[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here I am again looking for sage advice from this esteemed group. > > Our narrowboat has a 43HP Beta engine fitted with a travelpower > generator. > The day before we returned to the US last autumn, the generator > stopped > working. Like any other alternator type of device, it > occasionally would take some extra revs to make it "kick in", but it > always did. Until this time. I am quite happy to fiddle around > with 12V systems but when it's 240V I'll leave it to someone else. > > To answer some of the questions you might have: > - There are about 2500 hours on the engine > - I had replaced the drive belts about 50 hours before the failure > and had > to adjust the Travelpower belt quite tight to eliminate kind of a > drumming > sound > - yes, the belt is still on and adjusted > - We had washed the boat the day that we noticed that the generator > wasn't working. Rhapsody is a semitrad and I can't imagine that we > inadvertently introduced any more water into the engine bay than some > of the drenching rains that we've experienced. > - I've tried resetting the breaker on the 240V panel > - I read the trouble shooting part of the manual and the suggested > tests are > way more intimate than I want to get with 240V > > So, my questions are: > - Is there anything obvious that I have missed? > - We are moored for the winter at Enslow Wharf Marina on the South > Oxford. > Is there anyone in that area who knows how to work on these things? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > John Glaves > nb Rhapsody > Chicago (8 inches of snow yesterday)
They seem to get through brushes on the alternator. Get Beta to send you a 200-03052 £30.55 (assuming it is a 3.5KVA Travelpower) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - The Wilderness years... Follow the truly independent TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways from the DEFRA cuts http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
