Recent content by luna

You don't need to remove the switches to test their function. With the breaker in the off position and no power going to the stove/oven, remove the conductor that connects to the lower right terminal of the suspect switch as shown on the schematic (it provides power to the indicator lamp) along...

I know nothing about the Victron displays other than what I can see on your screen shots, but I will take a shot at this. The SmartSolar that reads 13.83V looks to me like it may be correct as by noonish on a bright late April day with 600 W of solar the batteries could very well be at float...

Yeah, by way of bluetooth, wifi or hocus pocus you can set the input current to the inverter at a reduced level. By the same method the next owner can increase it back to the max. What is wrong with installing the inverter so that there is no traps set? LFP batteries can deliver an enormous...

Not to be over critical, but if the inverter/charger is a 3kw model (it's hard to tell) you would need a 350 Amp fuse to allow it to run flat out for any reasonable amount of time. This fuse must be at the battery not mounted on the battery switch and will likely need to be a Class T or better...

The grounding conductor (normally the insulation is green) could be simply a bare wire without any insulation and likely is so in your house's wiring. As such, replace the grounding conductor's insulated locking fork terminal with an uninsulated version, no heat shrink is required. Don't twist...

Provided whatever fitting was threaded onto the exterior end of the tube can still be effectively threaded back onto the tube, this fitting has a wall thickness of about a 1/4" and the tube itself has a smooth exterior wall, plus you have access to a couple of pieces of 1/4"+/- alum. plate, say...

I've never had any luck having a #10 machine screw drop-in tight into a 3/16" diameter hole as the machine screw is 0.190" and the hole is 0.188". You can force it into your 2 1/4"+/- thick wood beam but you will have to twist it out. That is why I use a #11 (0.191") or depending on the wood...

9/16" is larger than 1/2", the entire screw including the head would simply fall through the hole. If you are going to use a #8 screw and it's a hardwood drill a 1/8" diameter hole. The depth of the hole should be about 1/8" shorter than the screw length. The point will make its own hole. If...

The two pins at each end of a straight tube are connected together by the filament, so of course there will be some resistance between those two pins. Otherwise the tube would not light. The only thing connecting one of the pins at one end of the straight tube to a pin at the other end of the...

You can't, with your Fluke 117 measure resistance with the boat's batteries energizing the circuit. The circuit needs to be dead and importantly, at least one end open. Find another circuit, (how about the salon lighting or the Nav. lights are they all incandescent?) to use and then measure...

Good luck with the implementation. They seldom go as planned. Looking forward to the new look.

That is simply because those 2 pins are connected together inside the tube with the equivalent of a filament that is needed to run the bulb. So is the other end. Without the start circuit getting things going, the gas inside is not a plasma and is therefore non conductive. Here is how they...

Assuming the circle with the x in it is the light fixtures, the switch must be open as drawn in order to measure the resistance of the rest of the circuit as the meter itself completes the circuit. Isn’ t that he goal to measure the resistance so you can calculate the current?

If you lights are fluorescent the gas mixture inside the tube is not conductive when off. If you have one, test a circuit with incandescent bulbs only in it. Be sure your probe leads are in the right ports on the Fluke to measure ohms.

If you chose to believe Racor, according to the Part No. list you provided earlier, yours are made after Feb. 1996 as they appear to have a 1 1/4" square boss (a thickening of the body) at the fuel ports. Measure it to be sure. That also means that P/N. RK15081 (the hex headed fasteners that...