October 01-07, 2000 -- Week Three in Oxford

October 1-7, 2000 -- Week Three in Oxford Today we mounted the shunt for the monitor & fuse block. We also ran the wire from the starboard alternator to the shunt, and put On/Off switches for the 12V regulators, and put the second coat on the bottom of the cap rails before they are mounted. On October 2, we pulled out the two 1/0 gauge wires that were not carrying power from the batteries to the DC distribution panel. We also removed the isolators they were connected to as they were bad. Next, we went into town looking for filters for our AC system, we want to adjust how they are done, just slightly. We didn't get the filters, but we did get lots of other stuff that we needed. On October 3, we cleaned up the boat some, and mounted the clineometer along with the panda control panel. This panel has only needed to be mounted since we left West Palm the first time in early 99. On October 4, we investigated why the secondary lights in the main saloon were not working. As it turns out the neutral connection had been cut on them! We reran the wire and they work! Defender called to let us know that the inverter and ammeter is finally shipping. On October 5, we took it easy and ran amuck around the yard looking at things. Then we remembered that we were waiting on fuel line at the ship store. The fuel line came in so we ran new fuel line for tink. He is back up and running like a champ, if fact we have never seen his fuel vacuum so low. This poor generator was used & abused as the primary generator by the last owners. Unfortunately it's not capable of supporting all of the power requirements for the boat. Instead of fixing the main generator, they just used the 'nighttime' or low usage generator for everything. On October 6, the new charger/inverter we ordered from Defender came in, we now have two high output 3 stage chargers (we are back to one charger per bank). With the new inverter/charger installed, we now have the forward and aft outlets inverted, as well as the main saloon lights inverted! We can now go without the generator running through the evening! On October 7, we borrowed the yard car and went to the market & lowes to pick up new vinyl flooring for the galley. Once we got back Mike started laying it. I spent the rest of the day being lazy. Actually, I had a touch of stomach upset