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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 17:12:03 GMT
blimey, that looks like a useful tool. the connectors cost half that price, without the meter. thanks for giving us the link. I came by them via the Solarshed guy on YouTube. I had to get it minus the Anderson plugs, no way to get them through a cable gland and keep it watertight! Went for the 150a one just to keep the cable size up and combat volt drop. Loads of cheep nasty Anderson replicas, the real deal is worth the extra though 👍 I'd been trying to find something suitable to monitor what's going on then remembered children are involved! Hence going for real-time analysing for me and a Christmas tree volt indicator for the kids👍
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 19:39:54 GMT
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Post by bodger on Jul 17, 2019 20:04:40 GMT
blimey, that looks like a useful tool. the connectors cost half that price, without the meter. thanks for giving us the link. I had to get it minus the Anderson plugs, no way to get them through a cable gland and keep it watertight! you do know that if you insert a screwdriver into the open end of the plug you can unclip the terminal and pull it back out of the plug, don't you?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 20:12:19 GMT
I had to get it minus the Anderson plugs, no way to get them through a cable gland and keep it watertight! you do know that if you insert a screwdriver into the open end of the plug you can unclip the terminal and pull it back out of the plug, don't you? Yes, the cable glands I have at work are only just big enough to get the cable through, I tried stuffing a made off end through alongside a 16mm cable, no go!
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 17, 2019 20:50:15 GMT
Twenty quid to hide from the rain in a tent ! You can surely get a room in a pub for £40 to £60. Seems a lot of money for very little ... but each to their own. We didn't pay to hide from the rain - clear skies last night. Here's yesterday's sunset (now that Imgur seems to be working again): We just wanted to sleep horizontally, and be away in the morning early, and we have a very nice tent and RAB 1000 rated sleeping bags. Breakfast was at a café in Barnard Castle.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 17, 2019 20:52:42 GMT
Here's my breakfast, dogless. I took this just for you.
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Post by phil70 on Jul 17, 2019 22:51:21 GMT
blimey, that looks like a useful tool. the connectors cost half that price, without the meter. thanks for giving us the link. You know what? It's stuff like this that I miss messing around with now I'm without a boat Phil
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 8:04:53 GMT
Here's my breakfast, dogless. I took this just for you. Mmmm looks good yum yum. Rog
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Post by bodger on Jul 18, 2019 10:42:11 GMT
Here's my breakfast, dogless. I took this just for you. no good taking a photo of your breakfast when it no longer exists because you have already eaten it. ................... some example of wildlife you are !!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 20:02:31 GMT
bodgerThe power meters have arrived. Like many things from China Ambition often outweighs talent! 150a is peak - for how long is anyone's guess! Vauge waffling of currents over 65a use a contactor which defeats the ability to measure current! The cables in and out are actually 6mm square wire, so I'm glad I didn't go for the one with a 50a Anderson plug which is correct for a 16mm square cable), it's actually made wiring it up in the enclosure a lot easier. Fortunately the Sigma outboard only has 6mm square cables as well so the meter should not be the weak link in the chain. So in summary, likely ok for an installation <60a (which mine is) but a recipe for a fire above that for prolonged periods! I'm hoping to give it a try on Thursday - first day of the school summer holidays and a hot one at that. An update will follow 👍
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 21:08:31 GMT
Those power meters are hobby items originally designed for rc planes. 150a is a very brief peak. They do work for lower current applications like trolling motors. By the way regarding bodger it was nice to meet you sir at Shipwreck lock earlier. I hope the charging got you sorted
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Post by peterboat on Jul 24, 2019 8:36:56 GMT
Gazza once you have gone to the light side and discovered the cheap pleasures of electricity you will never go back to the noise and stench of the dark side! I have just had 8 days on a narrowboat and diesel noise isnt for me anymore
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Post by JohnV on Jul 24, 2019 8:43:41 GMT
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Post by bodger on Jul 26, 2019 15:22:41 GMT
By the way regarding bodger it was nice to meet you sir at Shipwreck lock earlier. I hope the charging got you sorted Nice to meet you too sir, hope the little ones are keeping cool! A funny thing happened to me in Marsh Lock. A gentleman guest in a posh launch enquired if my boat 'Enigma' was named after me, clearly a smart question to impress his fellow guests. I asked him why he considered that was likely. His fellow guests waited for him to reply. There was none, just a sudden lack of interest in the conversation. His face was even more red than the weather alone required. I was punching into the wind for an hour yesterday coming upstream on the Henley regatta course, and my 32lb Turbo motor kept tripping out on speed 5, and resetting after perhaps a minute. As you may have heard it was a little bit on the warm side. I've taken the head units apart before but I never found anything like an overload cut-out unless it's hidden in the rotary 5 speed switch. I have a 60A thermal breaker separately, but that didn't trip. An American forum suggests it's just a bad connection, but it was too regular and predictable, so that doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas?
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Post by JohnV on Jul 26, 2019 16:24:29 GMT
I would have thought that a proper temperature cut out would be more likely to be buried in the windings than in the switch.
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