Recent content by JumbleDuck

An update. Having checked that (a) I bought the panels in December 2020 and (b) they have a five year warranty, I contacted Ferropilot (part of Elna) in Germany, from whom I bought them. They arranged shipment of the old panels back to Germany, confirmed their dudness after a prod to remind...

A while ago I got useful advice here on fitting the Sunbeam System solar panels (model TF58) which I had bought for my boat. I fitted them in spring 2021. One started dying the following summer (2022), the other died over this winter. In full sunlight (in Scotland, in March, but still sunlight...

Final - probably - update. With a continuous load of 3A the aft battery declined slowly from 12.8V to 12.5V, then precipitously - when I caught it it was at 10.4V and falling at around 0.01V/s. After the same time (about an hour) and the same load the forward battery is steady at 12.5V. My...

Thanks. Perhaps it's just demonic possession. Having had a nice walk on Ulva and come back to find the forward battery fully charged, according to the charger, I have done a test. Each battery in turn was given full responsibility for everything, then asked to heat the glow plugs for 20s and...

I wish nothing but good to the new owner of my hose and I we ever meet I shall shake them warmly by the ... well, maybe not.

Yup. However, I am confident that my present ones are knackered - it's just a matter now of finding out whether one is a bit less knackered than the other. I shall be interested to see how long they last at Tobermory harbour skip - the place from which, as I am sure I wrote once, 3m of toilet...

And thanks to you too. The two batteries live permanently coupled, so anything which brings down one brings down the other. Which is why the charging asymmetry puzzles me. Unfortunately, for testing purposes, I have very little which draws much current. Ever light on the boat (bar the...

New batteries from Tayna arriving at Tobermory Harbour Association offices on Wednesday, with luck, so as long as we can stagger on till then we're fine. Happily, we were planning to be in Tobermory next Thursday for the Highland Games.

Thanks Vic. It has good beefy cables, so wehn the other one is charged I'll get weaving with some tests. Alas I forgot to disconnect the solar charger, so it hasn't rested properly. Yet. The 13.1V was during an early morning rainstorm, so no solar then. I have mine for the same reason...

Thanks, people. Unfortunately my hygrometer is 200 miles away and is have to find a way into the batteries to use it - I presume there are lids which come off. Morning update: Having had 5 minutes of charging on the engine @ 11A and an hour on the charger @ 3A, then resting overnight, the...

Luckily we have oil lamps, a Seafarer whirly with fresh PP9 (the old B&G is playing up), a handheld VHF, a handheld GPS and a 36Ah AGM for the outboard which can be charged from the engine and then used to charge USB things, so it's not quite the dark ages. And I did post my improvements to...

Hello, folks. My house bank died today. It's 2 x 60Ah (all that will fit) Varta lead acid, ten years old. Yes, I know, should have replaced them ages ago and will do so asap but ... I'm at Ulva Ferry, a long way from suppliers. If possible I'd like to continue until I am in easy reach of one of...

Nothing on the Tinley website looks like my bust one, but I am looking for a transducer for a late 80's Hecta. Cash cheerfully paid. Please PM, as I do not currently read the forums.

Title says it all, really. They grow up so fast, don't they? Thirty quid plus postage, or I can deliver to Largs, Kip or Port Bannatyne marina. Or Edinburgh. Please PM, as I do not currently read the forums.

For completeness, here is the best photo my phone can manage of the remains of the original spigot. The wall thickness of the section between hose tail and screw thread is 0.6mm.