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[Shipmate60]

Bob,
I have had one of these for a while.
Superb bit of kit, does exactly what it says on the tin.
It can take up to 2 days to fully charge a decent size battery.


Bob

[Colin Bishop]

Yes, the low charging rate is the only downside. I have a Halford's 'intelligent' charger I bought some years ago. You can select between sealed and vented batteries and car or motorcycle and the charge rate is up to 8 amps before it switches to trickle charging.

Colin

[Bob K]

CTEK do the battery chargers in numerous sizes and configurations from 0.8 A to 120 A
I was recommended the 3.8 A version by the RAC

[roycv]

Hi I also have a Halfords one as per Colin, works nicely.  I purchased another one to keep our club 5 inch gauge electric loco batteries charged.  Excellent.
Roy

[Martin [Admin]]

Deme Orion 'new design' floating vessel Liebherr crane collapse on first load test.

Video shows boom flipping over completely backwards, over the gantry!   



https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/05/02/orions-heavy-lift-crane-collapses-video/?fbclid=IwAR0JRPNjo4ii0TeU2xsCZdTFVu9bPGgcEa1Rk_R7bakDvm6lAWmiQ69inG0

https://youtu.be/xYu0f57XAz0?fbclid=IwAR3wQy3ttR9lNtOlH9Buer9V0z9wZPFe_cMp2MTCv8aDWYHv0CDgdWM2ik0
 

 

[Shipmate60]

That is what load tests are for.


Bob

[Martin [Admin]]

True.....  but a bit unusual for a brand new crane to fail at just over half the rated load?!?!!!!!   

Edit - now appears to be a hook failure .....


"The crane’s twin boom and jib appears to have flipped over the rear while lifting a test load at the Liebherr yard in Rostock. We are told that the incident was caused by the failure of a wire rope during an overload test, but this has not yet been confirmed. The collapse was captured on video which you can see below.

Update:
We have now learnt that it was not a rope that failed, but the hook block - the four leg hook broke free of the neck/shaft. The sudden release of the heavy test load caused the boom to catapult back over the rear of the crane and crumple."
https://vertikal.net/en/news/story/35316/5000-tonne-crane-collapses-during-test

[Baldrick]

  small  computer error, decimal point in wrong place. correct and re-run design programme

[warspite]

Surprised the crew in the cabin next to where it came to rest I bet, and also surprised there is no footage of the failure, to capture that on the links it had to be filmed during the test and thats not being show - unless you know better 

[sabre]

That ship was supposed to be heading north to lift these things which are part a hundred turbine wind farm off the Moray coast.


https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/239434/first-turbine-jackets-arrive-at-moray-firth-offshore-wind-project-despite-challenging-conditions/


A couple of years ago they used two other monster heavy lift ships on the Beatrice wind farm, the Stanislav Yudin and the Oleg Strashnov.

[Martin [Admin]]

The Capt. Tom Moore honours keep coming!  -  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52550309



 NB: I hope some has started a campaign to get him Knighted ASAP   

[roycv]

I reckon he feels prettty chuffed at being a Colonel, Knighthoods seem to be a bit indiscriminate sometimes.  He might need to get his uniform sorted asap.
Roy

[tonyH]

If I remember correctly, Hornblower was made a Colonel of Marines when he had his dubbing so...........

[Martin [Admin]]

The Capt. Tom Moore honours keep coming!  -  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52550309

 NB: I hope some has started a campaign to get him Knighted ASAP   

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52732300