Category: Michu
Updated on February 7, 2016
Engine Part 1 – Water should stay outside, fuel should stay inside.
by Michu
As promised, here is the first installment of the engine series. Back in Electricity Part 1, I explained how, at the time of purchase, the batteries aboard Milou were trying to light themselves on fire. The other two …
Updated on January 23, 2016
No Time to Hibernate
by Michu
Last weekend I made a social visit to the Twin Cities. A good friend mentioned that the nice part about Midwestern single-digit temperatures is that it gives me time off from working on the boat. If only that were …
Updated on January 11, 2016
Electricity Part 4 – Three ways to fill a battery (mostly alternator)
by Michu
Persistence. Whether repeating the same tired joke for the thousandth time, or not giving up on a difficult IV start, or relentlessly describing the DC systems on a cruising boat, persistence is a quality that has served me …
Updated on January 13, 2016
Electricity Part 3 – Battery management systems
by Michu
Are you a total battery nerd, or setting up your own lithium iron phosphate battery system? If so you will probably find this post interesting. If not I’m betting you will find this all pretty dry. I think …
Updated on January 13, 2016
Electricity Part 2 – A bucket for your energy
by Michu
Fancy switch: check. Shelf for battery: check. New wires: check. Batteries: kind of… check? In my last post, I talked about cleaning up a mess of acid and fixing up the storage area for our batteries. As I …