On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:10:16 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

"Bruce" wrote in message
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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.

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.

Those portables are totally obnoxious. Generally, one sees them
propped up and operating on the highest (and loudest) place on
deck. It's tantamount to the operator of the yacht (more like bumboat)
stand on deck and flipping off everybody in the anchorage. These
are NOT yachtsmen. They are assholes.

When they make a diesel generator burn as clean as a gasoline
generator then I won't complain. I cannot smell the exhaust fumes
for a modern gasoline generator.
While you can't smell them they are still there. Pipe the exhaust into
the cabin and take a nap there.

Sort of like the deodorized butane that they used as propellant in bug
spray cans. Didn't smell but sure burned well.

I can always smell the fumes from
a modern diesel generator. Unless and until the get serious about
pollution control on diesels this unfortunate situation will remain.

They do build diesel engines that are almost as clean as an automobile
engines. The problem is that they cost considerable more than a
mechanically injected engine and doubtful you can sell them as
auxiliary generators. they are also generally not repairable by
backyard mechanics.

My dinghy is oar powered and 2.5 HP, four-stroke powered.
I only idle through the anchorage and the noise produced by that
little engine is about the same as the noise produced by the oars
unless it is opened up. I am not one of those rude people who
open it up in any anchorage because I don't have the typical
boat bum attitude that the entire world revolves around them.

You idle through the anchorage? You don't row or have a little
spritsail on the dinghy?

And you call yourself a yachtsman?

Only polluting a little is like the girl telling that she is only a
little pregnant.
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Cheers,
Bruce