[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [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) > > Neil Arlidge kindly responded: > 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)
In retrospect from others (and mine) experiences...check that the travel power is seeing the power from the ignition being turned on. This is fused, some of my crew members have made the classic mistake of starting the engine, but leaving the ignition off...them wondering why the Travelpower is giving the red light! -- 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/
