Challenge 1 - I have been lent a 50m extension cable by the boat yard to get power to the boat. I plugged it in and it went bang. The other boat owners on the same circuit are not happy. I pulled apart the socket and this is what I found.
The live and the earth are shorted - and have melted the sleeve back beyond the retaining clamp.
I haven't even been here 24hrs and they are already trying to kill me. This has taken too long already - can't be arsed to go and find Gregory then wait another few hours for another cable. I have a spare (wall mount) socket in my toolbox - I will put that on instead.
Challenge 2 - This has to be the only boatyard in the world that does not have a battery charger. The one from the boat has been whipped - along with the inverter for the solar panels. Into town I go. €120 secures me a new one. OUCH!
Battery number 1 is now on charge - 3 more to go. I have removed battery 4 from the engine compartment (under where the beavers have made their home - see photo). As was likely - no water. Add to shopping list, distilled water for the batteries and remember to check the other 3.
See the sawdust (bottom right) - Chipmunks or Beavers? I like Beavers.
I poked my camera into the hole (see next note) - the damage was not that bad.
I am too big to get fully into the engine compartment. What I need is an eight year old boy (I won't make any Michael Jackson jokes. That's bad. Oops - I said I wasn't going to do that!)
Have traced the main cabling through the main power switches. Turning them on gives nothing - not a dickey on the ammeters (which seem to be installed all over the tub!) or even the faintest glow in a bulb. This is somewhat concerning - but maybe I will have more luck when all the batteries are fully charged.
The back of the main power switches - all to be replaced (evantually)
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