Are the holding tanks on the 54 built the same as on the SM? I had a system the worked well on plastic holding tanks but not on the fiberglass wood of the SM The system measured the capacitance betwee

This is mind boggling but worth watching to get an idea of the complexity of starlink and why the antenna view of the sky should be as clear as possible https://youtu.be/qs2QcycggWU

Bill I don’t undertand why you say “ Unfortunately, it can not be implemented with “drop in” batteries with an integral BMS.” Indeed when you have several drop in batteries with integral BMS they will

Hello Mark and Louis i was very happy with the design and excellent execution that the Carpenter came up with. His name is Maximo and I highly recommend him. Louis here you can find answers to your qu

After installing the 5 KW inverter we decided to make a well-vented enclosure for the wet closet. I wanted to make sure that the handle next to the navigation table was preserved. Here is the result a

My ladder uses them holding the screws of the steps Jose Gabriel Ipanema SM2k 278

Thank you Mike, The lifting blocks are made by Garhauermarine and have a 1/5 gain with locking cams and are lifted by hand. https://www.garhauermarine.com/shop/transom-hardware-accessories-mast-boom-b

Tony, I successfully installed the tower following Mark Erdos's methods. There were only two differences that I implemented to make the arch stiffer to lateral wobbling. 1) Instead of making the width

Mike I use one balancer with the battery midpoints interconnected as required by Victron Jose Gabriel Venegas Ipanema SM2k 278

Scott, I agree with Dean. Independent of the band, it makes sense that controlling the total voltage of a battery set in series does not ensure that the voltage of both batteries is sufficient to trig

Mark, The carpenter’s name is Maximo Velez Gomez. His WhatsApp is +57 (310) 686-9188 and his daughter WhatsApp is +57 (313) 8517-243 : He does not speak english but his daughter can translate for him.

I originally bought a small window AC until in Panama to keep the boat dry while we were out for a month. It cost $80, uses only 500 watts, is cooled by air, and does not need to keep the water pump r

Thanks a lot, Craig, I have a spool of woven rode and a fortress anchor like yours, but I have kept it in a bag inside the garage without much use. Next time I get the chance I will dig it out, assemb

That is a good point, Paul. Ipanema has a 24 to 12 DC step down that keeps the starter battery and all 12-volt instruments running. It is true that if the engine starter battery dies one would be in d

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Scott, I did not do any pre-balancing before connecting the batteries and I did not try to select them to match degrees of internal resistance. What I did, after noting the lack of balance in one of t

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Craig I am sold on it Can you post a couple of pix? Thanks a a lot Jose Gabriel Venegas Ipanema SM2K 278 Cartagena de Indias

Scott, I agree that this is the kind of project that needs a good understanding of the system before jumping into it. As far as I know, each drop-in Battleborn battery has its own BMS that works indep

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Very nice posts on the topic I am in total agreement with most of the advantages of converting to lithium and I recognize that people like Scott have put a lot of thought into doing it with bundled pa

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Here’s a recording of current and volts measured at the 400 Amp-H lithium Battle Borne battery bank yesterday during maneuvers changing slip at Club de Pesca Caragena. Engine was mostly at idle RPM an

Nicely done Mark. Thanks a lot Jose Gabriel Venegas Ipanema SM2K 278 Currently in Club de Pesca Cartagena Colombia

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