You two are so talented. I love your can do attitude! I could not help myself laugh as Jeff laughed about you drilling your mounting hole. kill'n me 🤣we are all just adolescence inside lol. You guys rock! Keep up the good work.
We're still catching up, but we skipped ahead to this video and like all the rest, it did not disappoint! Thank you for sharing this idea and the real time ups and downs of it all.
Whoa, Awesome video and trajectory. I love St Martin and indeed those boats on the Marina there are gigantic! I kind of prefer smaller boat like yours; its easier to maneuver and of course you need someone that knows the water... I came across your site looking for a Satellite phone. Also I have been looking for a partner that would love to sail as you do. If in your travel you come across someone that is looking for a widow that's musically incline; think of me. Anyhow, I will look into the STARLINK fast Internet phone... And wish you all the best time ever and be safe on that water but hey you got the right Starlink system.
stray voltage comes from ground. is your underwater line stuff isolated? any metal can bring in stray current from the water. That tells me you need an isolator to stop ground(negative) from bringing in stray current or maybe something isn't grounded correct in your boat wiring system. I had to install 2 earth grounds from my breaker box from Neutral/Ground to remove stray volts like this. Check your neutral to ground at breaker box to see if you are getting stray volts.
Love the solar project. I will strongly consider it. Something you might want to consider: Please do a follow up video soon to let us know the results of your work. It seems that's usually what's missing when people do projects. Looking forward to it! - Cheers
We will do one when we get back to the boat after hurricane season. But the bottom line is that we were generating around 1.2-1.4 extra kilowatts per day. Perfect for what I wanted. Thanks for watching!
Look into a nema 4x rated breather/drain to install on your controller box. You might be able to find one with a charcoal filter or an add on filter to capture the air borne salt.. check master carr or grainger. Local industrial electrical supply house may have them.
We have a Leopard 40 and we are interested in doing the same thing. Dumb question but when I opened the power box for the windlass, I only say red (+) cables and terminals. Where did you connect the negative (-) from the solar controller to get solar wattage back to the house batteries?
There should definitely be a red/pos and black/neg in the windlass junction box. I can’t attach a pic here but email us at svWindTherapy@gmail.com and I’ll send you a pic of what we have.
Regarding power connections in a corrosion - friendly environment: may I suggest you look into dielectric for conductive grease? Practical sailor has a good “consumer review” of various brands and products. It serves several purposes, not just keeping corrosion out, but enhancing conductivity, and keeping oxygen out, as well as reducing damage from arcing. Thanks so much for the great video… We really enjoy watching yours and I love to see another woman doing the primary engineering on a boat.
You got it a tad wrong there.. dielectric grease is an insulator and doesn't conduct electricity.. 😉 Other than that, it gives an excellent corrosion protection and should be use.. fluid film grease can also be used..
