Recent content by gregcope

I have a brother p-touch h101. Works well with tze tape (the strong stuff). If i was to really get into it I would look for a brother model that had an iphone app or similar to be able to make double line or other more complex labels quickly. The reason for brother would be tze as i have...

Define best? I would assume through inverter is faster, but not as efficient.

Oh ...and @vas that grapha graph dashboard is lovely.

I cannot remember the exaxt details of those PMs. I do remember researching how to achieve Eves claimed clamp force settings and never really landed on how much torque to apply to bolts to get to the right number. I just clamped mine with clamps and wrapped with strong packing take (several...

@geem. Have you documented your charge settings anywhere? I recently upper by float settings to 13.4V as my Victron MPPt would default to float and put nothing in (like 2A from 15A possible). Would be interested in what your using. PS i store mine at 13.2V over winter.

We have a decent sized bridal. Works well. If you have a chain consider placing it in a hose (screwfix sell cheap ones). You might want to add more as there is no shore power… Yep. Make it auto for peace of mind. There are often WhatsApp groups. I find ours quiet and nice. Trade off...

winch drum. Lost Solent Two winch handles (lost) Single shoe (lost, mid channel) Spinicker + halyard and sheets. Got it all back bar halyard VHF three times. The last two were the same floating model so still have it stainless steel adjustable spanner. Outboard (rinsed. Works) Two boat...

Assuming indirect cooled - Coolant levels or water pump? If belt driven, belt tension? The HE should be warm but not hot to touch if sufficient sea water is going through it.

I built and installed my own. My insurer (GJW) were fine with that. Others anecdotally have had issues with my approach.

Also the round trip efficiency of LifePo4 is high 90%. FLA is probably around 80%. So more of the Solar yield gets stored and more importantly returned.

Oh and my 320 does a decent job of emptying the bilge. As good as most other pumps. All pumps will leave a bit.

I believe the 220 is the smaller version of the 320. I have a 320 that works well. Will need a switch. They are not submersible so mount them higher than the bottom of the bilge. You will need to fit the drain valve to stop any back draining and also mount the 2nd exit with anti siphon...

I believe the bearings for the 496 / 283 are SFR2-5ZZ 1/16 allen key for spindle

@GHA remind me how you do that cell level logging? You just have written that up somewhere?

I balanced it all on assembly, two years ago. Since then I have not balanced it. I might do a capacity test at end of the season to see what capacity I have lost. Might then rebalance then… A wider thought is how frequent do you need to rebalance, especially if you see no evidence of...