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- Apr 15, 2008
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- Location
- California Delta
- Vessel Name
- FlyWright
- Vessel Make
- 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Be sure to remove all designer brewed beverages from your vessel if you want him to leave before dark. FlyWright is known around here for his thorough marine refrigerator 'inspections'.
Wow, Bligh, thank you for the warning! I will be sure to have extra guards on fridge watch. Never can be too careful.
First things first! The fridge inspection was naturally the first place we started. I had to pry Patty away from the door for a thorough check and what I found was appalling!
Apparently this vessel has sat in this sorry state for quite some time. Todd and Patty have already started to improve this with a beer purchase following the fridge inspection. Unfortunately, workload and an evening drive through Bay Area traffic prevented adequate libation sampling. Followup visits may be required.
On the electrical front, we found 3 battery switches in the aft cabin locker that control P and S start batts (8Ds) and some house power (6xGC Trojan T105s). There's something else powering the house bank as the lights dim but don't extinguish when this switch is turned off. My hunch is it's the gen battery, but Todd will disconnect that battery and try it again. Time didn't allow for complete troubleshooting. (Todd, the switch for that batt is below the genset battery box, IIRC.)
We also found the DC Master Bus ganged CB on the power panel lower right corner. This should be on to allow DC power to flow. But there are some issues with other functions that seem to be affected by a switch labeled Aft Bilge or something like that in the top left corner of the panel. It appears that the skills of a marine electrician might be warranted to ensure proper connections.
The batts are receiving charges from the shore charger and the genset. The house bank is weak but may have been in a partial SOC for some time. Inverter issues are also present. Its function is questionable, but needs a proper inspection.
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