Tag: Power
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Admitting defeat.
I have previously written about my attempts to create a very energy efficient fridge and freezer. The idea was to integrate the hull as a heat exchanger in the compressor/evaporator circuit. I had some initial discussions with a cooling technician about this. However he was not very happy when he saw the actual installation. The…
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Custom Power Monitor
I looked at a lot of commercially available electric power monitors, and none of them really suited me. Either they didn’t support dual voltages, or they had too small measurement shunts that couldn’t handle the 200A loads I have as worst case. Or they were of the “over computerized” type who insists on providing some…
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Power consumption looks promising
If you’ve been following this blog you know that I am close to over zealous when it comes to power consumption. I just ran a test. 18 interior lamps lit at dimmed comfort levels. Running lights on. Main computer and all navigation instruments running. Stereo on and playing music. VHF and AIS radio on standby.…
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Massive Amounts of Solar Power. Too massive.
The solar battery is in place, all 800 Watts of it: In other news, we have a heatwave situation. The boat becomes a sauna at around 10.30 in the mornings. And it looks like it will last. So starting today we will be switching to working nights and resting during days. So the workday starts…