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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 8:11:32 GMT
If he hasn't retired, try Frances Arnot 07880 713734. Based in Stone. Arnot Frances bought one of my boats from me about 12 years ago. That lovely old early motorised Bantock horse boat now in Fullers yard I believe. Orianne/previous name SUPERB. Nice bloke very knowledgeable and friendly. Warned me that he was a fast driver in his Sprinter and would I be a nervous passenger. But he was not particularly fast anyway. Seemed fine to me.
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Post by quaysider on Oct 5, 2021 8:44:14 GMT
cheers - it's good to have a back up plan.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2021 14:40:44 GMT
Seeing pictures a breach up north, hopefully you are not on that stretch quaysider?
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Post by quaysider on Oct 12, 2021 6:19:19 GMT
I haven't seen them yet but I saw the notice and thought thank feck we are not heading that way this year or next.
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Post by quaysider on Oct 12, 2021 6:26:03 GMT
meanwhile - back to the alternator.- oh hang on, I need my photos and the cable to connect to the lappy is in the other room. brb
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2021 6:26:27 GMT
I haven't seen them yet but I saw the notice and thought thank feck we are not heading that way this year or next. Have you just come from there by any chance ?
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Post by quaysider on Oct 12, 2021 6:30:55 GMT
cheeky fecker. no!
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Post by quaysider on Oct 12, 2021 10:43:04 GMT
Right - I'm back... The ruddy thing appeared to be working fine every day whilst in the marina... and for 2 days whilst out... until, I put the washer on - (it was charging (showing 13.65v) and battereies at 90 % according to SG. Then mid load, it went off - engine revs increased showing no load from the alternator and then nothing. Using my bulb thingy however, I then dis-proved it to a point. Engine off - bulb connected and it lights. ignition on - lights on the panel lit Engine started, lights go out and bulb goes off Voltage at alternator AND battery shows 14.54 (no photo but honestly it does... clamp meter on cable shows a - maybe 10 amps going into the bank. but ALL volt meters in the boat show 12.6 or7 - (4 in total) - smartguage, solar charger, and 2 sttand alones on usb sockets further up the boat. When heavy load applied (ie toaster) 1200watts.... NOTHING happens to start with - volts drop right down to 11.5 ish and "then" engine dips and alternator increases output to 90amps ish... - turn toaster off and output remains at 40 ish for a bit then drops right back down but still the volts on the metres in the boat, still show only 12.6 ish.. This morning - batteries at 12.3 v - turn engine on - volts remain low on all metres but on the alternator show 14.54 out... and circa 40 amps going in. At battery terminals 14.54 also but "internal meters " still only reading 12.3/4 - eventually after a couple of hours running, they increased to 12.5/6 . IT's just not like it used to be... whenever the engine was running, all volt meters showed 13.7 ish when bulk charging - sometimes up to 14 as the day went on. When using the inverter to Charge from the genny however, the internal ones DO show the charging voltage of 13.7/8 ish - rising as the batteries get fuller. I'm going bonkers - its just not having faith in being able to GET a load of washing done without dragging the bank down to the 11/s. I even moved the cable onto a different "stump" on the battery incase it was fault... next idea is to make up a whole new set of connecting leads at 50mm2 between the batteriees AND a new master earth to the engine/hull.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 12, 2021 10:57:45 GMT
I'm sorry you have got such an intractible problem with your charging system.
I am at a loss, distance fault finding is difficult at the best of times and this fault is particularly obscure.
sorry I can't help more.
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Post by peterboat on Oct 12, 2021 11:05:24 GMT
It couldnt be a dodgy earth could it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2021 11:18:46 GMT
This bit alarms me, my monitors jump up, may take 30 seconds or so but they do jump up when running engine.
This morning - batteries at 12.3 v - turn engine on - volts remain low on all metres but on the alternator show 14.54 out... and circa 40 amps going in. At battery terminals 14.54 also but "internal meters " still only reading 12.3/4 - eventually after a couple of hours running, they increased to 12.5/6 .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2021 11:22:57 GMT
Is the smartgauge wired directly to the batteries on its own dedicated feed? Something in the main supply is high resistance it could either be the master switch or an earth return.
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Post by quaysider on Oct 12, 2021 11:25:39 GMT
This bit alarms me, my monitors jump up, may take 30 seconds or so but they do jump up when running engine. This morning - batteries at 12.3 v - turn engine on - volts remain low on all metres but on the alternator show 14.54 out... and circa 40 amps going in. At battery terminals 14.54 also but "internal meters " still only reading 12.3/4 - eventually after a couple of hours running, they increased to 12.5/6 . mine jump up when the inerter/charger is running connected to the genny or mains - but from engine running/alternator they don't ... despite the fact that at the terminal on the alternator, it shows 14.54 AND on the battery stumps of all the batteries.
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Post by quaysider on Oct 12, 2021 11:26:42 GMT
Is the smartgauge wired directly to the batteries on its own dedicated feed? Something in the main supply is high resistance it could either be the master switch or an earth return. yep - SG goes straight to batteries (via a fuse like it said in the instructions)
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Post by JohnV on Oct 12, 2021 11:27:00 GMT
Is the smartgauge wired directly to the batteries on its own dedicated feed? Something in the main supply is high resistance it could either be the master switch or an earth return. the problem is that it is intermittant ....... so which bit ..... he's already been round all the connections/ master switch etc
If you are on site as an engineer/technician then it is a very different matter from trying remote diagnosis
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