The good news is the inverter is working. It does not communicate well with the new monitor and controller—Victron Cerbo GX—we had installed this summer. The lack of communication caused the inverter to shut down. It has been rebooted and is now working. We may have to disconnect the inverter from the Cerbo to keep it from shutting down again but that is a minor issue.
As we were eating dinner a rowing team came by. They are just beyond the dock.
The bad news is the engine is not fixed. The new part arrived just before noon yesterday. Coincidentally, the mechanic who was scheduled to come to Breeze On Friday was available yesterday. George installed the new hose reducer and the mechanic, Caleb, arrived a short time later. Caleb checked everything, said it looked fine, and we fired up the engine. We ran it for about 45 minutes while Caleb continued to check the engine. Everything looked good so Caleb left. Wouldn’t you know it, high coolant temperature alarm sounded before Caleb even got off of the dock. George called him, he came back and said he suspected a faulty temperature sensor. Caleb had a new one ordered for overnight delivery and will come back later this afternoon to install it.
This morning George discovered a small amount of coolant on the engine room floor. He tightened the hose clamp where the leak seemed to originate and we are keeping an eye on it. We now have the engine running and are monitoring the temperature using an infrared thermometer and we are also looking for leaking coolant. So far the engine temperature has been normal, the alarm has not sounded, and no coolant has leaked.
It looked like a bomb went off in the cabin when George was working on the inverter.
The inverter. The green light in the middle of the left-hand side means it is working. Yay!
The new hose reducer.
We decided to go out to dinner last night. It was supposed to be a celebratory dinner but ended up being a consolation. As we were walking on the dock we followed a dockmate. The egrets do seem to love it here.
As we were eating dinner a rowing team came by. They are just beyond the dock.
A lot of complicated parts and machinery. I understand your frustration and give you both a lot of credit for your patience. Hang in there ❤️
ReplyDeleteI never aspired to be a diesel engine mechanic, but needs must. In the end the professional mechanic fixed the problems.
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