose all the 12v appliances and propane you can. A 20kwh lithium battery pack 16 400 ah cells in series is plenty - you can even propel...

08-03-2017, 20:23

Replies: 226

Solar Panel Output verse rating

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Solar Panel Output verse rating

The Coleman Air 440HVA https://www.colemanair.us/shared/DiversionController440HVA_CURRENT.PDF isn't a bad controller at all really. So far as charging lithium batteries it really works quite well. ...

08-03-2017, 18:36

Replies: 16

Views: 2,663

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: 600v MPPT Solar Charge Controller

I agree the tristar 60 can handle it for sure but I still end up with the same wiring configuration which then leads me to have a combiner box on the roof of the catamaran which I'm trying to...

08-03-2017, 18:27

Replies: 226

Solar Panel Output verse rating

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Solar Panel Output verse rating

Sorry Stu. I am running 2160watts of solar in a configuration like this:

String Calculator » Morningstar Corporation...

08-03-2017, 18:20

Replies: 63

Which MPPT Solar Controller?

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Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Which MPPT Solar Controller?

Alan,

I watched many of your videos on your youtube channel the other night and even sent you a message there about your combiner box. If only I could find a suitable combiner box like the one...

08-03-2017, 15:39

Replies: 226

Solar Panel Output verse rating

Views: 21,236

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: Solar Panel Output verse rating

From what I've seen in my panels so far is about a 860 watt difference in rated capacity. Factor that I've only ever seen them operate in the winter in less then stellar conditions and never in full...

08-03-2017, 14:37

Replies: 16

Views: 2,663

Posted By PacificGreen

Re: 600v MPPT Solar Charge Controller

Relating to my panels connected in series at 39.8Voc each I can only connect three panels to one of these typical 150voc limited controllers. If you look at the string configuration links you can see...

08-03-2017, 13:34

Replies: 16