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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit Yesterday, 12:23
Replies: 30
Views: 1,553
Posted By wholybee
Re: Just say NO to Prop Speed!

It isn't difficult. Clean the blades completely. Lightly sand. Apply an acid etch (included in the kit), wipe off, apply 2 coats of primer. Appy 2 coats of topcoat.

From memory, the kit details...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit Yesterday, 07:51
Replies: 30
Views: 1,553
Posted By wholybee
Re: Just say NO to Prop Speed!

Going 6 months without a cleaning, that isn't bad. Also, just because a boatyard that applies a lot of it, doesn't mean it was done right. The shipyard in Opua did a terrible job on mine. When I saw...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-04-2024, 22:24
Replies: 73
Views: 3,767
Posted By wholybee
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

There are windows tablets and windows convertible laptop/tablets that would work in a cockpit. My laptop uses around 10-15W. Really not any more than a Pi when you consider a monitor.

But to my...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 23-04-2024, 21:58
Replies: 30
Views: 1,553
Posted By wholybee
Re: Just say NO to Prop Speed!

Propspeed isn't even comparable to the cheap stuff. Honestly, it works pretty amazing and you should get 18 months from it *IF* it is applied correctly and *IF* you do not over protect your prop.
...
Forum: OpenCPN 23-04-2024, 14:27
Replies: 73
Views: 3,767
Posted By wholybee
Re: Recommended Cockpit Platform

There are a lot of rpi enthusiasts here, and so lots of recommendations for it. But, it isn't simple, no mater how much a package like OpenPlotter or BBN tries to dumb it down. And, it isn't any more...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 22-04-2024, 22:42
Replies: 21
Views: 867
Posted By wholybee
Re: Replacing 12 volt House battery with four 6 volt batteries for longer off shore p

Why not Lithium?

Changing from 12V to 6V in series and parallel doesn't increase you capacity in the same space. Given a space, whether 12V or 6V, total capacity is the same. That is just physics,...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 22-04-2024, 22:30
Replies: 3
Views: 247
Posted By wholybee
Re: Affordable Comms for Internet still ?

As mentioned the router and service are 2 things. And there is a large range in quality. The high end routers will take 6 SIM cards both for diversity between carriers and to bond them for higher...
Forum: OpenCPN 22-04-2024, 22:22
Replies: 2
Views: 178
Posted By wholybee
Re: Won’t see WiFi with nav info

Try
UDP IP 0.0.0.0 Port 2000
or if that doesn't work
TCP IP 192.168.1.1 Port 2000
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 21-04-2024, 21:01
Replies: 10
Views: 385
Posted By wholybee
Re: Inexpensive. Inflatable dinghies

I used to have a Saturn Dinghy from them. It was both a good dinghy for the price, but also, you get what you pay for. After many patches and repairs, it sank out from under me (literally, I was then...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 21-04-2024, 11:16
Replies: 85
Views: 7,222
Posted By wholybee
Re: Lithium mini batteries

Said in response to my assertion that MOSFET BMS's are reliable, and my asking where are the failed ones are.
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 21-04-2024, 11:01
Replies: 32
Views: 1,719
Posted By wholybee
Re: Fridge 12v vs AC?

And that balances with volume of space in the battery compartment. A larger space with less insulation will require more money spent on batteries, and more space for them.

Such are the dilemmas of...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 21-04-2024, 10:26
Replies: 85
Views: 7,222
Posted By wholybee
Re: Lithium mini batteries

So you are saying that there are millions of MOSFET BMS's sold, and since they are working and the evidence is lacking that they are unreliable, your position is that they must be broken and the...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 21-04-2024, 09:17
Replies: 32
Views: 1,719
Posted By wholybee
Re: Fridge 12v vs AC?

You could also say 50 hours of rebuilding the box with more insulation = 1 hour of installing a new compressor. About how many hours I spent in both cases on my rebuild.
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 21-04-2024, 09:15
Replies: 32
Views: 1,719
Posted By wholybee
Re: Fridge 12v vs AC?

You generally can't compare them, unless the to units in question are identical except for the compressor motor. Insulation, or even sizing of the compressor and evaporator will make a larger...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 20-04-2024, 22:40
Replies: 85
Views: 7,222
Posted By wholybee
Re: Lithium mini batteries

Have you tested this? I have tested my JBD with a direct short, multiple times. The MOSFETS are very, very fast. They are fast enough to both save the BMS from damage, and save the fuse from blowing....
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 20-04-2024, 20:57
Replies: 10
Views: 599
Posted By wholybee
Re: Sea Anchors, most complicated simple thing ever

They are not interchangeable. A sea anchor is deployed from the bow, and is large enough to stop the boat. A drogue is deployed from the stern, and slows the boat when it would otherwise be surfing...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 20-04-2024, 20:07
Replies: 32
Views: 1,719
Posted By wholybee
Re: Fridge 12v vs AC?

A brushless DC motor is considered DC because DC voltage is applied to the driver/controller. What is actually applied to the motor is PWM. The driver, in the case of some Danfoss compressors, could...
Forum: OpenCPN 19-04-2024, 15:03
Replies: 1,918
Sticky: OpenCPN General
Views: 583,788
Posted By wholybee
Re: OpenCPN General

What are you using for an AIS receiver for each PC? What version of OpenCPN on each PC?
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 19-04-2024, 09:05
Replies: 24
Views: 2,715
Posted By wholybee
Re: Starlink

You really need to. Starlink has a history of not enforcing the TOS, until they do. They also recently changed the availability map to no longer use hexagons, which could hint that service may soon...
Forum: Marine Electronics 19-04-2024, 08:11
Replies: 13
Views: 684
Posted By wholybee
Re: Why my boat kill phone charger cables?

My guess is that the charge port on the phone itself is damaged and causing a poor connection to otherwise fine and new cables. I have suffered this many times, and I despise the tiny crappy...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 18-04-2024, 21:00
Replies: 46
Views: 1,504
Posted By wholybee
Re: BMS capacity vs fuse size

The BMS is going to act faster to protect anything than the fuse. Keep that in mind. You really don't need to protect the BMS, as it protects itself, and will do so faster than a fuse.

The fuse is...
Forum: Navigation 18-04-2024, 16:53
Replies: 438
Views: 94,929
Posted By wholybee
Re: Sat2Chart

I don't have any way to know for sure, but I expect that wine is emulating each program in its own space, and thus they can't interact with each other. If I understand it correctly, wine doesn't...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 18-04-2024, 13:26
Replies: 14
Views: 479
Posted By wholybee
Re: New vs used

Hands down, I would buy used. You should be able to find one that has been well maintained and all the warranty issues are dealt with. The few people I know that bought a new boat still had...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 18-04-2024, 12:47
Replies: 19
Views: 809
Posted By wholybee
Re: MOB ‘sling’ or similar

I have a lifesling on the stern rail which serves as the harness. For actually getting someone on board, I have a 4:1 tackle on a halyard, which I leave rigged and attached to a rail. The 4:1 tackle...
Forum: Our Community 17-04-2024, 10:51
Replies: 5
Views: 404
Posted By wholybee
Re: Bilge pump challenge

I loose or "bad" connection won't cause this, as a bad connection will reduce the current, not increase it.

You need to measure the current. Ideally in a few locations, right at the breaker while...
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