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  1. WotEver
    With a name like Schweizer it's hardly difficult, David.
  2. WotEver
    Yes it is
  3. WotEver
    Just do yourself a favour and ensure that he’s an experienced boat electrician and not a land-based sparky.
  4. WotEver
    I figured it was either because you were advertising a large insurance company or one of the family were Swiss.
  5. WotEver
    One's a land-locked country and the other is a boring typeface.
  6. WotEver
    It was a joke, David, hence the big smiley face. And some fell on stony ground...
  7. WotEver
    <pedant mode. It's either 3.3kW, or it's 3.3kWh/h </pedant mode> Watch that vid I linked in #3313. The Valences have all the above and more.
  8. WotEver
    Shame about the last sentence. I was about to give the post a greenie until I read that.
  9. WotEver
    1.5mm2 flex is right on its upper limit at 16A. So it can legally be sold but it will get warm, and there’s no margin for error if it ends up in coils. 2.5mm2 on the other hand will be well within its rating and is overall a tougher cable, physically as well as electrically.
  10. WotEver
    Shame he couldn’t spell Helvetica
  11. WotEver
    A shoreline cable has a 16A plug on one end, and a 16A socket on the other. It can be plugged into a bollard capable of supplying 16A. Therefore the cable should be rated for 16A, and that's 2.5mm2
  12. WotEver
    There’s a 2003 that sunk and has been refreshed outside on eBay right now. They say she’s ready for a survey, sat on the hard and has a good hull... who knows?
  13. WotEver
    It would appear from the first graph on the link below that ageing is pretty linear, certainly down to below 70%. I’ve not read anything that would suggest that trace would change shape drastically although I’ve never seen a Lithium tracked down to say 20% capacity. https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
  14. WotEver
    Oh... just realised this is a year old... they’re over double that price now. Still, it shows that used Valence are a good option.
  15. WotEver
    Interesting review of used Valence batteries here. $150 US each with built-in BMS and 90% capacity left!
  16. WotEver
    I haven’t looked recently but there used to be loads of those around - are there still?
  17. WotEver
    Not really. 2.5 is the minimum for a 16A hookup, even if your current mooring offers less. Voltage drop is irrelevant for mains cables.
  18. WotEver
    Don’t let any CaRT workmen see it or it’ll disappear in seconds...
  19. WotEver
    2.5
  20. WotEver
    I didn’t write that they shouldn’t have a trap, I wrote that they didn’t need one. It serves nothing that a flexible pipe couldn’t achieve.
  21. WotEver
    Q1: The bollard is probably fitted with a 16A breaker (MCB). It is possible that you exceeded that, but an immersion and hoover shouldn't have done. If you DID exceed 16A then the MCB is faulty. If you DIDN'T exceed that then it's just a poor connection in the plug. I'd suspect the poor connection first - they're the most common cause pf electrical fires. Q2: Not enough info I'm afraid.
  22. WotEver
    I guess that’s why the details read “Built in 1993. Fitted by Black Prince. ”
  23. WotEver
    But of course not (usually) from the ‘fuse box’ for a number of reasons. Direct from the battery via a fuse close to but not inside the battery box.
  24. WotEver
    You wouldn't believe the number of times I've corrected various folk at a large machinery outlet about that...
  25. WotEver
    Yup, those spaces will work if there's space. I've often seen them rammed.
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