Saga
I am collecting my thoughts since a lot has happen since my 1st post. I left Marathon on the 1st, Crossed over to Bimini the next day, my very 1st crossing plus solo, had good weather..Moved fast because of weather and made it to Rose Island on the 5th. I disconnected my positive cable to the Alternator before make the trip, started to take off belt since it only turns the Alt. The water pump is geared. Then put belt on because the Tach runs off the “W needed, only “W” lead for tach. Yes, I and it did work!! with no other connection, so I had a tach for the trip, damn important. Next will call tech Monday and go over over fuse problem, No exciter wire I did rewire into one main 1250 ah bank before I left and add a Victron battery monitor. It WiFi to your phone, So great and easy to ck usage. Surprising with the rewire, the solar pick up the daily usage approx. 300-400AH. In 8 days I have run gen set 2x for 3-4 hours total, very happy. Have a ice maker, 5cuft freezer and 10 cuft freezer. Wish I could get the alternator working as a back up.
Still open to ideas what to check., Waiting out winds the last few days , then moving the the Exhumes I brought an ACR EPRIB. And an Islander WiFI system.