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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 14-03-2024, 00:32
Replies: 11
Views: 1,200
Posted By Nor
Re: Getting used to heavier weather and bigger waves

Thanks, great information!
Yes, we've started small in Malaysia/Thailand, and planning to stay around here for a while longer. However, we started thinking about a bigger boat in the next year or...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 14-03-2024, 00:16
Replies: 11
Views: 1,200
Posted By Nor
Re: Getting used to heavier weather and bigger waves

Thanks Ann!
She doesn't get seasick, that's a great plus! So it's more of a fear of the bigger seas and wind. It might just be because we haven't experienced that so much yet. I'll try to get her to...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 12-03-2024, 19:56
Replies: 11
Views: 1,200
Posted By Nor
Re: Getting used to heavier weather and bigger waves

Is sailing in the Med or Caribbean very different from sailing in SE Asia? In what way?
How do you avoid sailing to Windward in the Med? If winds are from the North and you are already in the...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 12-03-2024, 19:52
Replies: 11
Views: 1,200
Posted By Nor
Re: Getting used to heavier weather and bigger waves

Thanks! I understand that downwind sailing will be more comfortable, even in bigger seas, than to windward. But I've seen videos of people crossing the Atlantic in what looks like pretty rough...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 11-03-2024, 22:39
Replies: 11
Views: 1,200
Posted By Nor
Getting used to heavier weather and bigger waves

We’ve been living on our 39ft cat for half a year now, and sailed around 2000nm around Asia. Often with not much winds, but we’ve encountered some squalls and recently in Thailand had a few days of...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 04-02-2024, 07:36
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

Thanks for mentioning the Victron forum, I had a search there and found a massive thread about shadow issues for the RS MPPT controllers. Turns out several had reported similar issues as I...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 03-02-2024, 17:05
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

Thanks, that makes sense about the the unclear V-A graph. I assume this will always be a bit of an issue on a boat that's moving back and forth, but more when the panels are further apart as in my...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 03-02-2024, 06:26
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

I started this thread as I wondered if the bypass diodes worked correctly. I now got a better understanding on how bypass diodes work, however I still doesn't quite understand it 100%, and according...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 02-02-2024, 17:43
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

I have now tried some days with only using the 4 panels, before adding the 5th panel back to the mix. I have not seen the low 160W output anymore. I'm not sure why I only got 160 W that day. I've...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 31-01-2024, 16:20
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

Thanks for explaining! In your example, when the shaded panels does 4A, is the whole array limited to 4A? And when it gets even more shaded the diode will kick in and then pass the 5A from the other...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 31-01-2024, 07:09
Replies: 10
Views: 801
Posted By Nor
Re: Lagoon 380 w/AC Min Generator Size

My 12k btu cruisair draw around 1150W with the pump. I have a soft start so no problem starting and running from batteries for some hours. It doesn't have to run all the time, depending on how low...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 31-01-2024, 05:57
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

How does the diodes work, for example if 10A is flowing through the first panels, and the last panel is partially shaded and can only do 5A. Will then some of the current from the first panels flow...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-01-2024, 16:37
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

Thanks, I could give it a try, however the panels have 3 junction boxes, quite far from each other, one for input cable, one for output and one in the middle. I guess I could use split mc4 cables to...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-01-2024, 16:35
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

I know it's not ideal, but why would adding the last panel give a worse result than without it? Isn't this the purpose of the bypass diodes? Would adding extra external diodes improve it?

I can...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-01-2024, 05:33
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

UPDATE: I managed to measure correctly with the diode settings, and got 0.43V one way and OL the other, so the diodes seems to be working correctly!

So, then I'm puzzled. Why did I only get 140W...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-01-2024, 19:28
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

I have 4 panels on the stern arch and one on the cockpit roof next to the boom. All connected to a single Multi RS Solar.
Shouldn't the diodes in the 5th panel work to avoid this problem when this...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-01-2024, 18:32
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

There are 3 small boxes (the cables are coming out of two of them. I can try to open one and have a look. But will have to unmount the panels first to do this.

I thought that all panels have them,...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-01-2024, 18:31
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

It appears you're not aware of bypass diodes in solar panels?
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 29-01-2024, 18:30
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Re: Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

Thanks, I'll check again tonight using the diode setting, I just read the multimeters manual and found how to use it. I was measuring resistance, and got around 5kOhm both ways.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-01-2024, 23:27
Replies: 37
Views: 2,496
Posted By Nor
Faulty bypass diode on solar panel?

I have 5 x 550W solar panels in series. Yesterday I noticed I was only getting 140W from them. 1 was totally in shade by the boom, while 4 of them was fully in the sun. I remove the shaded one from...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 03-11-2023, 22:27
Replies: 26
Views: 2,844
Posted By Nor
Re: AC voltage measured between negative battery terminal and ground

That's very interesting!
I got some measurements also when only the Victron inverter was connected to the batteries. Is Victron one of those companies you talk about that add a capacitors to solve...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 29-10-2023, 17:39
Replies: 8
Views: 705
Posted By Nor
Re: Installing shower drain pump - voltage goes to 0v

Just reporting back that this was as you guys said. It was solved by replacing the cable from the connection point not far from the pump. Works great now!

Thanks!
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-10-2023, 16:40
Replies: 26
Views: 2,844
Posted By Nor
Re: AC voltage measured between negative battery terminal and ground

I got an electrician to come here. He's the main guy around here and quite knowledgable of marine systems. He grounded the inverter chassis, and said (as several of you had mentioned) that the...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-10-2023, 18:13
Replies: 26
Views: 2,844
Posted By Nor
Re: AC voltage measured between negative battery terminal and ground

Thanks, yes I'm hoping to have the electrician come back today to check this out. But I'd like to learn also more for myself about this.

I read on the Victron website about IT and TT network, and...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-10-2023, 17:59
Replies: 26
Views: 2,844
Posted By Nor
Re: AC voltage measured between negative battery terminal and ground

The inverter is the Victron Multi RS 6000. I'm not sure if the electrician has connected the output ground correctly. However the instructions says that it will connect earth to negative when in...
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