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Was the fuel injection pump rebuilt when the engine was rebuilt? The actuator should be spring loaded to the stop position, but if the injection pump is slightly seized it will not switch off or will not control the speed correctly.

Is the fuel solenoid free on the injection pump? You should be able to pull it across freely. Sometimes the fuel pumps seize if not used for a long time. This will trip the red breaker. You can also try disconnecting the fuel solenoid wiring and then see if it cranks over.

Cummins/fleetguard restore or restore plus is perfect for cleaning heat exchanger and the whole cooling system. I have used it for a number of years.

I struggle to see how a 3kW charger can overload a 15kW generator. There should be an generator/inverter output breaker to stop overload damaging the unit. I would also be surprised if there is not some sort of under voltage and under frequency protection inbuilt into the inverter to self...

From my understanding these capacitors store the power between the PMG generator and the inverter, when you demand a high power load (ie motor starting) these capacitors release their stored power while the variable speed PMG picks up speed. no, because all the power between the generator and...

From my understanding these capacitors store the power between the PMG generator and the inverter, when you demand a high power load (ie motor starting) these capacitors release their stored power while the variable speed PMG picks up speed.

This type of capacitor regulation (shown in video) is completely different to the way a FP15000i works, the above is to regulate a traditional copper wound AC generator. The capacitors inside the FP15000i inverter are for supporting motor starting surge current, that’s why there is 12 of them.

FP1500i is a permanent magnetic generator feeding a AC inverter, I guess the high AC output fault is from the inverter rather than the generator itself.

I owned that boat probably 20 yrs ago. 3lt Essex V6 and PP65 jet drive.

Normally speaking a winding failure would give you no voltage or very low voltage, 170V is neither. What size capacitor is fitted? Have you tried the next size up? Sometimes the tolerance is not very good and the next size up fix’s the problem. The engine speed should be 3200rpm with no load...

I have charged AGM’s via a standard van type alternator for many years with no issues. The last pair lasted 9 years. I do use a victron multiplus charger when plugged into shoreline.

Marine Engineering Looe are the local dealer.

It’s in full running order, I can post some pictures when I get it lifted in a couple of weeks.

It’s identical to the pictures in the first post on this thread. Pre-crossflow with wortham Blake gearbox.