"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
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Does that panel with the "inverter" position disconnect the
inverter/charger's AC power input when it goes into the inverter
position?....keeping the inverter from powering its own charger??

No, but the inverter protects itself if I inadvertantly power up the
inverter without shutting down the charger.


Thanks. It should shut the charger down when the inverter comes on.....

Neither the charger or the inverter has a provision for such.

Wonder how many big boat chargers are loading down running inverters
across
the planet, tonight....(c;

"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
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Neither the charger or the inverter has a provision for such.



Pity, isn't it? So if you wire the inverter straight into the boat's
electrical system, you have to remember to open the charger's breaker when
you turn it on....how silly.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
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Neither the charger or the inverter has a provision for such.



Pity, isn't it? So if you wire the inverter straight into the boat's
electrical system, you have to remember to open the charger's breaker when
you turn it on....how silly.

Not really a problem.

"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
news
Pity, isn't it? So if you wire the inverter straight into the boat's
electrical system, you have to remember to open the charger's breaker
when you turn it on....how silly.

Not really a problem.



Yeah, but rec.boats.cruising posters are NOT your average boater who don't
know the difference.....

Hell, most of them have no idea you put WATER in the batteries!....not to
mention DISTILLED water!

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
news
Pity, isn't it? So if you wire the inverter straight into the boat's
electrical system, you have to remember to open the charger's breaker
when you turn it on....how silly.

Not really a problem.



Yeah, but rec.boats.cruising posters are NOT your average boater who don't
know the difference.....

Hell, most of them have no idea you put WATER in the batteries!....not to
mention DISTILLED water!

Right. I love the requests of where to find replacement acid to top off the
batteries.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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Yeah, but rec.boats.cruising posters are NOT your average boater who don't
know the difference.....

Hell, most of them have no idea you put WATER in the batteries!....not to
mention DISTILLED water!

So, you've run out of distilled water, and don't have immediately to hand
the means to build a solar still, and shore is still quite far off...

Is the stuff out of the watermaker acceptable? That is, Reverse Osmosis,
not distilled, water?

L8R

Skip, without a watermaker but interested in battery science

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Skip Gundlach wrote:
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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Yeah, but rec.boats.cruising posters are NOT your average boater who don't
know the difference.....

Hell, most of them have no idea you put WATER in the batteries!....not to
mention DISTILLED water!


So, you've run out of distilled water, and don't have immediately to hand
the means to build a solar still, and shore is still quite far off...

Is the stuff out of the watermaker acceptable? That is, Reverse Osmosis,
not distilled, water?

L8R

Skip, without a watermaker but interested in battery science

Skip, My watermaker instructions say that if you can run the water
through the watermaker twice it is suitable for batteries.
JR

"Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach sez use my name at earthlink dot fishcatcher
(net) - with apologies for the spamtrap wrote in news:APKdnY-Wred0-tHfRVn-
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Is the stuff out of the watermaker acceptable? That is, Reverse Osmosis,
not distilled, water?


Hmm...As RO water takes out salt and other chemicals, I suppose it would be
acceptable.

I'm, personally, afraid of drinking RO water. I've read some disturbing
reports of drinkers getting very sick when the bacteria filtered out by the
membrane broke down and released toxins into the stream that were small
enough to penetrate the membrane into the outlet side....

I've often wondered if this is why these passenger ships, who I'm sure are
running on RO water, have massive sickness epidemics. You can see why they
never seem to find out what the cause was as the lawyers are lined up on
the dock.

I have two distillers, here. One is a laboratory grade, ceramic and
stainless, that provides about 20 gallons per day and will run continuously
if you flush it out every couple of days on tap water. The other is a nice
Sears countertop model a friend gave me when it crapped out the second
time, bad thermostat $30. I replaced the crappy boiler steam seal with an
O-ring the company was very interested in talking to me about....$1.28
instead of giving Sears $13 for a little doorseal. I keep about 30 gallons
of distilled, activated carbon filtered (to get the benzene and other
volatiles that also distill with the water out) on hand. I pack a big
Brita fridge dispenser with activated carbon over a coffee filter. The
whole top of the Brita's intake tank is full of activated carbon. Makes
the water coming out of it taste wonderful!

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:40:56 -0500,
Larry W4CSC wrote:
"Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach sez use my name at earthlink dot fishcatcher
(net) - with apologies for the spamtrap wrote in news:APKdnY-Wred0-tHfRVn-
:

Is the stuff out of the watermaker acceptable? That is, Reverse Osmosis,
not distilled, water?


Hmm...As RO water takes out salt and other chemicals, I suppose it would be
acceptable.

I'm, personally, afraid of drinking RO water. I've read some disturbing
reports of drinkers getting very sick when the bacteria filtered out by the
membrane broke down and released toxins into the stream that were small
enough to penetrate the membrane into the outlet side....

I've often wondered if this is why these passenger ships, who I'm sure are
running on RO water, have massive sickness epidemics. You can see why they
never seem to find out what the cause was as the lawyers are lined up on
the dock.

I have two distillers, here. One is a laboratory grade, ceramic and
stainless, that provides about 20 gallons per day and will run continuously
if you flush it out every couple of days on tap water. The other is a nice
Sears countertop model a friend gave me when it crapped out the second
time, bad thermostat $30. I replaced the crappy boiler steam seal with an
O-ring the company was very interested in talking to me about....$1.28
instead of giving Sears $13 for a little doorseal. I keep about 30 gallons
of distilled, activated carbon filtered (to get the benzene and other
volatiles that also distill with the water out) on hand. I pack a big
Brita fridge dispenser with activated carbon over a coffee filter. The
whole top of the Brita's intake tank is full of activated carbon. Makes
the water coming out of it taste wonderful!





How well does your distiller work on distilling from salt water?

--
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
We have only two things to worry about--either that things will never
get back to normal, or that they already have.