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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
09-02-2024, 11:55
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Teeny Tiny Wire - Big Headache
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Joe Okros
Re: Teeny Tiny Wire - Big Headache
As someone who did telecomms engineering in the 80's, I have soldered thousands of wires. My takeaway is that solder works just fine if done properly with tinned ends and appropriate insulation. The...
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Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy
02-02-2024, 12:58
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Dinghy, most popular size and type
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Joe Okros
Re: Dinghy, most popular size and type
Fiberglass Caribe 9/10/12 RIB with a Tohatsu 18hp. Had a Yammie 15hp but since around 2000 found the newer 15hp Yammies suffer corrosion and aluminium casting issues---last one cracked right through...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
29-01-2024, 13:30
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Biggest and best Wind Generator?
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Joe Okros
Re: Biggest and best Wind Generator?
KISS---------have owned one for 16 years, bought upgraded blades from some redneck on the internet---still going strong. Its not about anything other than REDUNDANCY for me on a boat. Have as many...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
19-01-2024, 11:18
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2 stroke vs 4 stroke outboard
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4,814
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Joe Okros
Re: 2 stroke vs 4 stroke outboard
Can you fix either-- 2-strokes have less to go wrong and with 2 or 3 simple precautions will run forever. (never leave fuel in them for more than a week without running it and spray the entire...
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Monohull Sailboats
19-01-2024, 10:57
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Down to 4 Boats...Please Help Me Decide...
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13,742
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Joe Okros
Re: Down to 4 Boats...Please Help Me Decide...
Most of those boats have different iterations that perform very differently, ie the CSY had a walkover and a walk-through model with a "stumpy" keel for gunkholing, also a 37 or 36-ft version that is...
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
08-09-2023, 11:29
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Correct Temp differential in heat exchanger
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2,894
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Joe Okros
Re: Correct Temp differential in heat exchanger
Congratulations, you have just proven global warming is real. lol
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Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy
15-05-2023, 13:50
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Brand New Mercury 5hp will not run
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Joe Okros
Re: Brand New Mercury 5hp will not run
Some people just have no aptitude for mechanical things, it's almost like the invisible Gremlins can see these people and delight in frustrating them, I'm fortunate to have the opposite problem, I...
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Seamanship & Boat Handling
17-03-2023, 11:31
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Question for divers
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6,660
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Joe Okros
Re: Question for divers
There really is no mystery here, just follow the money, who stands to gain. Seymour Hirsch, one of the most respected journalists in the world knows the story. Draw your own conclusions....
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General Sailing Forum
27-02-2023, 17:54
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Will a 2023 boat also last 50 years?
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Joe Okros
Re: Will a 2023 boat also last 50 years?
My Morgan OI 36 built for the charter trade is 50 this year, she does what I want and will probably outlive me. The throwaway society makes me sick, a lot of the ills that beset the world is down to...
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Construction, Maintenance & Refit
27-02-2023, 17:42
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Tohatsu 9.8 won't start
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2,921
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Joe Okros
Re: Tohatsu 9.8 won't start
I would have picked water in the fuel, a common problem where I live, apparently, water is not flammable enough to run an outboard
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
29-12-2022, 20:55
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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10,752
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
This discussion is getting tiresome, read this https://cleversolarpower.com/lifepo4-voltage-chart/
Take note of longevity recommendations etc
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
29-12-2022, 20:13
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
Ah well, -if we are now regarding "13 or 14 years" to be the same as 20 years, I'll stick to my 20/80,----its, after all really no different than "almost zero or almost 100". In NZ it's quite common...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
29-12-2022, 15:27
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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10,752
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
What?- How does your controller know you will be off the boat when it's unexpected? Please let me know what controller that is, I also want a psychic controller. Also, would love to know what kind of...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
29-12-2022, 14:02
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
You say "you can cycle the battery from nearly 0% to nearly 100%,". I say,---"Lithium batteries should not be charged past 80% or allowed to discharge to under 20%", in other words, nearly 0 and...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
23-12-2022, 12:35
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
23-12-2022, 12:30
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
I can quote many sources but I'm sure you have access to Google like I do,---suffice to say most reputable laptop manufacturers now allow BIOS control over laptop battery charging, and its normally...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
23-12-2022, 12:15
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A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
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10,752
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Joe Okros
Re: A couple basic questions about starting with lifepo4
Lithium batteries should not be charged past 80% or allowed to discharge to under 20%. If you can adhere to those parameters they should last 20 years.
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Construction, Maintenance & Refit
09-12-2022, 20:16
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Advice needed : Survey found electrolytic corrosion
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Joe Okros
Re: Advice needed : Survey found electrolytic corrosion
Personally, whenever someone wants to buy a steel boat I ask them "Can you weld?".
Forum:
Construction, Maintenance & Refit
16-09-2022, 14:55
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Buying advice : Would you trust a 50yr old polyester boat?
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10,035
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Joe Okros
Re: Buying advice : Would you trust a 50yr old polyester boat?
My Morgan OI 36 was built in 1974 so she's coming up for 50. I've had her for 17 of those years and have ground and filled the odd blister in that time, I've installed new through-hulls and found the...
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Monohull Sailboats
08-08-2022, 14:37
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OSMOSIS - Do all boats get it? Or just a few?
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Joe Okros
Re: OSMOSIS - Do all boats get it? Or just a few?
LOL, I have a 50 year old Morgan OI36. If osmosis was going to sink her I believe it would have by now,I have found the odd blister over the years (17), a grinder and some epoxy filler quickly fixed...
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Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
04-07-2022, 14:35
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Are these deep cycle batteries? Why can't I check the electrolyte levels?
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Joe Okros
Re: Are these deep cycle batteries? Why can't I check the electrolyte levels?
Those batteries are fine for a bow thruster's occasional use. I would keep them for that purpose and it's probably the reason they are located where they are. You need a dedicated "house battery" for...
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Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations
17-06-2022, 13:45
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Lewmar winch handle - lifetime warranty? Guess not!
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3,321
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Joe Okros
Re: Lewmar winch handle - lifetime warranty? Guess not!
Just to be the devils advocate here, the winch handle is obviously at the end of its life, hence the warrantee is now expired. I would imagine the supplier of a product could not reasonably be...
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Our Community
21-03-2022, 12:53
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33
Paying buddy boat to do repairs
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5,189
Posted By
Joe Okros
Re: Paying buddy boat to do repairs
With you, buddy and I'm only 61. Waiting for my old dog to die then I'm off.
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Engines and Propulsion Systems
14-03-2022, 15:15
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Help - Perkins 4 108
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2,661
Posted By
Joe Okros
Re: Help - Perkins 4 108
On the 4108 an electrical fuel lift pump will save your motor on the day the mechanical (maniacal) lift pump diaphragm leaks diesel into your crankcase turning your diesel oil into diesel fuel.
Forum:
Construction, Maintenance & Refit
24-01-2022, 12:31
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72
Your Favorite Adhesives
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7,868
Posted By
Joe Okros
Re: Your Favorite Adhesives
No, it is like a gel and remains so, but it seals in the ABSENCE of air and will seal even through some contamination of surfaces, so when you torque crankcase halves together there is no air. It is...
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