Robbo
-
Posts
8,301 -
Joined
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Blogs
Store
Everything posted by Robbo
-
One of my work colleagues has one (in a house), he rates it and would recommend.
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
-
Get two next time, plumb them in parallel. Set one to cut in at a lower pressure and it will give you extra LPM when needed and not wear out at the same rate as other.
-
I think these are a better choice, as you’ll be able to lay the panels flat, looks like could be easily made up as well. https://amzn.to/2S7POJ0
-
Just a load of hot air.
-
Parallel - shading only effects one panel (some more expensive panels this isn’t an issue). Need thicker cables as you have more current and less voltage. Series - Increased voltage so thinner cables and less voltage drop to the controller. If one panel shaded it will drop the output of all panels.
-
£23.00
-
Fair enuf. Not seen anything that high for the panels I've looked at tho. Now try it with 9v AC and let me know - It will hurt alot more BTW, start at a low voltage and work ya way up.
-
We are talking DC here tho, as we are like a capacitor the DC doesn't pass through us like AC (easily) does.
-
What wattage are your panels tho? The 100watt ones I've seen are roughly 20v (open circuit).
-
Here are some 4 way ones if you want to keep to MC4, https://amzn.to/2Cr1Ovb A built in diode and pref a fuse would be handy. Not with 4 100w panels it won't be, probably about 100v which you would feel but not dangerous (although you'll get some nice arcing at that voltage!).
-
Parallel is usually best, especially if any have a chance of being in the shade. Check how many panels can be added in series with the seller/manufacturer if deciding to go in series.
-
This may be of interest to some here; Relion just announce another drop-in battery that can be paralleled as the BMS's talk to each other... https://relionbattery.com/insight-technology
-
The spoilsports
-
I would be surprised if building regs aren’t required for sockets to be up to BS as well.
-
That won’t a BS kitemarked socket, probably some cheap chinese shit sold on eBay or amazon.
-
It looks like they will need to tight in a slight upwards motion as well, if your boat is lower then it it looks like they will easily come loose. IMHO, use goat chains.
-
Removing the earth pin on the plugs for 12v and modifying the 12v socket to except a plug without a earth would be my guess (and may be block the earth on these 12v sockets, so not allowing 240v plugs to be inserted.
-
For 12v sockets I would use the Hella Din type as it’s more robust and you can still get stuff like usb chargers for it.
-
The reviews for he one I posted are a bit mixed, they do say it gets hot tho. They have other ones for the magnetic connector MacBooks as well. If your iced in a freezer would be kinda redundant ?.
-
https://amzn.to/2Rsgy7o
-
Having good ventilation on a boat is key to keep condensation down as boats been lived on have a lot of mostiture in the air for the amount of space. If me, I would want forced airflow (remember if you add a fan you need air to go into the room as well) for areas where you make water vapour like bathroom and kitchen, in the long term you’ll not regret it.
-
Fuse could have been changed after was fitted? A larger fuse can be installed on underrated cable, a starter motor is one example as it will blow on a dead short, but not when cranking the engine which usually pulls more amps than the cable rating. I can’t think of other examples tho!
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
