Spray’s first DC system consisted of three 110 AH ‘leisure’ batteries giving 330 AH total and one 110 AH engine start battery. The alternator on the engine was a 55A ‘normal’ car type which came with the engine. I figure one and a half hours of engine run per day would re charge the batteries. [...]
August 23, 2008
Watermaker Aug 07 to Jul 08
The replacement Modular 30 arrived late July 07 and I fitted it under the bunk in the “utility” room as this would place the unit totally under water. Previous location was above the waterline but only by about 400mm. The Schenker user manual suggest placing it below the waterline but it also said the pump [...]
August 22, 2008
Watermaker June 07 to July 07
After two months navigating through the French Canal system we popped out in Port St Louise Du Rhone. After fitting the mast we motored out to the anchorage and with a water temperature of 17 degrees centigrade we started the watermaker. The Smart 30 made 25 litres of water per hour so we were very [...]
August 21, 2008
Watermaker
Initially I thought that we did not need a watermaker and we managed without one for the first 5 years of our cruising life. However, we could only stay in an anchorage or bay for a limited number of days as we were governed by our internal water tanks which hold 350 litres each. They [...]
August 23, 2008
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