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Over the years we have experienced multiple incidents around electric winches, including recently while removing our forestay with furler and the winch wouldn’t stop, which happened multiple times. We also had winches start turning by themselves. All those problems are caused by malfunctioning winch control switches, which is why
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I made this diagram years ago and posted it on the Cruising Forum. The problem there is that it simply is too hard to find and it gets lost, so I’m posting it here instead. The goal of all my diagrams is to be a reference and this is
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I previously called these gadgets a scam or at least a barely allowed trick and I did receive some feedback on that, asking if a company like Victron really is selling a scam product so let me put this into context with this post: I call these gadgets scams or
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You can buy a LIM for $1000-$2000, which is a great deal for a hospital operating room but a bit stiff for a sailboat where nobody dies when AC power is disrupted. A couple remarks before diving in: the diagram above is conceptual, not an actual schematic, which requires
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In part one we arrived at the input bus where incoming AC power, if any, is present. This incoming power is used to charge the batteries and/or to feed the distribution panels for use throughout the boat. Multiplus inverter/chargers I recommend two identical units that are special-ordered
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For these posts I am using a diagram that closely follows our actual installation aboard Jedi. In this post I discuss the input side: the shore power and generator inputs, the transfer switch, the input bus and the P conductor busbar. I present a detailed description of an installation that
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Now that we have solar arrays, lithium batteries and good electronics to run everything, it is time to upgrade the AC part of our systems to a safer and better setup. This better system is insulated floating power distribution, like used in hospitals, war ships and commercial ships and other
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Finally received everything I needed to finish this project. The pictures above and below show every wire and every connection. I used a Wago for the black wire running back to battery negative or busbar because that wire needs to be installed after we mount this module where we need
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I designed a mount for the Blue Sea Systems Remote Battery Switch (RBS) that includes a junction box, fuses and communication ports for remote control.There are two RJ11 modular jacks that can be used in a daisy chained configuration that includes multiple RBS modules, multiple remote switches and multiple
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I started my car which has a large 5.7 liter Hemi V8 engine with 1.4kW starter while running a trace with my oscilloscope in order to determine how much current for how long must be delivered from the battery to the starter. How to read the graph: Left