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There is no explosion risk, but diesel burns more easily than most yachtsmen realise. At least it surprised me how easy is to start...

The issue of LEDs has been discussed at length on here a few times, including the MCAs advice for vessels required to comply with SOLAS...

The problem with LED is that mostly the actual diode bulbs have a one direction of radiation and often have a magnifier lens at the...

Not just not the right approach, it’s outright dangerous!

I agree. We have an LED anchor light that needed replacement because it was programmed to turn off after a certain number of hours by...

In most countries deaths due to accidents are investigated by the coroner who would make that determination, but having the correct...

I think the only risk would be if there was a serious accident/collision at night particularly one involving the loss of life.

Some LED "bulbs" are polarity sensitive unlike incandescent bulbs. Also keep in mind that the navigation lights will no longer be...

Not in bulk mode.

If the charging is in bulk mode by definition the batteries are taking all the current (at the particular voltage) the solar controller...

BTW an interesting comparison of series v parallel connection of solar panels that was posted recently. Unfortunately they did not test...

If the installation is correct and the solar panels are performing as they should be, you should occasionally see the full rated output...

Lithium batteries are great, but don’t feel with a lead acid battery system that electric cooking or electric hot water heating is not...

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Energy production rather than energy storage is normally the limiting factor in determining if electric cooking is viable, but there is...