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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-04-2024, 17:50
Replies: 11
Views: 647
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Waterline Brush

You might consider placing a fin on the brush-head end that would force the brish against the hull as you push down.
Forum: Marine Electronics 14-03-2024, 21:39
Replies: 2
Views: 298
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Alarm / Bed Shaker

Sure, you can easily find a normally open relay that will close with a 12V 1A input. Then you can run whatever bed-shaker you choose.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-01-2024, 17:41
Replies: 4
Views: 611
Posted By wefleenor
Re: accept any shore input voltage

I will have solar, gen, and shore charger in the way of a pair of Victron inverter/chargers.

The goal is to avoid any shore power issues regardless of what is available.

Thanks.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 25-01-2024, 16:07
Replies: 4
Views: 611
Posted By wefleenor
accept any shore input voltage

I thought I had even bookmarked a thread that mentioned an isolation transformer, or other device, to be able to accept any type of shore-power voltage. I can't find my bookmark or produce a...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 31-12-2023, 17:31
Replies: 138
Views: 15,970
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Modern lithium setup for boats

Jedi,

Do I understand your diagram correctly? Do you avoid the problem of the LFP batteries going down by running all 12V operational equipment through the LA starting batteries? Thanks for all...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 31-12-2023, 17:18
Replies: 56
Views: 5,277
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Composting head for inland use? What to do with the urine?

If you are a gardener, then dilute the urine and apply it as fertilizer. It is done widely over most of the planet - particularly in developing countries. Avoid using it on contact plants such as...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-11-2023, 17:42
Replies: 213
Views: 26,229
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Large solar array support beams

Jedi,

Your work on the parts looks impeccable, but I can't help but wonder why you didn't just use aluminum box tubes and angles which you could likely buy for less and no labor.

PS - following...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 19-11-2023, 08:17
Replies: 10
Views: 1,423
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Questions for Nigel Calder

Does he have an elegant way to have the starting FLA system step in for the LFP to support critical navigation systems should the LFP system cut itself out?
Forum: Sailor Logs & Cruising Plans 13-09-2023, 20:41
Replies: 14
Views: 4,685
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Napa River, California report

You most certainly mean 121 32 W (or -121 32). Always nice to see others make my kind of mistakes.
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 11-09-2023, 17:20
Replies: 4,711
Views: 979,210
Posted By wefleenor
Re: The 2021 & 2022 & 2023 Joke Threads

[QUOTE=Montanan;3821557]Bullsooter, neither did I.

Does knowing that Azelias are poisonous help?
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 29-08-2023, 20:19
Replies: 13
Views: 1,871
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Lighthouse windlass

I have a zip file that should contain all you need. Private message me an email address.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-08-2023, 18:11
Replies: 14
Views: 1,488
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Random: anyone know of a good portable work bench/desk

I have one of these at home and on the boat. Folds to less than 4.5 inches thick. Use it as a platform to stand on and work overhead. Find them superior to my previous Workmates.
...
Forum: OpenCPN 26-07-2023, 23:13
Replies: 2
Views: 353
Posted By wefleenor
Re: radar start/stop grayed out

Thanks, Hakan. It is all properly checked.
Forum: OpenCPN 26-07-2023, 22:07
Replies: 2
Views: 353
Posted By wefleenor
radar start/stop grayed out

Everything else seems to be as it should but start/stop standby is not available. What would this suggest? Thanks.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 10-05-2023, 17:30
Replies: 2
Views: 1,179
Posted By wefleenor
Re: San Francisco Bay Area DIY Yard

Vee Jay Marine in Pittsburg is under new ownership - close to a year. While they couldn't haul my 23ft beam, they were great to work with.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 17-01-2023, 17:09
Replies: 13
Views: 1,871
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Lighthouse windlass

I have the electric motor. I don't have a winch handle on my boat to try and no sailboats in the neighborhood, so I thought someone here would know. Thanks.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 16-01-2023, 17:43
Replies: 13
Views: 1,871
Posted By wefleenor
Lighthouse windlass

Does anyone know if the fitting available on a lighthouse windlass is the same star pattern for a typical manual windlass? Thanks.
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 13-10-2022, 16:54
Replies: 65
Views: 7,484
Posted By wefleenor
Re: purify water in tanks

This is why I explicitly cautioned on using silver nitrate or silver chloride. Each are advertised often as colloidal but are actually solutions from which the body can absorb silver, and in on case...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 11-10-2022, 17:06
Replies: 65
Views: 7,484
Posted By wefleenor
Re: purify water in tanks

I made 12 trips to sub-Saharan Africa with students to work on water and sanitation projects. I always used colloidal silver to treat the water I drank with total success. Many students used fancy...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 27-09-2022, 17:45
Replies: 221
Views: 41,300
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Lithium and Insurance

FYI - I use an insurance broker and I posed the LFP question to them with the following answer:

One company has said they aren’t excluded in the policy, but that when a claim happens they would...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-08-2022, 20:16
Replies: 6
Views: 629
Posted By wefleenor
Re: MIT invent a new battery tech

I would put my money on John Goodenough, a Nobel prize winner for the Lithium-ion battery used in phones and such. He has a new patent on a glass-based battery that many have already licensed to...
Forum: Meets & Greets 21-01-2022, 17:40
Replies: 4
Views: 623
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Hello from landlocked Indiana.

David, did you know that back when the canal was closed that Indianapolis was the largest land-locked city on earth. Wonder if it is still true?

PS - former Hoosier
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-01-2022, 18:08
Replies: 22
Views: 3,295
Posted By wefleenor
Re: CO2 Detector advice

Has anyone had issues with the propane sensor going off when equalizing FLA batteries? I have that happen every time.
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 27-12-2021, 19:55
Replies: 1
Views: 424
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Musings about Integrated Chiller + Diesel Heat on Power Cat

David and Hannah,

I had my 48ft custom power catamaran built in the PNW, launched in 2010, and only this summer came down the coast to SF Bay. I initially installed a 50K BTU ITR hydronic heating...
Forum: Powered Boats 10-12-2021, 17:56
Replies: 16
Views: 2,107
Posted By wefleenor
Re: Power Photos

Coming into the Carquinez Straights of SF Bay after 600 miles down the coast.
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