On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:17:54 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:41:55 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

But, just recently over the past month or so it has been acting up. It
starts
to compress and then acts like it is overloaded and the compressor runs
faster
and gets louder and the fan runs faster but the compression pretty much
ceases
to compress as evidenced by the voltage on the volt meter jumping up about a
volt.

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How do you keep your batteries charged up?




200 watts of photovoltaics charge the batteries (four deep cycle/marine,
Autocraft brand size 24)

Yup, until you get several days of rainy overcast weather.
(been there, done that)

No noisy wind generators for this sailor. I think they are rude, crude and
socially unacceptable. There are few things I hate more than the asshole who
anchors right upwind and runs one of those noisy wind generators 24/7. What
do *I* get out of it other than bothersome noise? What I hate even more than
the rude asshole who runs a wind generator upwind is the much bigger asshole
who runs a diesel generator. The diesel generator not only produces noise but
health-harming fumes.

You must have experience with those portable generators that the
uneducated use. A properly installed diesel generator is nearly
totally silent and the water cooled exhaust absorbs nearly all the
noxious gases and as for noise? Why a proper installation is far more
quiet then your outboard. What is really abhorrent in an anchorage is
the silly buggers running about with outboards on their dinghys.

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Cheers,
Bruce