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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 25, 2021 6:39:32 GMT
Power going in will be much lower if the batteries are approaching full charge of course, regardless of the rating of the alternator. Yes I suppose so, if you have lead acid batteries - which are so last century. I only raised the point because it could have misguided the uninitiated, who might then have expected their 90A alternator to pump 90A into the batteries at all times. The fact that Dogless saw a significant current going into his batteries suggests that they were only partly charged, not good for the life of batteries. That should be a thing of the past for him for much of the year, now he has solar.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 24, 2021 19:42:09 GMT
1 x 320w monocrystalline panel, Victron 100 MPPT controller and the Victron app all up and running, with five new service batteries also installed. Definitely recommend Tom Malone (Malone electrical solar services) if anyone needs work ...very neat and tidy and a great chap to deal with. We'll see how it goes ... but we cruised out of Braunston to a quiet spot, having run the engine an hour at most, and in a sunny spot with the panel tilted, we're getting the same power through the solar as we were with the engine running Quite bizarre! Rog Max from 320w is about 22A so your engine charging must be pretty crap! I get 90A on half power from our engine. If you have the MPPT on Bluetooth connected to the app, make sure you have changed the default password. Power going in will be much lower if the batteries are approaching full charge of course, regardless of the rating of the alternator.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 24, 2021 12:36:23 GMT
Bright and sunny in Barmouth today. Fresh easterly blowing against a big incoming tide made it a bit of a hair raising escape out to sea on the kayak. Tide running close to 4 knots which is a rough match for the top speed of the kayak. 5 minutes of furious paddling amongst the tossing waves I'd moved 50 yards and out of the grip of the tide.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 24, 2021 10:58:28 GMT
What about you ... anywhere you'll avoid ? Newton Heath/Failsworth/Miles Platting. I'd be quite happy if they filled that whole stretch in and built branches of KFC and Kwik-Fit on it. The very worst of Mancland. Even the better parts are best avoided. It's not the place, it's the people. I know, because I'm one myself but it took moving away to gain this enlightenment. Still, to be fair, they aren't as petty as the Welsh.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 24, 2021 6:31:13 GMT
The day has arrived at last ... solar installation! Frankly now, I couldn't care less, I'm just desperate to get moving again, and to get rid of these batteries we've been stumbling around for a month. A dry, sunny start, which somehow seems appropriate. Busy day to come Rog Glad that you've seen the light and moved away from the dark side. You won't regret it.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 16:27:02 GMT
One other thought. If you put an existing car battery pack into an ultra-light vehicle, would it not go further? Yes. But that would affect 'consumer choice' which is apparently for ever larger vehicles. While climate change and possible extinction of the human species is important, it's not as important as 'consumer choice'.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 13:24:17 GMT
More being talked down to from Peter I see. Now he has realised covid isn’t going to end us all, he moves back to his favourite topic. Now, should I keep my vehicles and burn a little fuel, or buy half a dozen electric vehicles? Wonder which would contribute most to my carbon footprint? Peter was presenting facts when asked the question. Earlier you claimed the will of others was being imposed on you, yet you are imposing your emissions on everyone else and will continue to do so. What's the difference? Fit a speaker to play engine noise of choice to an emotor combined with an aroma device, you could have the smell of castor oil. What's not to like, better acceleration too. Saw an ad t'other day for a Ford Electric Crate Motor. www.roadandtrack.com/news/a37357683/ford-performance-electric-crate-motor-eluminator/Well OK then, let's buy everything we use from China. This will save our people from choking on emissions, leaving the Chinese choking instead. And when the day of climate reckoning comes we will be able to point the finger at China and say 'it's all your fault'. It's hilarious when people who put themselves forward as champions of 'one world one people' advocate policy that selfishly protects the interests of locals in exchange for harming people elsewhere, in the only facet of life that truly needs a global outlook.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 12:14:58 GMT
Jamaica Lebanon Beirut Laos Senegal There are others but not so bad...... What's so bad about Laos? I loved it there. If you'd said Vietnam, I'd have understood. My most hated places are the large cities in the middle east. Most unfortunately, it's very difficult to fly to SE Asia without visiting one of these vile hubs. I suppose I should count my lucky stars that I don't need to set foot outside the airports. And to think, some people actually pay good money to go to these soulless places.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 10:12:14 GMT
Couldn't not have is a workable, grammatically correct alternative, perhaps flowing off the tongue a little easier, and avoiding the repetition that linguistic scholars try to avoid, if at all possible.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 9:42:32 GMT
And now for some light relief. Something positive for a Monday morning. With impeccable timing:
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 9:28:36 GMT
We used to love driving holidays ... just jump in the car (on occasion we used to hire something more comfy) and drive for a week, bumming about ... hotel or guest house hopping ... new places every day. Call at a garage, fill up and in five minutes on our way again ... suppose bumming about on the boat's taken over that wanderlust. But my point is, looking at electric car adverts I was reading their range is now 250 miles (and knowing car adverts that's probably the upper limit) before a full charge, which will take longer than five minutes I guess. I have no axe to grind with people having electric cars (other than those claiming they're saving us all) but they don't yet do what I would want to do in my car. Rog You need to learn how google works Rog and look at the weather instead of keeping your head buried in the sand which you are currently doing! All these environmental disasters arnt happening because of electric cars they are happening because of our addiction to fossil fuels and refusal to change. Change will happen whether you like it or not which is maybe going to be to late, but dont worry you have had a good life shame about the kids I disagree. The root cause of climate change is exceptional growth in the number of humans on the planet (more than doubled just in my lifetime). This, linked with the apparent intelligence of human beings, the apparent intelligence enabling them to make lots of things that the ever increasing number of people want, their purchases facilitated by the debt based capitalist system. The same system requires that things are made a long way from where they are bought. The burning of fossil fuels to enable transport is secondary to the root cause. However, it's closely tied to the requirement of capitalism to make things a long way from where they are used.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 23, 2021 9:17:48 GMT
Most towns where scum youth wander up and down with their boom boxes and often alocohlic folk feigning interest in you/ your boat whilst weighing up what they can nick.
So that's most towns really.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 22, 2021 17:34:28 GMT
aren't you moored around here? Hi everyone. We’ve had our widebeam burgled and stripped at some point between Friday evening and this morning. They’ve stolen everything of value including batteries, stove, washing machine etc. We are moored on the Limehouse cut by Poplar Jobcentre, so if anyone saw/heard anything could you let us know. Also, if anyone else is moored in the area be advised this is the second boat recently that this has happened to, and it was a professional job, as they’ve not left a mess. Be careful everyone x www.facebook.com/groups/londonboaters/permalink/10157820911691286/ Who's to blame Jim, the government?
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 22, 2021 9:50:30 GMT
Easily with all my electric vehicles, I also have an electric drive for it as well, along with some batteries it will make a grand veficle far better than that noisy smelly petrol engine Always makes me smile when you go on about carbon offsets. What a load of rubbish. Your footprint taking into account all your vehicles and their manufacture must be nearly as large as Mr Musks. Thank heavens we are not all taken in by your preaching. I read somewhere (reputable, I remember) that the emissions from creating a vehicle and its disposal roughly equal the emissions created by burning petrol or diesel throughout an average life. So, someone who owns and runs a petrol/ diesel car is causing the same damage as someone who owns 2 electric cars.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 21, 2021 20:41:30 GMT
This is a liquid hydrocarbons topic. We try to ignore where people get their money from. Always best to ignore that bit. Sweep it under the carpet and all that. And don't worry about coal or anthracite or oil based solid fuels. Strictly liquids. I think Dogless isn't yet convinced that this thread wasn't created for sinister purposes.
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