Recent content by Ardenfour

Tried mixing up a test batch with flour, I'm going to whack it with a hammer tomorrow, see how brittle it is.

Thanks for all replies

I'm aware of the various thickening agents for use with epoxy resin, can I use the same products with polyester to make a thick paste? I'm planning to modify the mast rake by altering the existing wedge below the tabernacle, so has to be fairly strong and resist cracking/compression.

Well, almost 2 yrs to the day after fitting, I went down to the boat to check how she fared in last night's breeze. Boat was fine. I couldn't check the wind generator because it had GONE. On the plus side, I never had a flat battery in the two years, it was reasonably quiet, and I...

No. Smoothing cap connects across the supply lines, ie, in parallel. Pos to pos, neg to 0v.

I used a couple of sets of screw-together electrician fishing rods. They're around a tenner for a 10m set.

Thanks, installing a couple of extra sockets for the inverter is probably the way to go. then there are no conflicts.

Thanks for all the replies. I have a 240 ring system installed with several sockets, so I thought it would be simple just to connect the inverter at some point in the circuit. How about a flying lead with ax13A plug at each end? Ha, only joking. I very seldom plug in via shore cable. The shore...

Sorry, yes, meant the input.

I'm not planning to use the inverter to charge the batteries- if I had shore power I wouldn't need the inverter. But, I'd be wiring the inverter output to the 240v circuit of the boat so the 13A sockets are powered. To which is also connected the victron charger. My query is should I disconnect...

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I have a Victron hard-wired battery charger fitted - if I connect a shore lead it automatically starts charging the batteries. I want to fit a 12v to 240v inverter. If I wire this to the existing 240v sockets this will also put 240 to the output of the battery charger. Does this sound ok...