No definitely not. Under compression is worse than over compression. I read a good article some time ago by an engineer from Eve who said that.
I think for the purposes of installing cells in a DIY on a boat, you need enough compression to ensure cells are held firmly. This then gives you the...
We have holes in our aluminium toerail so we don't use netting. We lace the toerail to the bottom guardwire. The dog is only small so that's all we need. We don't bother with the pulpit and pushpit. In fact we don't bother with lines at all unless we are doing an overnight passage. She generally...
It's a real shame. Rod was a pioneer of lithium on boats. A fountain of knowledge. It was a very informative video but he did slag off the main guy at Winston for being a crook.
The take homes.
Don't charge above 13.8v for a 12v battery. Float at 13.5v or below. Discharge to 10% is fine. You...
I have checked every update. Models are a work of fiction. I suspect we will head for the Azores tomorrow morning if things don't change dramatically. A slow up wind trip I think. Very light winds. Enough fuel for about 8 days of slow motoring
I have done my fair share of light wind passages. Its when the sea is lumpy and sails just thwack back and forward that it gets frustrating. We did have a day off Mid-atlantic once when there was no wind. Went for a swim did the washing. Put a line up and dried everything. We had super calm...
We don't bother down loading weather onroute. We used to do it with the SSB but found we rarely used it so ripped it all out and gave it away. A friend sat at home with a cup of tea and access to the whole Internet is in a very good position to review weather in combination with our tracked...