Guides de l'atelier
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Choosing a Watermaker or Water Purifier for a Boat in Thailand
Watermaker, water purifier or both; how to size one in litres per hour; what warm water, silty harbours and 50…
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Watermaker Parts, Membranes and Service in Thailand: What Wears, When to Change It, How to Order
The parts-counter guide to watermaker ownership in Thailand: pre-filters, membranes, flush cartridges and chemicals, service intervals, how to read a…
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Black Mould and Algae on Decks, Walls and Roofs in Thailand: How to Kill It and Keep It Off
Why everything outdoors in Thailand goes green and black in the wet season, why pressure washing makes it worse, and…
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How to Clean a Teak Deck Without Acid — and Stop Black Mould Coming Back
The no-acid, no-scrub way to clean a teak deck and keep black mould off it in the tropics: what is…
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Sleipner Windlass Guide: Which Model Fits Your Boat
Every Sleipner (Side-Power) anchor windlass side by side: chain or leaded line, mounting, 12 V or 24 V, typical boat…
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Yacht delivery cost: how a delivery is priced, and delivery vs shipping
How professional yacht delivery is priced (daily rate, per mile or fixed fee), the expenses on top, what moves the…
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Lead-acid battery banks in a tropical climate: heat, life and battery-room design in Thailand
A lead-acid battery bank lasts a long time in Thailand when you do five things: charge it with temperature compensation…
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2 V VRLA batteries for telecom towers, exchanges and UPS strings
A telecom or UPS battery string built from 2 V VRLA cells is sized in four steps: fix the cell…
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Charging 2 V AGM cells: float and cycle voltage, temperature compensation and equalisation
Fullriver HGXL 2 V AGM cells float at 2.23–2.25 V per cell and take a cycle (absorption or boost) charge…
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AGM vs OPzV vs OPzS vs gel vs lithium for stationary battery banks
For a stationary bank that spends most of its life on float and is called on for standby or moderate…
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Building a 48 V solar battery bank from 2 V cells: cell count, wiring and sizing
Twenty-four. A 48 V battery bank built from 2 V cells uses 24 cells in series, whatever their capacity: 24…
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Why large solar and standby banks use 2 V cells (2 V vs 12 V blocks)
Large solar and standby banks use 2 V cells because a single 2 V cell is made in almost any…
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How to choose a yacht delivery crew (and why two captain-engineers beat one skipper)
Seven checks before you hire: certificates, watchkeepers, experience, a named person ashore, paperwork, the quote, and the record at the…
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Bringing a yacht to Thailand: check-in, temporary import and what to have ready
Ports of entry, the three offices, the documents to have printed, timing, and what changes when the boat was bought…
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Yacht delivery from Phuket: Langkawi, Singapore and beyond
Routes, timing and formalities for moving a yacht out of Thailand: Langkawi in a day, Singapore down the Malacca Strait,…
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Diesel Bug, Stale Petrol and Lay-Up: Keeping Boat Fuel and Engines Healthy in Thai Heat
Why diesel bug thrives in Thai marinas, how to prevent and treat it, what stale petrol does to an outboard,…
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Which Oil for Your Outboard? TC-W3, FC-W and the Liqui Moly Marine Grades Explained for Thailand
Two-stroke or four-stroke, TC-W3 or FC-W, 10W-30 or 25W-40 — how to read the line in your handbook and match…
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Durée de vie des batteries AGM marines sous les tropiques : installez-les correctement et elles dureront
L'endroit où vous installez un parc de batteries AGM détermine s'il durera deux ans ou cinq. L'emplacement, la ventilation et la charge à compensation de température pour...