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Lazy sodszzzz...

I'm probably out of date on this, it always used to be the case that the policy holder was allowed to drive any insured car not belonging to them or on hire. It's all a bit academic now if each car has to be insured or SORNED.

And allows side doors to be opened.

Yes and some quote third party at nearly the same price as comprehensive as an incentive/disincentive

For that to apply the car to be driven on third party has to be owned and insured by someone else.

After cooking our large frame Leece Neville after 3 years use (fair enough I had wired it up wrong but Leece Neville had abandoned the adjustable regulator because they were being wound up too far - allegedly) I decided to disconnect both the DAR and the Adverc.

He was at tickover though.

Women.

Please don't take offence at what we have been saying, trouble is misinformation is very common on this subject and the search facility doesn't help to save having to repeat the same old stuff over and over again. Most on here are really trying to help even if some are a bit grumpy at times, no names! We wouldn't want everybody to be NICE all the time would we My advice to anyone wanting accurate unbiased info is to go to the Smartgauge site. Agree, though if it was in bulk charge (which it wasn't) it would probably replace 25ah in that time.

I for one don't assume for one minute you're an idiot but if you are really after the truth about battery management etc then it's all presented on this forum without any bias. If you feel happy with your setup that's ok but it's important to establish the facts for the sake of other boaters who are always off grid and rely on accurate information.

Hope that's reading off a Smartgauge?

True, we are just trying to point out any misapprehensions on OPs part, wouldn't want him to not realise that his excellent battery life is due to him being on a charger connected to 240v most of the time and nothing to do with alternator controllers and the like + while off grid his shunt based monitor will quickly become unsynchronised.

Saved me a lot of typing. ETA: All these gizmos do give a feel good factor to some.

ETA: I like it.

We have the DAR and an Adverc but prefer the latter with it's system of dropping out of gassing voltage for 5 min every 15 min to give batts a rest. Only thing I like about the DAR is the LEDs! Having said all that we have been running our Leece Neville unassisted with it's 28v reg for over a year now and have noticed no difference in charging times.

All done and dusted then. Next thread someone?

So it's total effectiveness relies on an existing set up which is completely flawed?

He stated that the fuller the battery was, the higher the charge rate!? Surely the opposite is true i.e. the charge rate starts to reduce once acceptance voltage is reached? He also stated that when the battery was quite empty the alternator only produced 20 amps (about 20% of full output) when our batts are down we get full alt output without any controllers connected. Or did I hear wrong?

So many feel anonymous and seek fame and renown when they are young not realising anonymity is freedom and fame is like grabbing a tiger by the tail, I read of celebrities wishing they could just walk down the street unrecognised. The older I get the more of a luxury it seems to be.

All mild steel has some carbon content (wikepedia!?- mild steel 0.16–0.29%; carbon steel from 0.05%) so some will be harder than others. I sometimes wonder if mill scale can take the edge off cutters if too little pressure is used and it doesn't punch through quickly enough.