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pmagowan
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Issues when trying to expand Solar array
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You should only have one connection on the battery terminal which should go to an unswitched positive distribution bus bar and then to a...
27 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Marine AC cable
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Interesting. I will probably just import some from the US since that seems the easiest, if not most perverse, way to get hold of it...
22 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Marine AC cable
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In looks the stuff but wrong colours. Couldn’t use for AC as black and red signifies DC ie safe voltages.
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Bedding bolts with butyl tape
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Stuff works well, relatively cheap, keeps good, easy to apply, easy to reuse and remove. Not fiddly in real life.
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Marine AC cable
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I was going for 3 core. I have always ran 3 core cable for AC on land. Seems reasonable to have all your cores protected by the same...
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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port to winter a 9m twin keel on land in Scotland?
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Ardfern or maybe Arisaig.
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Marine AC cable
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I would say “different environment”. It’s not tinned so IMO not suitable for a marine environment and will be susceptible to corrosion...
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Marine AC cable
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I would really prefer to use marine cable. Seems odd that marinised 12v cables are easy to get hold of in European colours of red and...
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Marine AC cable
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Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader
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Does anyone know of a supplier of European coloured marine cable for AC system. Google searches only give US colours which will be very...
21 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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How much gap between the tack of the sail and the boom?
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Is your boom unable to clear the gubbins over the cockpit while horizontal. It looks excited! Very unusual setup. Is the main sheet...
19 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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creaking sounds
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If rigging sings just wrap a halyard round it a few times. The helical shape disturbs the tendency to create vortices and stops the...
19 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Windlass issue - lifting slowly then circuit breaker goes off
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You have done the hardest bit
19 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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creaking sounds
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Is it wires inside the mast? If it is just creaking against the deck then a better pad here will help. We used thick rubber wedges...
19 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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Loss of yacht Solution (USA) - holes in the cheese align.
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In a few of our jaunts a bucket was used in earnest and proved pretty poor. Getting the water from down below to the cockpit resulted...
18 Jul 2024
pmagowan
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New boat and buyer advice
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You didn’t disable quoting on yourself? 😂
18 Jul 2024
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