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Construction, Maintenance & Refit
09-03-2024, 08:39
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Putting a slight bend in 1" SS Tubing
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Re: Putting a slight bend in 1" SS Tubing
The type with the central hydraulic jack pusher is easiest to use and Definitely easiest to kink piping.
Either iterate the bend at 1 inch intervals or for superior bends use SHARP sand to fill...
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Marine Electronics
19-01-2024, 07:51
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Why do we not see open array radar antennas on sailboats?
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Re: Why do we not see open array radar antennas on sailboats?
The 'wings' on a radar antenna improve adjacent target discrimination. For a slow-moving sailboat helm, it is not vital to know if it is one or two targets which intercept ones track. It is...
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Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
16-01-2024, 07:04
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Best material for water tank
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Re: Best material for water tank
Wow! NOW you're talkin'! Inconel & titanium. Where money is no object, this is THE way to go! Titanium perhaps marginally cheaper.
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Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
15-01-2024, 13:03
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Best material for water tank
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Re: Best material for water tank
In French kitchens - and elsewhere, copper cookware is favored but it is invariably tinned on the inner surface. This provides a thick surface that is quite robust, but still needs retinning (not...
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Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
15-01-2024, 12:43
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Best material for water tank
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Re: Best material for water tank
If you decide to repair your stainless tank, you might want to consider passivating the repair weld (and the others?)
Who needs an activated stainless tank?
Here is an article which advocates...
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Construction, Maintenance & Refit
05-01-2024, 09:11
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Keel bolt nuts washer rust/corrision
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Re: Keel bolt nuts washer rust/corrision
If you could use some consolation, an engineering opinion would almost certainly go with you, and not the silly / ridiculous view.
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Propellers & Drive Systems
02-12-2023, 10:28
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Normal coupler bolts?
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betwys1
Re: Normal coupler bolts?
Convincing tests (was it NASA?) have shown that split washers are not very effective. Safety wiring is the gold-standard. This calls for drilled bolt heads.
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Anchoring & Mooring
13-11-2023, 08:05
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Crosby 209A shackles rust!
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Re: Crosby 209A shackles rust!
[QUOTE=Kettlewell;3839133]I've noticed that my Crosby 209A anchor shackles (the high test alloy ones) are prone to rust seriously. /snip/QUOTE]
I am surprised nobody in this thread mentioned...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
23-10-2023, 07:19
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Engine running rough after injector cleaning
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Re: Engine running rough after injector cleaning
When the new sealing rings arrive, try to put the injectors back in their original order.
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Health, Safety & Related Gear
23-10-2023, 07:08
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Boatyard Safety
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Re: Boatyard Safety
Here is Claude-2-100K's opinion:
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There are a few potential major causes of work accidents in recreational boat yards from the perspective of an accident...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
25-09-2023, 07:21
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Better wire stripper?
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Re: Better wire stripper?
Ten gauge is at the upper limit of many automatic style wire strippers, so a manual tool may serve better: ...
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Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink
08-07-2023, 10:38
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Induction Cooking info and experience.
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Re: Induction Cooking info and experience.
1 (US) gal of water = 3.79 kg
Heating this amount of water from 15 degC to 100 degC (+85) takes
3790 X 4.2 X 85 = 1353000 joules = 376 Watt.hour at least
That's about 0.4 kW.hr or 13 minutes...
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General Sailing Forum
03-07-2023, 07:25
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Fixing A Leaky Compass
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Re: Fixing A Leaky Compass
Bravo! "Aliphatic hydrocarbon" describes butane methane ...pentane etc..
A typical repair kit for an AVIATION compass includes a small bottle of kerosene (=paraffin oil)
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Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
27-05-2023, 15:17
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STA-LOK Swageless Terminals (Wire Rope Terminals)
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Re: STA-LOK Swageless Terminals (Wire Rope Terminals)
Bolt cutters spread a cable: cable-cutters have vee shaped blades. It may also help to tape the wire cable at the cutting point to help hold the wires tidy.
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Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
27-05-2023, 14:27
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STA-LOK Swageless Terminals (Wire Rope Terminals)
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Re: STA-LOK Swageless Terminals (Wire Rope Terminals)
You might find a combined bolt, wire, cable cutter handy. You won't use it much ~ but when you need it, you sometimes REALLY need it.
...
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Lithium Power Systems
03-05-2023, 10:03
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LFP Available Short Circuit Current
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Re: LFP Available Short Circuit Current
I believe I am understanding that you are debating the qualities of a device specified to protect an associated conductor by failing, but a device which may fail catastrophically in some...
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Lithium Power Systems
28-04-2023, 10:45
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LFP Available Short Circuit Current
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betwys1
Re: LFP Available Short Circuit Current
The NEC seems to propose matching the current conductor to be protected with an OCPD of at least 125% of that maximal conductor current in order to protect that conductor. Some batteries of Li-ion...
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Monohull Sailboats
05-04-2023, 10:17
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A School Sail Model Crosses The Atlantic
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A School Sail Model Crosses The Atlantic
Recently, a miniature boat built by American junior high school students was retrieved in Norway after 462 days and 13,413 kilometers of drifting through the Atlantic Ocean.
The miniature boat was...
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Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations
03-04-2023, 15:49
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Katadyn Repair Parts Policy
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Re: Katadyn Repair Parts Policy
I found a dozen or more....
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
18-03-2023, 13:41
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Troubleshooting seemingly dead solar panel
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2,166
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betwys1
Re: Troubleshooting seemingly dead solar panel
Probably better to take with a pinch of salt, posts beginning "As I understand it" or "I believe". Try looking at this video clip on bypass and blocking diodes....
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
17-03-2023, 07:40
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Troubleshooting seemingly dead solar panel
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2,166
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betwys1
Re: Troubleshooting seemingly dead solar panel
Connect a car headlamp bulb to the solar panel with no other connections. You will find the voltage droops from off-load - probably considerably, compared with a good panel. Possibly an internal bad...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
13-03-2023, 08:34
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Sometimes the start solenoid just clicks
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betwys1
Re: Sometimes the start solenoid just clicks
Always good to check for worn/sticking starter motor brushes: they ALWAYS wear out (in the end)
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Navigation
26-12-2022, 12:30
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Solar Powered Clock/Watch
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729
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betwys1
Re: Solar Powered Clock/Watch
Let us suppose you find your Solar Watch stops after about ten years. I imagine you might want to chuck it and buy another - the battery or supercapacitor or whatever lasts about that length of...
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Navigation
26-12-2022, 08:53
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Solar Powered Clock/Watch
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729
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betwys1
Solar Powered Clock/Watch
Of those who enjoy clock and sextant navigation, is there anyone who does not use a perpetual solar watch/clock? No batteries - EVER!
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Lithium Power Systems
26-12-2022, 08:47
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Drop in LFP Recommendtions
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7,910
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betwys1
Re: Drop in LFP Recommendtions
while nobody seems to have offered "good reviews" in their assessment, it's time to remind y'all that "Good Reviews" are a purchasable commodity, in which there is a strong market. They are found as...
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