So I have begun my ritual of maintenance on my boat this past weekend. I hit the honey do list of things that I have been making notes on all summer that I didnt want to deal with either because I was to busy boating or because the engine room is too darn hot during the summer. Anyway, I was down in the engine room this weekend doing oil changes and replacing my starter battery. I needed to get the block heaters going. I fired them up, took off for some lunch and came back to find the engines still ice cold. What the heck? So off I went on a sidetrack of figuring out why the block heaters weren't working. No power to them...so I started tracing the wiring back and found that the PO had plugged the block heaters into standard household extension cords that were very light duty and then plughed the extension cords into household light timers! To top it off those timers were plugged into an 8 plug outlet strip. UGH. I unplugged the block heaters from their extension cords to find that where they were plugged in was completely charred. I ended up rewiring the whole thing so there was a single set of wires from the block back to the outlets. I cut out the timers as well. I'm diligent enough that I doubt I will need them. They are more of a pain than they are worth to me.
Next I was working on replacing hoses on the aft head. I started digging into the cabinets to find that one of the hoses was rubbing in the spot where a hole saw cut a cabin to push the hose through. Instead of fixing the real problem the PO wrapped some electrical tape around the hose which of course was rubbed right through. No wonder my rear head smelled so bad! Man I can't want to get through all these surprises! Thanks, Kerry--
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