Electric
A quiet and gentle start today after a busy week. First job has been to fit our 2nd Radiant wall panel heater. This is 320 Watts and is in the main cabin (no printed image at the moment). Again using a radio thermostat and timer that controls the 13 amp
Environmental
Had a gentle day as we were both pretty worn out by the work on the windows over the previous 5 days. Still we have managed to fully clear the forward heads compartment including headliner. We have found 3 common types of backing. One is a black with netting. It
Appliances
So we now have some LED lights (mains only) in the aft cabin and the corridor/tunnel to it. Got them from Costco, 3 individual strips with one of them as the controller. Wave your hand in front of it to turn them on or off. Going to be very
Appliances
So our infrared radiant heating panel had arrived. This is definitely an experiment. The size is the smallest available, calculated by wall space rather than how much heating is needed. It will plug into a switched mains socket which is controlled by a wireless timer and thermostat. So we don&
Electric
So I've been shopping. Hunting for cheapest options did mean several suppliers as I didn't want to buy unbranded, low quality components in safety critical areas (such as 600A switches). We now have most of the supplies for all the glassfibre work. Plus the majority of
Electric
We were very fortunate to have a lot of help at the weekend from our son who is halfway through an HND in electrical engineering. So we now have a wiring diagram and all the technical details worked out for the solar charging, batteries, through to the inverters and to
Electric
So in my last post on Introduction to generation I outlined the options and challenges for renewable energy generation and concluded that we were going to start with solar. This video from Desiree and Jordan, Project Atticus, has been helpful. Like us they have a ketch (although smaller) which means
