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This is a reasonable point, but the surface area for solar panels, especially the relatively unshaded surface area, is usually limited...

We use one our polishing filter and it works well. There are much cheaper aftermarket alternatives. Vacuum gauges are not expensive...

Firstly, I would only purchase a known brand of MPPT controller. The cheap “no-name” MPPT controllers can be very poor. Some are PWM...

When considering different solar controllers, one of the most important factors is how well the controller tracks the changing maximum...

That is a significant price difference, although this must be a solar array over 3000W. With its associated large inverter(s), battery...

If there is a need for a large controller such as a 60-100 A unit it is worth considering multiple smaller controllers. The...

The Victron controllers are hard to beat for the needs of most yachts. The Smartsolar models have built in Bluetooth which makes...

Good for scaling walls

We installed Prebit lights on our latest build. This was for both wall and ceiling interior lights. They are excellent quality...

We had a non-sailing visitor this weekend. Wonderful company and she came bearing gifts among which was this: I assured her Grapnels...

The August 24 Sailing Today magazine ( August 24) contains an interview with Jetty de Koster apparently one of the world's leading...

That is very neat indeed!

Thanks.

I am in the process of doing that. I have 16 breakers, DIN rail mounted to replace my Merlin Gerin breakers that predate DIN rail. It's...

On dissimilar metals such as these, trying to isolate them as much as possible is good practice in a marine environment. Duralac and Tef...