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It's dull, being Sunday pm, and wi' a heavy grumbling raincloud gathering overhead my going poking about disturbing things in the garden...

This innovation with soft shackles in particular, and Dyneema in general is great to see. These are relatively new products and I think...

Most if not all the wildlife and the natives were well capable of looking after themselves or at least the ones I encountered were 😁...

Florida authorities killed an alligator that was seen with human remains in its mouth Similarly mountain lions:-...

Sounds fairly simply it is a failed alternator regulator. This may be built in to alternator (under 2 screws at the back) or a remote...

As the post above states, 17V indicates a faulty alternator regulator. The batteries may be toast by this stage. A simple solution is...

Yes, there are ways to do this. On our system the position from our Zeus chart plotter can be received by the iPad, but this is a more...

An external GPS is better in my view for sailing than buying a cellular/Gps equipped iPad. There are many options for adding a...

You can disconnect a solar panel without any risk of damage to the panel. The disconnection (and subsequent reconnection) can produce a...

Boats hit by a strong direct strike will have everything destroyed. Lightning can even punch holes in the hull and sink the boat...

The risk of lightning is a scenario where disconnecting the solar panels and solar controllers may help.

MPPT solar controllers typically do not use simple blocking diodes. They are too inefficient. The controller electronically detects when...

This 25 V should not be "lost". If you have a MPPT controller (and you should have this type of controller with a Voc of 40 V) the...

If you have a solar controller that prevents discharge at night (nearly all models do this) installing blocking diodes, especially on...

It is safer to have a means of disconnecting the panels and turning this off first. Turning off just the battery usually does not cause...