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CRUISINGDAD’s 2 dogs.
It is true that Skip and I really miss our two labs who we found good homes for when we moved onto MISTRESS last year, however, we were getting a little tired of hearing the “We don’t have opposable thumbs” excuse as a good reason for not doing more around the house to help out. Sounds like at least your dogs chase the birds away from clean decks.
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Giulietta, I can tell you how to tune the rigging, how to do things on the boat, how to trim, how to size the sails, and a few other things, but unfortunately, doing what you ask I really don't know...I am computer chalenged..
If you use Microsoft Picture to work on your photos, or really most any picture program, find the edit button and click on it, and then most have a resize button. From there you can usually choose an option like large web pic or small web pic. For this forum it is best to use small web pics. You can also resize to a custom fit, but you will probably find the options easier to use. IT IS IMPORTANT TO COPY THE ORIGINAL PIC FIRST AND THEN CHANGE THE COPY. This way you will always have the original and can take any of these pics and do all the crazy things you do with them over and over again. I was slow on the pic from Cruisingdad’s panels, until I scrolled down and then noticed which pic it was. Very Funny!
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Camaraderie says,
HS...ok....well I thin the problem witht the voltage is that BULK stage on AGM's should be 14.4V and Absorbtion should be the lower value but AGM mfrs are increasingly saying you can keep it at 14.2 or so even during absorbtion with float voltage declining to the 13.3 range.
I am not certain but I think you have been both talking about the regulator in the BlueSky. Our 4 AGM 8Ds top out at 14.8 for our house bank, however, Skip preset the controller to top out at 14.4 or 14.5, and the regulator will start controlling the amount of input starting at 13.9. I believe these are some of the options you get to program into the system yourself. When, usually around mid day the BlueSky starts to blink it means that it is regulating the input. I will usually plug in the laptop and cell phones at this time and watch the indicator rise right away because of the load. This rise will bring the panels back up to normal.
Please a small note referencing refrigeration. Skip says for every boat he has ever worked on with reference to the refrigeration; almost all have less insulation than the unit requires to run efficiently and this is usually the biggest draw and causes cruisers the most frustration.
Kathleen
aboard
Schooner MISTRESS
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