[West Epoxy measure balance.]

I am sick of my measuring pumps burping especially when only used now and then so was going to make a weight balance but then read this:  

 

 

Yep had the same problem. I just give the pumps a good clean with warm water prior to use no longer get the burps.

[Reviving dead lead acid batteries]

Wheels what would you say about this - I have 6 year old deep cycle house, and start batteries, both FLA, charged thru BEP VSR system and monitored by BEP meter that shows battery voltage, capacity (in a/h and %), and charge rate. It seems that the meter only monitors the house battery capacity,  but it reads both house and start voltage, and charge rate obvioulsy only when alt running. The meter reads V & AH even when batteries are switched off.

 

I have regularly over the past couple of years found the house battery discharging at 0.2A with everything off, batteries off at isolator, switches - everything off. This discharge seems to continue slowly  (i.e. it doesn't suddenly spike to 1A or 5A discharge or any other number - always 0.2A)  until the AH are depleted to zero, and apparently house battery voltage to zero too, because the meter does not read anything.

 

Here's the bit that confuses me. With meter unresponsive I can start the motor without paralleling  (it would seem pointless anyway) - every time, so that tells me start battery is healthy as? Meter wakes up, and immediately voltage on both batteries shows as 13.9 V,  charge rate reads high (say 30 or so A maybe higher can't recall), battery capacity then increases over several hours and it all looks normal. After several hours of charging with the expected reducing charge rate (I think this means the alt is working as it should and also meter too) the house batt will jump from say 45% capacity to 100%.

 

My understanding is not great but I believe the V reading with alt running is somewhat of a red herring because the meter reads the V while battery is excited?

 

Anyway -  I turn it off and again - everything off, 0.2a discharge and here we go again.

 

Seems logical that the house batt may be poked after extended periods of apparent discharge below the 10.7 V range (which I think I have been told is technically flat for FLAs?), and I've been told that I must replace both batteries at one time. Is that correct?  And how would you go about finding the big hole that's getting all the 0.2A's. There's got to be a barrel of the bastards there and if I could get em back I'd be sweet

2 be honest I am electrically incompetent so I guess best would be to go to marine sparkie person - do you know of one around these parts that I can trust to get my 0.2's back?

 

I don't know if this will help, had a similar problem on a mates boat a few years ago. We put an isolation switch on the common earth problem solved.     

[LED light bulb rf interferance]

Thanks wheels

 

That makes sense to me can not shift vhf cable as it is on the same mast. But I do have some old computer type cables at home that have the gizmo that you speech off and will give it a try. I guess the more of those things one puts on the better or will that stuff it up. 

[LED light bulb rf interferance]

Thanks for that Knot me...maybe, I had an idea it had been discussed on here  but could not find it.

 

Have looked around the net and it has been a problem for a number off years and seems that one can put some sort off suppresser on the system that fixers the problem but will not be going to Burnsco for the fix. 

[LED light bulb rf interferance]

I have recently installed a Chinese moon led bulb on my anchor/driving light on Chloe.

 

All good lights up the whole boat and bay, attracts all the small fish for miles around.

 

BUT it turns off my VHF and interferes with the broadcast radio, Do's any body here know how to

over come this problem.

 

Burnsco claim that they have never heard off this happening before, they have a great  sense of humour and can say this stuff with a deadpan face.

[Ports Expansion]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11469860

 

Sorry to interrupt the salacious rum talk

 

Auckland Council, Mr Len Brown, has made a statement that they (Auckland Council) wont appeal the High Court decision saying the resource consents were wrong.

What fascinates me about this statement is, all along, he was saying its nothing to do with Council, its all POAL, and Council can't control what they do - its all quote "out of his hands" - funny change of tune all of a sudden.

 

And now for the clanger - Ports of Auckland have not said they wont appeal the decision.

This looks like  PR snow job - Ports of Auckland are the only body that can appeal the decision, but Mr Len Brown comes out and says Council wont appeal - distraction, smoke, mirrors...

 

Note photo in article of work that is occurring at the moment extending wharfs into the harbour.

 

PS, isn't Appletons the only rum worth drinking?

 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11469860

 

while the above mentioned rum is very good I do enjoy Havana club Dark.

[VHF frequency changes]

Have posed the question to a seller off vhfs on trade me, whom is in trade. "are these machines set up for the channel changers that come into force Oct next year".

 

The guy got back to me and said that he had been in touch with the distributor and he know nothing about it. I posted this link to him http://www.rsm.govt.nz/projects-auctions/current-projects/changes-to-the-maritime-mobile-repeater-allocations He then got back to me with the following.

 

Cheers. I have been in contact with the distributor and they are blarzey about it. Not.concerned at all. Cheers 8:18 pm, Mon 22 Jun     

 

I am really pissed about this as I purchased a new vhf a couple off months ago.           

[Stolen Yacht]

to all the people on this site that keep referring to "insurance",  if any off you had bothered to read the herald item, regards this vessel. You would have read that the owners stated that the boat was UNINSURED.   

[new to me boat project, storfidra 26]

As a general rule off thumb it will cost around $1000 a cylinder for a recondition rebuild.

[Kawau Island yacht club]

Not just blow boats same go's for stink pots as well

 

Great place for feed and water fuel and other stuff.