Hi Matt, for me it was about being fully in control of my battery management system. I did not like the "black box" approach of the "drop-in" batteries. I wanted to know my system and be able to buy s

Hello Stephan, attached is a photo from the underside of the arch, with the new panels. I had some one cut some 25mm (1") by 35mm (1.5") by 10cm spacer blocks from teak. These raise the new panels to

Hello Hanspeter, As I purchased things over a period of time from multiple sources I never kept a complete tally. But here are the main components listed (in USD): 1) Batteries from Electric car parts

Here is a bit of summary of the LiFePO4 battery conversion that we have been through on BeBe over the last year. I’ll start off with a bit about ourselves as context for some of our decisions. Then de

Hello Ruedi, I did have some slight milky color just after changing my seals a previous time. I don't think they seated properly right away. First I drained and cleaned our the reservoir well. Then fi

I second Karen's recco. Our pin broke/fractured just inside. A machinist ground the outside welds of the he pin and it was all removed in less than 10 minutes. He then cut two SS washers from 2 inch r

Hi Paul, Lori and I will be at Harrington Harbor N from 22 Sept until early October. We plan relaunch on 7 Oct and will have our bottom paint done by then. Maybe we will see you somewhere around there

Hi all, on our last passage I popped the breaker on the mainsail Outhaul a couple times. I disconnected the motor from the Outhaul and was able to reset the breaker and actuate the motor, but the when

Hi Paul, on BeBe the Victron BMV712 went into the same round hole in the 24v panel that the previous Link 10 had been in. The BMV came with a shunt and it uses a cat 5 cable with quick connect ends. I

We have started using the inverter this year. Nice to have the freedom from the generator. We have a Bosch washer and the peake consumption is about 2500 watts for 3 minutes at the beginning of the cy

Kevin, I used the same shunt as the Victron BMV712. The shunt creates a voltage potential difference across it as current changes. Multiple devices can read this potential difference without significa

Hello Kevin, I am very happy with the WakeSpeed 500. Here is a photo of my install. I attached a plywood mounting board to the aft bulkhead of the engine room, behind the engine/alternator. (With some

Hi Tom, I don't know what your longer term electrical vision is, but I replaced mine with the Victron BMV 712. It has a nice Blue Tooth interface and app on your phone. I already had a Victron Blue So

Hi Scott, we are currently covered under the Jackline policy (Gowie Group) go to jackline@.... We also have a friend who is an agent that has access to several other underwriters and helped us

Hi all, I posted this question on a previous thread about fuel tank cleaning. And I've not found a good previous discussion of the topic on the forum. I'm looking for the right material to replace the

I agree that it is about 100-150 liters left in the tank. 1)I would also suggest that it is a good time to remove the inspection plate on the tank and take a look at the inside of the tank. You can't

Hi Craig,. Thanks for the recco on the fluid. Yes, unfortunately coolant is another of those mystery fluids where you are either in a well stocked parts store and faced with a myriad of mind boggling

Thanks for the replies Eric and Bill. I was able to find some coolant in a hardware store just an hour before the closed the stores in Les Saintes and notified all of the boats on the moorings that th

Good morning all, it is time for me to replace the fresh water pump on the YANMAR 4JH3-HTE (100hp Turbo) diesel. The original plan was to have it done in Martinique, but it has started to leak from th

On a related note. I'm looking for the right material to replace the gaskets on the inspection ports. Diesel is pretty hard on most gaskets. I've tried two different "rubber" materials and have not be