Saturday 21st July 2018



Sandra’s job today was cancelled so

she spent the whole day working on

our electrics.

Brenda spent the whole day feeling

like a prisoner in her own home. The

galley was so cluttered with tools and

equipment and the engine bay

hatch was up that it was difficult to

get on and off the boat.

It was horrible.

All the cabling in the engine bay was

fitted in conduit as per the boat safety

scheme. A new isolator was fitted

for the 12V leisure system. One set of

cabling routed to the inverter was removed as it is not necessary.

The cabling for the Webasto heater was

re-routed and trimmed to size.

Sandra worked from 9.30am until                                            

8.30pm. A long day but the back of the                             

job is broken and the difference is amazing.     

                                                                                       The mess in the Galley


And much safer.

There were a number of things found that were downright dangerous. The two mega fuses, one at 400A and the other at 300A, were wired up wrongly and so would have drawn 700A before blowing. The lighting circuit for the galley and rear cockpit were supplied direct off the batteries and so were not protected by a fuse at all. Many of the battery terminals were not tightened properly and one was found sheared.

With the faults found in the electrical system and the problem previously with the flexible gas hose, it just does not seem right that a boat builder can, with no training or regulation, be allowed to work on any electrical, gas or plumbing system and then fill out the Declaration of Conformity himself.

Nowadays, this would never be allowed in house construction, so why is there no regulation in boat building?     

After Sandra left we had a few drinks in the front cratch which seemed like a calm oasis and a stir fry dinner.

I was early to bed because I had a few drinks too many last night and had struggled through my day.

  




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