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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 15-05-2023, 08:26
Replies: 24
Views: 2,564
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Screw in mast removal

+1 !! TefGel or PTFE ribbon
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 15-05-2023, 07:40
Replies: 24
Views: 2,564
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Screw in mast removal

Same for me as CelestialSailor and other person.
Heat, with an airgun (softer than brazing torch), but if you know how to use softly a small brazing torch, no problem.Heat expands aluminum faster...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 02-05-2023, 01:04
Replies: 1,053
Views: 213,881
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Merged LiFeYPO4 1000Ah Winston prismatic cells and all electric galley...

@CatNewBee,
Interested by this thread and discussion, I cannot access to your last "Attachment 274864 to 274866"...
Can you check that ?
Thanks, Phil
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 07-02-2022, 09:35
Replies: 42
Views: 5,529
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Shredded belts after lifepo4 upgrade

You have retrofitted alternator, right, but name, type of alternator, type of belt and pulley can help.

Did you move or remove the alternator > misalignment.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 13-11-2021, 08:04
Replies: 11
Views: 2,807
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Multihull Dynamics Compares Catana 42 and Lagoon 440

Hi,
Just to thank Rick, whom I accidentally bump into on the forum today, as I subscribe to the sales ads appearing on your site - more for dreaming than currently buying - and I find it well done...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-05-2021, 08:48
Replies: 418
Views: 65,399
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Broken Lagoon

You're right for the building procedure, but to repair, it seems Lagoon add some wood layers with a mix of resin after removing / re-aligning bulkhead.
It is more a "patch" than a real construction...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-05-2021, 08:37
Replies: 418
Views: 65,399
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Broken Lagoon

Hello,

This structural problem of sagging side partitions ONLY concerns the L450s, all models included, there is a Facebook page in French and English on this subject, the Hisse et Oh forum...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 02-11-2020, 08:53
Replies: 44
Views: 3,770
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: What Battery Bank to Replace One Destroyed By Rodents?

Maybe you can rescue this kind of battery with a very slow charge (in Amp). Trojan are robust.
Sorry, too late, I've read you've replaced it.
I would have done the trash to recover them ... Too...
Forum: OpenCPN 29-10-2020, 04:34
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

My keyboard appears in Bluetooth settings, it is paired and recognized as keyboard (so I entered the number for pairing this device but impossible to activate connection button in the Bluetooth 3.0...
Forum: OpenCPN 29-10-2020, 02:53
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

Just finished to install Groovy Gorilla on SSD, working fine, but the major problem is bluetooth connection.
Connection window does not have BT activated, then if I want to use a BT keyboard, I...
Forum: OpenCPN 28-10-2020, 10:56
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

I've just checked, there is only ver. 20.10 for desktop, maybe they have removed ver.20.04 ? So I'll wait and stay on Buster. OpenCPN works fine on it but it is a 32 bits version.
About Ubuntu...
Forum: OpenCPN 28-10-2020, 09:32
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

Bram,
I've searched for groovy-preinstalled-desktop-arm64+raspi.img.xz but only found20.10 server or desktop version.
And the best joke of the day is that I thought I found an image to install it...
Forum: OpenCPN 28-10-2020, 05:53
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

Thanks ! I'll download this image and test it.
I don't have touchscreen, just a TV set and I install always images or distros directly on an USB3.0 SSD of 120Go. I don' use SD card, I've modified...
Forum: OpenCPN 28-10-2020, 03:56
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

Hello Bram,
Thanks for your answer and good news about Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla.
I've tried both version, desktop and server, and to each, installed Xfce desktop.
This was those version :...
Forum: OpenCPN 27-10-2020, 04:49
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

Hi, Thomas,
Yes, that's what I was thinking when I've downloaded latest version of Ubuntu for RPi. I've had same problem when installing 20.04 on my computer and must wait some update and upgrade...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-10-2020, 02:12
Replies: 13
Views: 1,146
Posted By Phil_Fr
OpenCPN and Ubuntu Groovy on RPi-4 doesn't work

Hello,
I've just installed on my RPi-4 Ubuntu 64 bits, last version "Groovy" with Xfce desktop.
It works fine but I cannot install OpenCPN.


PPA for this version seems to not existing at this...
Forum: OpenCPN 20-10-2020, 05:04
Replies: 2
Views: 419
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Display concern Ver. 5 in Xubuntu 20.04

Thanks cagney for your answer,
I've not an AMD graphics, an Intel graphic card is on my Dell, and My Xubuntu is the latest version, 20.04.1 LTS, focal.


And this display problem is only on those...
Forum: OpenCPN 20-10-2020, 03:33
Replies: 2
Views: 419
Posted By Phil_Fr
Display concern Ver. 5 in Xubuntu 20.04

I have a problem with displaying the menu bar on the left since V4.8, it continues with versions 5 of OpenCPN and I have not found a thread on this subject or a solution.
When I point to one of the...
Forum: Navigation 14-09-2020, 03:24
Replies: 45
Views: 8,458
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Radio troubles of a sailor and the promises of software defined radio (SDR)

@Dockhead,
Can you give with model, I've visited BeeLink website, ther is a lot of miniPC !
;-)
Thanks,
Phil from Fr.
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-07-2020, 07:47
Replies: 2
Views: 1,641
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Raymarine RAY49E service manual, No sound on reception, audio problem?

Squelch level at zero, noise only, no reception of "human voice".
External speaker, same sound, noise only.


Cannot access the main power board without desoldering the power transistors, no...
Forum: Marine Electronics 24-07-2020, 03:29
Replies: 2
Views: 1,641
Posted By Phil_Fr
Raymarine RAY49E service manual, No sound on reception, audio problem?

Hi,
My RAY 49E is transmitting fine so the antenna is good, but no audio reception, someone would have the tech manual or some leads to try to troubleshoot it.
My dealer tells me it's back to...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-04-2020, 06:42
Replies: 95
Views: 10,251
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: 5 batteries one red.

The indicator is there to indicate the acid level only.

If you can get very carefuly the vent cap covers off, step 1 is to check the fluid level and top off with ONLY distilled water...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-03-2020, 08:02
Replies: 6
Views: 489
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: The Numbers on a Circuit Diagram

Wires identification number on a schematic and on the board.
In this example, #41, just after breaker N°2 is powering Chart lamp by switcher (no #) and the return to ground of this Chart lamp is...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 08-05-2019, 07:50
Replies: 41
Views: 7,159
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Getting a Cat for the first time

Bonjour !!

FYI, I found (if you have not found) the blog of the former owners from July 2010 to September 2011.
It's in French, but ImTranslator or "Gogol Translation" can help you.
Yours truly,...
Forum: Marine Electronics 05-05-2019, 03:42
Replies: 43
Views: 4,960
Posted By Phil_Fr
Re: Lightening Windows 10 for Low Power Navigation Computers

Bonjour,
There will always be this little war between Windows users and 'others OS' like Linux and derivatives or Macs.
Linux (Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu ...) is free, gratis and has comparable tools...
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