My inital ‘oh god I need something QUICK’ rush job of sticking two 100 watt panels onto the front of the boat had done a good job, lasting all the way around the island but had suffered from me trampling all… Continue reading
Last weekend I decided to take the boat out for the weekend and go to Orcas, as it had been almost SIX MONTHS since I had gone anywhere, what with the painting, the battery install and the crappy weather. I… Continue reading
So this was originally going to be about the next stage of the LifePO4 install (spoiler alert: I finished and it works) but it’s a lot of writing and I couldn’t be bothered yet. HOWEVER today was actually SUNNY (at this… Continue reading
So as mentioned when I first figured out how to mount the batteries I wasn’t really happy with the first attempt, as basically all the batteries were kind of squeezed in with a rachet strap and weren’t very secure. GARBAGE, RIP… Continue reading
Well, after pulling out all the old wiring and running the boat off the DC charger as seen in the last part, the next step was to top balance the LifePO4 pack. I apologise in advance – even by the… Continue reading
I don’t want to complain too much after last years winter (where it started raining in September and didn’t stop until May, aside to snow a bunch) and this autumn has been pretty nice – but couldn’t it wait until… Continue reading
Ok before I start I gotta give a huge NERD WARNING, as this stuff is probably going to be of not much interest to virtually anyone. Except all 3 people building a LiFePO4 on their boat. So, sorry about that.… Continue reading
Nice short one here but basically I’ve put two coats on everything except the non-skid (which I am doing with Kiwi-Grip) and one lazarette lid (which has one coat on it). I’m getting there! And Gudge looks pretty spick and… Continue reading