![]() ![]() So off we go to Spain to our boat, 4 suitcases full of stuff incl 1 box with Simarine gear and after a few days, settled down in a nice Cala (bay), I found myself with a few spare hours and itching hands and out comes the Simarine gear everything spread out on the cabin table. standalone vs other mounting options ? its probably on the website somewhere but I couldn’t find it or didn’t see it ) So a quick email to Simarine and a few days later 2 brackets show up by mail, (Thank you Simarine ! but can we please clearly specify online what the difference is between the various options ? what is and is not included in the panel vs. I measured the Pico display and looked up the size of the BEP display and the PICO does seem to be bigger, so no issues there, but there were no panel brackets with the PICO ?. When I ordered the system I did get asked ‘will it be a panel mount or stand alone system ?’ to which I replied ‘It will be a stand alone system’, so when I received the system I didnt give it much thought but after reading the manuals and looking at the contents of the boxes I realized I may have made a mistake ! I currently have a BEP battery monitor and I was planning on replacing that with the Pico display !, but I had no idea how the BEP battery monitor was mounted ? does it have a hole behind it ?, and how big is the hole ?. So having received the email with the recommendation on which system to order I ordered the Pico blue system, and it arrived swiftly within a day or two to my home address, which is a few 1000 miles way from the boat, I opened the various boxes (3) with the nice little display, the 107 controller and 300 amp shunt. ītw the response time to emails and queries are fantastic so Simarine gets a 5 star for responses and service, more on that later ! So after a lot of searching I came across the Simarine Pico plus and on the looks of it it is a beautiful little display that could do and measure everything I wanted :Īnd after shooting an email to Simarine (on a sunday evening !!) asking which system would suit me best I got a reply within a few hours (still on a sunday !) that all my needs would be fulfilled with the Pico plus Blue package. Sailing yachts can be power hungry beasts and knowing how much you use vs how much you generate can be the difference between having to to run your diesel generator daily or not, or buy a new battery bank each 12 months or each 5 to 8 years ! (take your battery bank below 70% daily really shortens the life span of your battery bank)Īnother thing i would like to have is a live view of all the tanks we have (1 diesel tank ,3 fresh water tanks, 2 black water tanks etc) One thing I wanted to know was ‘how much energy do we generate on the supply side and how much energy do we use on the ‘use side’. We suddenly had solar panels (3 different groups and types) a wind generator, a diesel generator and shore power battery charger on the ‘supply side’ and the normal systems like fridge, freezer, navigation equipment, lights, radar etc on the ‘use side’ ![]() ![]() When we purchased Blue Pearl, our new (to us) sailing yacht, she came with a myriad of different electric and electronic systems. Update June 2020 : Simarine has offered a 10% discount to readers of my blog, just go to their website and use code : “bluepearl” during checkout to receive your 10% sitewide discount off your order ! due to distributer agreements the code may not work in all areas (Eu – Aus/Nz) Disclaimer : I am not sponsored or endorsed by Simarine, I ordered the system and paid for it with my own money because it looked fantastic and promised to do what I wanted it to do ![]()
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