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  1. WotEver
    Gosh, what a great name for a boat...
  2. WotEver
    I believe that these days that’s classed as a sexual offence.
  3. WotEver
    A multi-tool with a scraper blade is great for cleaning up the old adhesive. It’s slow but effective.
  4. WotEver
    Flash or flicker?
  5. WotEver
    If you’d seen the state of it you’d be ‘fraid too
  6. WotEver
    And that you know how to stop it.
  7. WotEver
    So it was
  8. WotEver
    As was suggested in post 8 (and 6). However, as we’ve since learned that it’s an all singing and dancing electronic controller I’m now leaning towards it having given up trying to start the compressor due to excessive voltage drop when it does so. Whatever, it ideally needs a 162mm feed prior to fault finding. Even if the fridge is faulty the cabling will need to be uprated for the replacement.
  9. WotEver
    MachineMart do a whole bunch of 160A inverter welders with 13A plugs, and then a bunch more bigger ones that require a 16A feed. From about £150 to over a grand, and several makes.
  10. WotEver
    If there’s a volt being dropped with nothing running then there’s not much doubt that it’s either the cables or a poor connection.
  11. WotEver
    Because waxoyl dries out to become a waxy film which moisture will, through osmosis and capillary action, penetrate through to the steel. The same thing used to happen with underseal. You could peel it off in strips to reveal the rusty metal beneath. Waxoyl came along to be a superior coating to underseal and it is - it takes longer to dry out.
  12. WotEver
    Agreed. And if moisture of any quantity was to sit down there it would get between the Waxoyl and the base plate anyway.
  13. WotEver
    I neatly swerved any mention of that aspect of the role.
  14. WotEver
    I want to be Forum The Younger..
  15. WotEver
    Only if it’s OSB3. Even then, you’d need thicker OSB than WBP plywood for the same rigidity. 18mm OSB will be around the same stiffness as 15mm ply. Neither product will be happy if constantly wet, but should cope with damp conditions (and the occasional spill).
  16. WotEver
    Probably no power on the shore line bollard and someone reset it during the day.
  17. WotEver
    I’d be worried about damaging the healthy battery with the potentially very high current flow.
  18. WotEver
    Everest is staying pretty dry for now if you want to be really sure.
  19. WotEver
    Yup, that’s my suspicion too.
  20. WotEver
    The voltage drop will only occur if there’s a current flowing. At 12m distance if it’s a Danfoss compressor (they usually are) then the connecting cables should be at least 102mm If they’re much less than that, you’ve found the problem.
  21. WotEver
    Which one has attempted to boat down that stretch?
  22. WotEver
    Absolutely. As I said above, 70mA over 3000 hours is over 200Ah. If Batteries are going to be left for a period of months you need to ensure that absolutely nothing is connected. Obviously a larger load such as a bilge pump as suggested by Nick would flatten them much more quickly.
  23. WotEver
    A small current drain over a period of 4 months, coupled with self-discharge can indeed completely flatten a battery. 4 months is approx 3000 hours. If you had 220Ah to start with then a draw of 70mA will flatten them over that time - no need for a ‘short’.
  24. WotEver
    That's exactly what I thought too.
  25. WotEver
    That's global warming for you - sea levels are rising.
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