Internal fuse for the WFCO 55 Amp Converter?
I just noticed that I'm not charging the batteries when hooked up to the power pole. The batteries are down to 12.0v, they should be showing at least 13.4v. The 12 volt DC output is fine, all the l...
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I remember a jerk owner of a dragger a net fishing boat who fumed because I was forced to reach a long distance to disconnect a negative battery cable on an eight battery 32 volt system.
"Here, gimme that" he snatched the two 1/2" wrenches out of my hands then went to a positive terminal, broke the bolt and nut loose then managed to jam one of the wrenches against the hull.
Yep. The wrench turned red - orange then white.
It burned a hole the size of a silver dollar through a 5/16" steel hull.
It ruined the lug on the end of the cable and blew the post off of the 8-volt batteries.
"I'm not paying you for that damned (Snap-On) wrench!"
Later when he reversed the polarity on the alternator, he came to me with the blown 8SC4006-U Motorola 100 amp alternator, he snarled "How much are you going to charge me to fix it? He also had to buy a another new 8-volt battery -- $250.00"
"Why, nothing John. They have lots of them in San Francisco" The hole in the new construction freshly painted boat became a minor joke of the harbor.
My payment was the school of hard knocks. The action of what that wrench did shook me up. Another time, in a rush a cable accidentally brushed an alternator output stud. I spent the next four hours mumbling-stupid-stupid-stupid as I changed four of the 12 rectifiers of my freshly rebuilt alternator.
I am very picky now how I treat exposed battery contacts.
"Here, gimme that" he snatched the two 1/2" wrenches out of my hands then went to a positive terminal, broke the bolt and nut loose then managed to jam one of the wrenches against the hull.
Yep. The wrench turned red - orange then white.
It burned a hole the size of a silver dollar through a 5/16" steel hull.
It ruined the lug on the end of the cable and blew the post off of the 8-volt batteries.
"I'm not paying you for that damned (Snap-On) wrench!"
Later when he reversed the polarity on the alternator, he came to me with the blown 8SC4006-U Motorola 100 amp alternator, he snarled "How much are you going to charge me to fix it? He also had to buy a another new 8-volt battery -- $250.00"
"Why, nothing John. They have lots of them in San Francisco" The hole in the new construction freshly painted boat became a minor joke of the harbor.
My payment was the school of hard knocks. The action of what that wrench did shook me up. Another time, in a rush a cable accidentally brushed an alternator output stud. I spent the next four hours mumbling-stupid-stupid-stupid as I changed four of the 12 rectifiers of my freshly rebuilt alternator.
I am very picky now how I treat exposed battery contacts.
