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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 13:50:30 GMT
Yes. Two seperate faults. The fridge has an auto setting that automatically switches between 12v when towing, 240v mains then gas (if for any reason the mains fails) in that order. It wouldn't go onto auto so it had to be switched between sources manually. They replaced the PCB, fixed under warranty. The regulator was showing output from the panel but then showing no output to the battery. Fixed under warranty. All is well in the world, going to the Dales for a week on Saturday. Sorry I'm not interested.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 13:51:46 GMT
I had a crap in a proper house toilet inside a boat for the first time in my life this morning. Oh the joy to hear a real flush from a high up cistern. Reminds me of my childhood. Very satisfying. The holding tank is large so about 2 weeks between pumpouts I reckon that's not too terrible. It's about £15-£20 for a pumpout so a pound a day to have a proper bog. Worth it I reckon. Large? I get more days that that from a single cassette. Yes so do I on the canal boat. However the Bunker is designed for surviving a nuclear winter so two things: firstly you need positive psychological inputs such as a flushing toilet for well being secondly as 99.7% of the population will have been obliterated by the atom bombs you will find that pumping the material overboard is actually easier than accessing a pumpout station with an attendant and a working magnetic card reader.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 13:53:41 GMT
Gel cell weighs 2.2 kg, LiFePO4 weighs 1kg. And of course you get to use all the capacity in the Lipo battery, whereas gel cell voltage drops below 12v at 50% SoC under a bit of load. And of course massively more cycles for the Lipo. Only downside is £100 for the Lipo, £25 for the gel cell. LiFePO4 is not the same as Lipo. I'm guessing you are using the former not the latter.
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Post by Telemachus on Oct 15, 2019 13:53:55 GMT
We don’t see Jeff’s niece and nephew very often, but met up with them on Thursday. Showed them pictures of our pups, which Izzy aged 10 was impressed with. She promptly sent us scarfs she’d knitted herself, for Woofer and Wooflets. Here is a short video showing them enjoying time on the boat with their new scarfs.
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Post by ianali on Oct 15, 2019 14:00:30 GMT
We don’t see Jeff’s niece and nephew very often, but met up with them on Thursday. Showed them pictures of our pups, which Izzy aged 10 was impressed with. She promptly sent us scarfs for Woofer and Wooflets. Here is a short video showing them enjoying time on the boat with their new scarfs. Where?
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Post by Telemachus on Oct 15, 2019 14:01:37 GMT
We don’t see Jeff’s niece and nephew very often, but met up with them on Thursday. Showed them pictures of our pups, which Izzy aged 10 was impressed with. She promptly sent us scarfs for Woofer and Wooflets. Here is a short video showing them enjoying time on the boat with their new scarfs. Where? Working on it...
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Post by kris on Oct 15, 2019 14:03:02 GMT
We don’t see Jeff’s niece and nephew very often, but met up with them on Thursday. Showed them pictures of our pups, which Izzy aged 10 was impressed with. She promptly sent us scarfs for Woofer and Wooflets. Here is a short video showing them enjoying time on the boat with their new scarfs. Where? You had to open your mouth didnt you? He might not have realised otherwise.
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Post by kris on Oct 15, 2019 14:03:38 GMT
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Post by ianali on Oct 15, 2019 14:04:01 GMT
Mmm.. got it. Ali says she remembers talking with you pair about them... gin good today?
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Post by Telemachus on Oct 15, 2019 14:05:57 GMT
Working now. I posted it on Instagram but link didn’t work. I then tried Imagur, still didn’t work. Finally on YouTube, that worked.
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Post by peterboat on Oct 15, 2019 14:16:27 GMT
Just received some exchange shims for my z1(motorbike). Off into garage now to fit to the beautiful Japanese engine. Needed two changing, both clearances had closed, one by .003”, the other by .004”. I love the moment when I get to fire her back up. My second jap motorbike was a Z1a we fitted the engine into a Rickman frame to make it handle, the best fun I have ever had on 2 wheels that bike, especially after Dominators and Commandos
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Post by peterboat on Oct 15, 2019 14:25:58 GMT
There you go Rog, Chill (A favourite band of mine in my teens, saw them live in Glasgow in 78. Four minutes and 20 seconds of sheer bliss! I was back doing a slow dance with Jenny and loving ever minute of it thank you Martin
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Post by ianali on Oct 15, 2019 14:28:21 GMT
Just received some exchange shims for my z1(motorbike). Off into garage now to fit to the beautiful Japanese engine. Needed two changing, both clearances had closed, one by .003”, the other by .004”. I love the moment when I get to fire her back up. My second jap motorbike was a Z1a we fitted the engine into a Rickman frame to make it handle, the best fun I have ever had on 2 wheels that bike, especially after Dominators and Commandos Yes I had one. Superb indeed, these days my back doesn’t like them I’m afraid.
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Post by peterboat on Oct 15, 2019 14:31:14 GMT
If we are talking of repairing things, I had a busy day in the hangar on Sunday. I had fitted new radios to all our club aircraft over the past year or so (the standard for radios changed from 25KHz spacing to 8.33KHz, everyone had to buy new radios). But on one glider it has been playing up. Seems to work fine on the ground, but in the air just a horrible screeching on transmit. It’s always hard to fix something that isn’t actually malfunctioning at the time. Anyway after a long time i tracked it down to a bad solder joint in the multi-pin connector on the back of the radio. Microphone ground wire. Piss poor work by me! Resoldered, and as far as I can tell all is now good. I also changed the battery connectors to XT90 and installed a LiFePO4 battery. We have decided to use XT60 connectors for lead acid gel cells, and XT 90 for the Lipos, so that folk can’t connect a battery to the wrong type of charger. It goes without saying that the 7.5AH LiFePO4 batteries are so much better than the 7AH lead acid gel cells of the same physical size. Including the weight. Gel cell weighs 2.2 kg, LiFePO4 weighs 1kg. And of course you get to use all the capacity in the Lipo battery, whereas gel cell voltage drops below 12v at 50% SoC under a bit of load. And of course massively more cycles for the Lipo. Only downside is £100 for the Lipo, £25 for the gel cell. The charging cycle for gels and LifePo4s isnt much different? I dont think putting a LifePo4 onto a gel charger will result in knackered battery? Of course thats on my Midnite controller other chargers might be different
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Post by Telemachus on Oct 15, 2019 14:36:50 GMT
If we are talking of repairing things, I had a busy day in the hangar on Sunday. I had fitted new radios to all our club aircraft over the past year or so (the standard for radios changed from 25KHz spacing to 8.33KHz, everyone had to buy new radios). But on one glider it has been playing up. Seems to work fine on the ground, but in the air just a horrible screeching on transmit. It’s always hard to fix something that isn’t actually malfunctioning at the time. Anyway after a long time i tracked it down to a bad solder joint in the multi-pin connector on the back of the radio. Microphone ground wire. Piss poor work by me! Resoldered, and as far as I can tell all is now good. I also changed the battery connectors to XT90 and installed a LiFePO4 battery. We have decided to use XT60 connectors for lead acid gel cells, and XT 90 for the Lipos, so that folk can’t connect a battery to the wrong type of charger. It goes without saying that the 7.5AH LiFePO4 batteries are so much better than the 7AH lead acid gel cells of the same physical size. Including the weight. Gel cell weighs 2.2 kg, LiFePO4 weighs 1kg. And of course you get to use all the capacity in the Lipo battery, whereas gel cell voltage drops below 12v at 50% SoC under a bit of load. And of course massively more cycles for the Lipo. Only downside is £100 for the Lipo, £25 for the gel cell. The charging cycle for gels and LifePo4s isnt much different? I dont think putting a LifePo4 onto a gel charger will result in knackered battery? Of course thats on my Midnite controller other chargers might be different It’s down to the float voltage really. The gel batteries chargers give 14.4v then go to float at 13.8v float once the current has dropped right off. The glider batteries are put on charge at the end of a day’s flying and left until the next day’s flying, which is often a week later (Sunday to next Saturday). Or a further week if the weather happens to be bad. In winter it can be several weeks. Not ideal for LiFePO4s. The Li chargers I got from eBay give 14.4v but when the current drops right off, they simply cut off. No float charge. I think this is better for Lis. Having bought 2 of these 7.5 Li batteries, I got a free Optimate charger with them. Could have used that as it floats at 13.6v but the special LI chargers were only £30.
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