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Lighting up the wiring locker

Lighting up the wiring locker

A bit of LED strip light, IP65 rated, makes it really easy to see everything in the wiring locker without resorting to beams of light that get blocked by hands, require your third hand etc. The wiring still needs some

Duncan 2019-08-162019-08-18 Sailing Read more

Upgrading the alternator cable

Upgrading the alternator cable

Another observation during all of this wiring work is that there was a drop in the voltage from the alternator terminal to the splitter input – up to 0.5V. A drop at the batteries is expected as the relationship between

Duncan 2019-08-112019-08-11 Sailing Read more

Re-wiring the battery locker

Re-wiring the battery locker

Given the voltage drop at the water pump, the next wiring upgrade was to take the battery locker to wiring locker wire up to 16mm sq. This was completed today, and while it’s made things a bit better at the

Duncan 2019-08-102019-08-10 Sailing Read more

12mm socket safe and sound

The 12mm socket that fell off my driver the other day and vanished down the side of the engine has been found safe and sound, and returned to the storage case. Message ends.

Duncan 2019-08-042019-08-04 Sailing Read more

Fixing the squeak

Fixing the squeak

The new alternator has been squeaking at low revs, and by the alternator, I mean the alternator belt. I had initially shimmed the top mounting bracket with a penny washer that I drilled out with a 10mm bit to make

Duncan 2019-08-042019-08-04 Sailing Read more

Sparks fly, broken alternator

Sparks fly, broken alternator

A suggestion from Dad was to take the wiring off the back of the alternator, clean the contacts, and reconnect them. Grime/corrosion there might be a reason for the voltage drop I’m seeing at the battery side of the circuit

Duncan 2019-08-012019-08-02 Sailing Read more
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