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Ross

Ross

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I went to the boat today to see how well she weathered the winter. She did very well without me. I checked my battery voltage with the cheap digital meter I keep on the boat and then with a better one I use for work. First reading was 11.91 volts, the second reading was 12.19 volts. A cheap meter may lie to you.
I rebuilt my Raritan PH II head today. High Da** time too I might add. A turkey baster is an essential tool for that effort, saves a lot of mopping and cleaning. Not too bad a job if my old joints would flex like they did when I installed that thing. But I got it done. Nothing got broke and nobody got hurt.
 
sailingdog

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Ross—

Good to hear you got the new head installed... you need to charge the batteries though. :)
 
Don12364

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Ross,
Make sure the turkey baster doesn't find its way back in with the cooking utensils - ugh!
 
sailaway78

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May 11, 2005
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Glad to hear

Ross,
Glad to hear that you are getting ready for spring splash. As to the old joints, I certainly hear that. Mine aren't so bad about getting down, but getting back up is a PITA. I got myself an inversion table which helps a bunch. If you have any back problems at all, particularly low back I can highly recommend one.
 
Maine Sail

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Ross said:
I checked my battery voltage with the cheap digital meter I keep on the boat and then with a better one I use for work. First reading was 11.91 volts, the second reading was 12.19 volts. A cheap meter may lie to you.
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It's kind of rare when two meters agree..;)
 
Ross

Ross

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sailingdog said:
Ross—

Good to hear you got the new head installed... you need to charge the batteries though. :)
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They will start the engine and then all will be well.
Mainesail your four meters were prety close enough but a quarter volt is a bit much. Of course when all we had was analog meters that was rather academic.
 
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Benny

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Sep 27, 2008
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Ross, I remember them days of analog voltmeters.

They did well for us. All you had to do was compare today's readings to the previous days when all was fine. You could tell if your batteries were down, if your generator was charging or if thge batteries were no good. What else did you need.
 
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