Safety
When buying Vida, our surveyor included concerns about the earth. We knew that the engine was "earthed" by a jump lead to the stern tube (and the jump lead was very rusty). I've just found these wires connected to the anode that is bolted through the
Electric
This answers our pondering House Battery Bank: Should we go 48 volt So we managed to get these two items from the clearance section at Energy Solutions. The new MultiPlus II (looks like a decent upgrade from the original MultiPlus). Sized with a 48 volt, 5000 Watt inverter and a
Progress
Well we arrived at Vida at 11.20pm and decided it was worth connecting our new mains consumer unit before bed. We can now use the full 16amp boatyard supply. At the moment I've wired in a couple of extension leads. Already a nice tidy up possible from
Appliances
While we wrote Going 100% electric: the “house” after Going 100% electric: the Motor we had in fact made most of the decisions around the house electrical system before we made the decision that we would go straight to an electric motor instead of the diesel. Now we are thinking
Dinghy
So a quick update on where we are at. The situation for Manchester is still chaos without agreement between the national and local governments regarding the level of lockdown we should be in. However, we are expecting to be more restricted soon (bearing in mind that Manchester has had it&
Electric
Well not much progress today because we nipped home last night as our old Diesel engine was being collected today. The forecast had also helped make the decision with another storm coming through. So rain nearly all day for the time we were in Manchester, rain for the journey back
Appliances
I recently detailed where we are at with the Electric Motor, now for the domestic "House" side. The House power supply I have started building the battery box which will sit above the motor and motor batteries in the motor compartment. We have 4 x 120AH Lithium (LiFePo4)
Progress
So today we picked up a few jobs, none of which got completely finished. However, we did succeed with selling our Diesel engine (and have got paid this time!). First job was to create FR4 backing plates for the new seacocks (the TruDesign fittings need a minimum thickness which is
Cooking
First, some good news. All the epoxy work filling the holes yesterday worked better than we dared hope. Everything has hardened nicely, very little slumping. Going to be straightforward to put the fibreglass cloth on both the inside and outside. As the forecast was for heavy rain from about 11am
Electric
A few people have been asking for product information about our electric plans. Bear in mind that this isn't yet fully implemented and certainly not proven by us. Also that our choice is to be fossil fuel free and live with the impacts. If it means we can&
Electric
Our process for designing the electric motor compartment has had to be somewhat adaptable. We started from knowing nothing and so it has been a constant process of learning and then changing our plans. The work over the last two weeks (Stuffing box flange is off, Yanmar Diesel 3JH5E for
Progress
As I've already written we had very visible progress this morning as our diesel engine is no longer on board. Vida now has no fossil fuels on board (although we are still connected to the boatyard electric supply at the moment). Jane also managed to get the whole