Ramblings
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HiBy R3 Pro II – not really a review
Earlier this year, I bought myself the aforementioned digital audio player to give myself a way to listen to my music collection without pulling out my phone every time I wanted to do so. I did a lot of reading and research before settling on the HiBy – my criteria were basically “not Android”, since…
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Decoding ‘scope traces, adding a SmartShunt
With the Titan battery connected to the Victron, I’m able to see what the battery monitor deems to be the current flow out of the battery, with the SmartSolar potentially offsetting up to about 5A of draw on a sunny day. What I can’t see is what’s coming off of the starter battery, and I…
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Finding cross-references in LibreOffice Writer
I’m in the middle of reviewing a ~13,000 word paper written in Microsoft Word. One of the things I needed to do was keep track of when a figure or table appeared, and had no reference in the paragraphs. This could be done with pen and paper, but I wanted to do it digitally. LibreOffice…
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Cerbo GX MK2 and Blue Opal
For the longest time, I’d avoided going the Victron hardware route – they seemed pricey for the offering, and I wasn’t sure I could make good use of the functionality on Blue Opal. I experimented with running the Venus large image on a Raspberry Pi at one stage, while I was trying to get the…
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A leaky battery – cleaned
Went back today armed with more baking soda, and found that the overnight soak had actually neutralised most of the acid. There was a bit of fizz on a piece of wood that forms a brace point under one of the panels, and with that neutralised and rinsed, I just had to dispose of the…
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A leaky battery
In 2023, I replaced the starter battery for Blue Opal with a smaller 80Ah one, as the 105Ah was having problems. Said problems included finding out that there was acid on the bottom of the battery when I placed it on the mat that protects the top of the companionway. What I didn’t twig at…