Have I gone too far?

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sahona
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Re: Have I gone too far?

Post by sahona »

aquaplane wrote:.............
Have you enough juice left to run a couple of LED lamps, I’m told they are the replacement for sliced bread?
Don't think so Bob. Could you be thinking of Gnasher's Gonads?
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FullCircle

Re: Have I gone too far?

Post by FullCircle »

aquaplane wrote:
FullCircle wrote:
aquaplane wrote:I have a similar diagram for my oil lamp.
I have both my oil lamps on separate circuits. One nailed to the bulkhead to power my evening glint in the glass of amber, the second in the spreaders to warn people of our presence firmly (we hope) attached to the ground.
I havent found a way of supplying these by mains oil tank and mmetered pump.
Suggestions?
Individual supplies is the way to go, if one gets contaminated you still have the other as backup.
If you want to insist on a common supply may I suggest a gravity feed, much simpler than a pumped affair. Hoist the tank to above the spreaders on a spare halyard to give it plenty head. A simple float switch rescued from a carburettor will control the flow to keep the lamp tank full. Keep the feed pipes to the lamps fairly tight and the tank shouldn’t swing about too much in a seaway.
Have you enough juice left to run a couple of LED lamps, I’m told they are the replacement for sliced bread?
A fair suggestion. Contact the Patent Office instantly, you are on your way to a fortune.

I have a batch of LEDs to fit in the cabin from a chinese ebay seller. I make no prejudgement on them at all. They were 99p a pop for the replacement to my G4 Halogens.

We shall see, we shall see.
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