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On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:06:40 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. I have always been impressed by the thrusters on these cruise ships. Just watching them "parallel park" on the crowded docks along the Miami River with a stiff onshore wind is a thing to see,. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. |
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:10:29 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:44 PM, wrote: On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:06:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. I have always been impressed by the thrusters on these cruise ships. Just watching them "parallel park" on the crowded docks along the Miami River with a stiff onshore wind is a thing to see,. Heh. Not quite in the same league, but here's me parallel docking the Navigator using five horsepower (electric) thrusters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV1J5iTMJSY === Nicely done. Was that on the ICW? |
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On 9/17/2015 11:02 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:10:29 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:44 PM, wrote: On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:06:40 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. I have always been impressed by the thrusters on these cruise ships. Just watching them "parallel park" on the crowded docks along the Miami River with a stiff onshore wind is a thing to see,. Heh. Not quite in the same league, but here's me parallel docking the Navigator using five horsepower (electric) thrusters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV1J5iTMJSY === Nicely done. Was that on the ICW? It was but I forget where. |
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On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek |
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On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote:
On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. |
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On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek |
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On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote:
On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. |
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On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek |
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On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote:
On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. |
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On 9/19/2015 12:14 PM, amdx wrote:
On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek Hopefully when you reach Harry's current age, you'll be retired and take time to smell the roses. Looks like you'll be in much better shape financially. |
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On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek |
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On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:13:04 -0400, Justan Olphart
wrote: On 9/19/2015 12:14 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek Hopefully when you reach Harry's current age, you'll be retired and take time to smell the roses. Looks like you'll be in much better shape financially. === Yes, and his money will be honestly earned. |
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On 9/19/15 12:14 PM, amdx wrote:
On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek My mistake. I thought you were part of the Bubba Gump enterprise, in that you trolled or cast netted the shrimp you sold. But you're just a fishmonger. I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. That's a bit more exercise than sitting on the edge of a dock, dumping a few pounds of shrimp into plastic bags with ice. I used to enjoy castnetting for bait -shrimp and pogies- when we lived in Florida. Can you toss a castnet or do you just sell what others catch? |
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On 9/19/2015 2:01 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/19/15 12:14 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek My mistake. I thought you were part of the Bubba Gump enterprise, in that you trolled or cast netted the shrimp you sold. But you're just a fishmonger. Yep, Just a fishmonger, but it's been good to us. I'll retire with comfort. I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. Yet you still have time to make 54% of the posts on rec.boats. You are simply amazing. That's a bit more exercise than sitting on the edge of a dock, dumping a few pounds of shrimp into plastic bags with ice. Ya I wish that was all, It is lifting and moving 45 lb to 75 lb coolers loaded with shrimp and ice that is the work. The good part that is only about about 15% of the time. I used to enjoy castnetting for bait -shrimp and pogies- when we lived in Florida. Can you toss a castnet or do you just sell what others catch? Very little recreational shrimping in our area, I read and hear they do in other areas. I guess our bay is not conducive to it. Nah, I've tried cast netting a few times, didn't practice enough to get consistent throws. I'm just not that interested, I don't fish, to boring. My wife did catch a redfish that had been hanging around the boat for a few days. She caught it on fishline wrapped around a heavy duty cardboard tube. Ya, I just sell what others catch. I have no interest in being up all night shrimping, then spending my days repairing the boat. Mikek |
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On 9/19/15 5:05 PM, amdx wrote:
On 9/19/2015 2:01 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 12:14 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek My mistake. I thought you were part of the Bubba Gump enterprise, in that you trolled or cast netted the shrimp you sold. But you're just a fishmonger. Yep, Just a fishmonger, but it's been good to us. I'll retire with comfort. I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. Yet you still have time to make 54% of the posts on rec.boats. You are simply amazing. That's a bit more exercise than sitting on the edge of a dock, dumping a few pounds of shrimp into plastic bags with ice. Ya I wish that was all, It is lifting and moving 45 lb to 75 lb coolers loaded with shrimp and ice that is the work. The good part that is only about about 15% of the time. I used to enjoy castnetting for bait -shrimp and pogies- when we lived in Florida. Can you toss a castnet or do you just sell what others catch? Very little recreational shrimping in our area, I read and hear they do in other areas. I guess our bay is not conducive to it. Nah, I've tried cast netting a few times, didn't practice enough to get consistent throws. I'm just not that interested, I don't fish, to boring. My wife did catch a redfish that had been hanging around the boat for a few days. She caught it on fishline wrapped around a heavy duty cardboard tube. Ya, I just sell what others catch. I have no interest in being up all night shrimping, then spending my days repairing the boat. Mikek This isn't a place with very many posts, and I'd guess I don't even see 90% of them. |
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On 9/19/2015 4:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 9/19/15 5:05 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 2:01 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 12:14 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek My mistake. I thought you were part of the Bubba Gump enterprise, in that you trolled or cast netted the shrimp you sold. But you're just a fishmonger. Yep, Just a fishmonger, but it's been good to us. I'll retire with comfort. I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. Yet you still have time to make 54% of the posts on rec.boats. You are simply amazing. That's a bit more exercise than sitting on the edge of a dock, dumping a few pounds of shrimp into plastic bags with ice. Ya I wish that was all, It is lifting and moving 45 lb to 75 lb coolers loaded with shrimp and ice that is the work. The good part that is only about about 15% of the time. I used to enjoy castnetting for bait -shrimp and pogies- when we lived in Florida. Can you toss a castnet or do you just sell what others catch? Very little recreational shrimping in our area, I read and hear they do in other areas. I guess our bay is not conducive to it. Nah, I've tried cast netting a few times, didn't practice enough to get consistent throws. I'm just not that interested, I don't fish, to boring. My wife did catch a redfish that had been hanging around the boat for a few days. She caught it on fishline wrapped around a heavy duty cardboard tube. Ya, I just sell what others catch. I have no interest in being up all night shrimping, then spending my days repairing the boat. Mikek This isn't a place with very many posts, and I'd guess I don't even see 90% of them. You never seem to miss any of mine! Your always ready with some negative drivel. Mikek PS. I don't believe your (90%) response. |
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On 9/19/15 5:54 PM, amdx wrote:
On 9/19/2015 4:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 5:05 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 2:01 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 12:14 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 9:50 AM, Justan Olphart wrote: On 9/19/2015 10:45 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/19/2015 7:26 AM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/19/15 7:44 AM, amdx wrote: On 9/18/2015 5:50 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 9/18/15 6:46 PM, amdx wrote: On 9/17/2015 7:22 PM, Alex wrote: Wayne.B wrote: Don't try this at home... https://youtu.be/UoTolRwyy2s Those thrusters must be incredibly powerful. They churned up a lot of mud. They did it without a pilot, too. Must be a regular route for that ferry. All right, that's about enough boat stuff, you're messing with FOADs Newsgroup for Denigrating Conservatives. Mikek Nah. I don't read posts from most of the occupants of the right-wing clown car here, and those occupants include Whine and Gunboy Alex. I said nothing about what you read. I was referring to the life you live, devoted to writing denigrating posts about conservatives on rec.boats. Did you ever think about getting out of your easy chair and doing something constructive? 54 out of the 100 posts on my reader are your started by you. It would be no surprise that 93% of them are written to disparage conservatives. Your life is out of control, take a step back, no better take a long walk back and see just what your life has become. Again, get out of that chair. Sincerely, Mikek Go catch a few shrimp, Mikey. Oh you mean, do something rather than set in a chair? Just for fun and exercise, I was up at 5am, swam 2 miles in 1.5 hrs, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, dropped down to a little over a mile on Thursday, plus I walked over 2 miles everyday. Get out of your chair FOAD. You're in a rut. Mikek At least he didn't suggest you do something illegal, immoral, or fattening, as Krause is wont to do. Ya, he's confused, I don't catch them, I sell them. Sold about 50lbs in the last 3 hrs, it has slowed down since school started, tourists are gone, snowbirds haven't arrived. Getting a little more free time now, not enough to set in a chair like FOAD though! Mikek My mistake. I thought you were part of the Bubba Gump enterprise, in that you trolled or cast netted the shrimp you sold. But you're just a fishmonger. Yep, Just a fishmonger, but it's been good to us. I'll retire with comfort. I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. Yet you still have time to make 54% of the posts on rec.boats. You are simply amazing. That's a bit more exercise than sitting on the edge of a dock, dumping a few pounds of shrimp into plastic bags with ice. Ya I wish that was all, It is lifting and moving 45 lb to 75 lb coolers loaded with shrimp and ice that is the work. The good part that is only about about 15% of the time. I used to enjoy castnetting for bait -shrimp and pogies- when we lived in Florida. Can you toss a castnet or do you just sell what others catch? Very little recreational shrimping in our area, I read and hear they do in other areas. I guess our bay is not conducive to it. Nah, I've tried cast netting a few times, didn't practice enough to get consistent throws. I'm just not that interested, I don't fish, to boring. My wife did catch a redfish that had been hanging around the boat for a few days. She caught it on fishline wrapped around a heavy duty cardboard tube. Ya, I just sell what others catch. I have no interest in being up all night shrimping, then spending my days repairing the boat. Mikek This isn't a place with very many posts, and I'd guess I don't even see 90% of them. You never seem to miss any of mine! Your always ready with some negative drivel. Mikek PS. I don't believe your (90%) response. Actually, I skip over some of yours, just as I skip over some of the posts of those whose posts I do see or read. Most of the posters here are in my bozo bin, typically because about all they do here is insult other posters. There are I would guess about a half dozen posters here whose posts I read with any regularity. I read posts from JPS (not a frequent poster), Don, you, Greg, Tim, Luddite, some of what Calif Bill posts, very few posts from Herring. I don't read posts from permanent bozo binners such as FlaJim, W'hine, Alex, topbassdog, slammer, earl, roger, george c.boater, and a couple of others. They post nothing worth reading. I'm a very fast writer. Usually takes me less than a minute to post a response here. Not sure it is worth any more time. If I want to waste more significant amounts of time, I have a lot of friends on Facebook whose posts are a lot more informative, funnier, and less personally insulting to anyone than the garbage here. I have no interest in golf, RVs, garage doors, private planes, et cetera. And before you comment, remember, I have repeatedly posted that I'm sort of still here just to be present on the day rec.boats slides into the slime soup. |
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On 9/19/2015 5:19 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
And before you comment, remember, I have repeatedly posted that I'm sort of still here just to be present on the day rec.boats slides into the slime soup. Tell us why. Mikek |
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On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:26:03 -0500, amdx wrote:
On 9/19/2015 5:19 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: And before you comment, remember, I have repeatedly posted that I'm sort of still here just to be present on the day rec.boats slides into the slime soup. Tell us why. Mikek === crickets |
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On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. |
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 10:50:01 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 9/20/15 2:05 AM, wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. What happens with "old" orange trees? Do they stop producing? My wife's grandmother had a few old citrus trees in her backyard (St. Pete), and they were still producing fruit...and still are, as far as I know. They will stop after a while, typically 30 years or so but this one was sour oranges anyway and it was only a rat feeder. It was a pretty tree but now I have a wild acorn grown oak tree that is going to take it's place. When I moved here we had 20-30 citrus trees and they have been going away a few at a time for 30 years. This is the last one. |
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:13:03 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:05:05 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. === I'm running in the wiring for a solar panel project on the trawer. The goal is to have (8) 100 watt flexible panels on top of the flybridge enclosure which will feed a MPPT charge controller in the engine room. If it all turns out as planned we should be able to leave the boat at anchor during the day without running the generator. Sounds like the perfect application for solar. I like solar but I have a hard time justifying it for most things. Although this orange tree is not involved, most of this tear's tree trimming is to improve my solar performance for the pool/spa collectors. |
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 12:09:42 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:13:03 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:05:05 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. === I'm running in the wiring for a solar panel project on the trawer. The goal is to have (8) 100 watt flexible panels on top of the flybridge enclosure which will feed a MPPT charge controller in the engine room. If it all turns out as planned we should be able to leave the boat at anchor during the day without running the generator. Sounds like the perfect application for solar. I like solar but I have a hard time justifying it for most things. Although this orange tree is not involved, most of this tear's tree trimming is to improve my solar performance for the pool/spa collectors. === We have fairly reasonable electric rates here and also high consumption, all of which makes it harder to justify solar electric for your house. When panel prices become comparable with shingles, that will be the time to seriously think about it. It's just about ideal for boats however, especially now that the price of panels has come way down and efficiency has gone up. Sailors have been using wind generators for a long time but they are noisy and high maintenance. There have also been some notable accidents where people have come into contact with the spinning blades. |
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On 9/20/2015 1:13 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/20/2015 12:24 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 12:09:42 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:13:03 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:05:05 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. === I'm running in the wiring for a solar panel project on the trawer. The goal is to have (8) 100 watt flexible panels on top of the flybridge enclosure which will feed a MPPT charge controller in the engine room. If it all turns out as planned we should be able to leave the boat at anchor during the day without running the generator. Sounds like the perfect application for solar. I like solar but I have a hard time justifying it for most things. Although this orange tree is not involved, most of this tear's tree trimming is to improve my solar performance for the pool/spa collectors. === We have fairly reasonable electric rates here and also high consumption, all of which makes it harder to justify solar electric for your house. When panel prices become comparable with shingles, that will be the time to seriously think about it. It's just about ideal for boats however, especially now that the price of panels has come way down and efficiency has gone up. Sailors have been using wind generators for a long time but they are noisy and high maintenance. There have also been some notable accidents where people have come into contact with the spinning blades. You guys have reminded me of a weird problem I had with one of the Class C RV's we had. It was a Chinook Glacier and the problem was compounded by how the charging systems was set up. It had dual batteries, one for the engine and chassis electrical systems and the other dedicated as a "house" battery for the camper/RV systems. It also had an inverter/battery charger that ran when connected to "shore power" and also had a solar panel charging system integrated to the electrical controls. It was supposed to keep your batteries on a "trickle" charge during daylight hours. To make the whole thing more confusing, the RV also had one of those "smart" electronic battery switches that automatically switched the charging systems to the battery with the lowest voltage. With all that in mind, here's what happened: Everything was fine for a while but then one day after the RV had sat unused (and not connected to any external power source) for a couple of weeks, I tried to start it only to find the main battery was dead. Wouldn't turn over. The house battery seemed to be ok. Put a charger on the main battery and got the RV running. Then, a week later it was dead again. Thought I had a bad battery, although the RV was brand new. I took it back to the dealer and they checked it all out. Said there was nothing wrong ... the charging systems, including the solar panel, were working fine. Went home. Few days later the main battery is dead again. I got very curious as to what was going on so I started troubleshooting. At one point I put a multimeter in series with the main battery negative cable to measure any unusual parasitic current flow other than that required for the radio preset memory, etc. I noticed that the battery was actually charging slightly .. due to the solar panel system. This also meant that the house battery was higher in voltage than the engine battery. But then, as I monitored the meter and was thinking about it, a dark, heavy cloud temporarily blocked the direct sunlight. The current flow displayed on the meter *reversed*. Instead of charging, it was discharging. When the cloud passed, the current flow reversed again and it was charging. I watched this happen a few times as clouds passed by. Then I got a tarp and covered the solar panel on the RV roof. Battery immediately started discharging. Took the tarp off and the current flow polarity reversed and it started charging. Got the schematics for the solar panel charging system. Very basic system. There was a diode in the circuit that only allows current flow one way (charging). It's unusual, but it had failed in a shorted mode. When this happens, the panel can act as a radiator as well ... especially at night .. and discharges the battery energy off to the black body of night space. Replaced the diode and all was well. And you accomplished something that factory hands on support couldn't. Youse a pretty smart fella. |
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On 9/20/2015 12:24 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 12:09:42 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:13:03 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:05:05 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. === I'm running in the wiring for a solar panel project on the trawer. The goal is to have (8) 100 watt flexible panels on top of the flybridge enclosure which will feed a MPPT charge controller in the engine room. If it all turns out as planned we should be able to leave the boat at anchor during the day without running the generator. Sounds like the perfect application for solar. I like solar but I have a hard time justifying it for most things. Although this orange tree is not involved, most of this tear's tree trimming is to improve my solar performance for the pool/spa collectors. === We have fairly reasonable electric rates here and also high consumption, all of which makes it harder to justify solar electric for your house. When panel prices become comparable with shingles, that will be the time to seriously think about it. It's just about ideal for boats however, especially now that the price of panels has come way down and efficiency has gone up. Sailors have been using wind generators for a long time but they are noisy and high maintenance. There have also been some notable accidents where people have come into contact with the spinning blades. You guys have reminded me of a weird problem I had with one of the Class C RV's we had. It was a Chinook Glacier and the problem was compounded by how the charging systems was set up. It had dual batteries, one for the engine and chassis electrical systems and the other dedicated as a "house" battery for the camper/RV systems. It also had an inverter/battery charger that ran when connected to "shore power" and also had a solar panel charging system integrated to the electrical controls. It was supposed to keep your batteries on a "trickle" charge during daylight hours. To make the whole thing more confusing, the RV also had one of those "smart" electronic battery switches that automatically switched the charging systems to the battery with the lowest voltage. With all that in mind, here's what happened: Everything was fine for a while but then one day after the RV had sat unused (and not connected to any external power source) for a couple of weeks, I tried to start it only to find the main battery was dead. Wouldn't turn over. The house battery seemed to be ok. Put a charger on the main battery and got the RV running. Then, a week later it was dead again. Thought I had a bad battery, although the RV was brand new. I took it back to the dealer and they checked it all out. Said there was nothing wrong ... the charging systems, including the solar panel, were working fine. Went home. Few days later the main battery is dead again. I got very curious as to what was going on so I started troubleshooting. At one point I put a multimeter in series with the main battery negative cable to measure any unusual parasitic current flow other than that required for the radio preset memory, etc. I noticed that the battery was actually charging slightly .. due to the solar panel system. This also meant that the house battery was higher in voltage than the engine battery. But then, as I monitored the meter and was thinking about it, a dark, heavy cloud temporarily blocked the direct sunlight. The current flow displayed on the meter *reversed*. Instead of charging, it was discharging. When the cloud passed, the current flow reversed again and it was charging. I watched this happen a few times as clouds passed by. Then I got a tarp and covered the solar panel on the RV roof. Battery immediately started discharging. Took the tarp off and the current flow polarity reversed and it started charging. Got the schematics for the solar panel charging system. Very basic system. There was a diode in the circuit that only allows current flow one way (charging). It's unusual, but it had failed in a shorted mode. When this happens, the panel can act as a radiator as well ... especially at night .. and discharges the battery energy off to the black body of night space. Replaced the diode and all was well. |
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On 9/20/2015 1:08 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 9/20/2015 1:13 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/20/2015 12:24 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 12:09:42 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:13:03 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:05:05 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:01:49 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote: I've been working my butt off the last few weeks, digging edging trenches for my wife's endless "garden areas," trimming trees, shaping Nellie Hollies, spreading mulch, and this morning I dropped a dead 70' tree behind the back yard and chainsawed it into 4' lengths I could dump in the woods for the woodpeckers. I am cutting up an old orange tree this weekend. === I'm running in the wiring for a solar panel project on the trawer. The goal is to have (8) 100 watt flexible panels on top of the flybridge enclosure which will feed a MPPT charge controller in the engine room. If it all turns out as planned we should be able to leave the boat at anchor during the day without running the generator. Sounds like the perfect application for solar. I like solar but I have a hard time justifying it for most things. Although this orange tree is not involved, most of this tear's tree trimming is to improve my solar performance for the pool/spa collectors. === We have fairly reasonable electric rates here and also high consumption, all of which makes it harder to justify solar electric for your house. When panel prices become comparable with shingles, that will be the time to seriously think about it. It's just about ideal for boats however, especially now that the price of panels has come way down and efficiency has gone up. Sailors have been using wind generators for a long time but they are noisy and high maintenance. There have also been some notable accidents where people have come into contact with the spinning blades. You guys have reminded me of a weird problem I had with one of the Class C RV's we had. It was a Chinook Glacier and the problem was compounded by how the charging systems was set up. It had dual batteries, one for the engine and chassis electrical systems and the other dedicated as a "house" battery for the camper/RV systems. It also had an inverter/battery charger that ran when connected to "shore power" and also had a solar panel charging system integrated to the electrical controls. It was supposed to keep your batteries on a "trickle" charge during daylight hours. To make the whole thing more confusing, the RV also had one of those "smart" electronic battery switches that automatically switched the charging systems to the battery with the lowest voltage. With all that in mind, here's what happened: Everything was fine for a while but then one day after the RV had sat unused (and not connected to any external power source) for a couple of weeks, I tried to start it only to find the main battery was dead. Wouldn't turn over. The house battery seemed to be ok. Put a charger on the main battery and got the RV running. Then, a week later it was dead again. Thought I had a bad battery, although the RV was brand new. I took it back to the dealer and they checked it all out. Said there was nothing wrong ... the charging systems, including the solar panel, were working fine. Went home. Few days later the main battery is dead again. I got very curious as to what was going on so I started troubleshooting. At one point I put a multimeter in series with the main battery negative cable to measure any unusual parasitic current flow other than that required for the radio preset memory, etc. I noticed that the battery was actually charging slightly .. due to the solar panel system. This also meant that the house battery was higher in voltage than the engine battery. But then, as I monitored the meter and was thinking about it, a dark, heavy cloud temporarily blocked the direct sunlight. The current flow displayed on the meter *reversed*. Instead of charging, it was discharging. When the cloud passed, the current flow reversed again and it was charging. I watched this happen a few times as clouds passed by. Then I got a tarp and covered the solar panel on the RV roof. Battery immediately started discharging. Took the tarp off and the current flow polarity reversed and it started charging. Got the schematics for the solar panel charging system. Very basic system. There was a diode in the circuit that only allows current flow one way (charging). It's unusual, but it had failed in a shorted mode. When this happens, the panel can act as a radiator as well ... especially at night .. and discharges the battery energy off to the black body of night space. Replaced the diode and all was well. And you accomplished something that factory hands on support couldn't. Youse a pretty smart fella. I got lucky. The dealer techs were checking things outside during the day in bright sunshine. All looks normal then. My clue was watching the meter reading positive current flow, then decreasing as the cloud starting blocking the sun and then going negative when it was well blocked. Betcha at night it was very efficient. |
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