A couple of "oops"

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1.) The shower pump

Decide to replace the sticky float switch. Kill the shore power, turn off both battery switches. Cut the old one away. Mount new one. Get out soldering iron. First wire joins fine. Second wire, hmmm, why is the tip of my soldering iron sparking? Keep soldering. Power back up, and the shower pump now doesn't work at all, nor the radio Spend ages looking around the S28, and eventually find a tiny popped-out breaker marked "shower pump". Reset, and all is well.

Lessons learnt: The soldering iron is earthed. The shower pump is live even when the batteries are isolated on an S28. If the shower pump breaker trips, you lose the radio as well!

2.) "Galley"

During a previous boat visit, I had turned off the various shore power breakers. I wasn't sure which ones I had turned off, so just to be on the safe side I turned them all back on again.

Today, I happened to look in the fridge

It turns out that the "Galley" switch powers the fridge up even if the "Fridge" switch is set to off.

Lesson learnt: Trying to recreate Superman's home on your boat takes several months.

dv.

 

[powerskipper]

yup

1.)

Today, I happened to look in the fridge

It turns out that the "Galley" switch powers the fridge up even if the "Fridge" switch is set to off.

Lesson learnt: Trying to recreate Superman's home on your boat takes several months.

dv.

The fridges are very shall we say efficient, I have spent many hours defrosting them.

 

[gmp]

Me too, I find it easier and quicker to defrost with a the wife's hairdryer!!!

 

[Firefly625]

..so glad I'm not the only one these things happen to..!

 

[powerskipper]

yup

..so glad I'm not the only one these things happen to..!

Its when the beer that was in there has frozen too and exploded , it gets interesting LOL.


I don't have access to a hair dryer so use bowels of hot water, works ok.

 

[peterandjeanette]

so use bowels of hot water, works ok.

 

[carlton]

Nice one FP - leave it be and it should have defrosted nicely by about July...

I don't have access to a hair dryer so use bowels of hot water, works ok.

Crikey Julie - how exactly do you transfer the hot water into the fridge?

 

[whisper]

Yes, I think that's her best yet!!

 

[Merlyn]

Crikey Julie - how exactly do you transfer the hot water into the fridge?

She must be taking the pi** surely

 

[Firefly625]

Its when the beer that was in there has frozen too and exploded , it gets interesting LOL.


I don't have access to a hair dryer so use bowels of hot water, works ok.

mmm, well I guess it would work. But I really don't think SWMBO would approve of that method.... and the cleaning up job after wouldn't be nice...

 

[powerskipper]

clanger

Its when the beer that was in there has frozen too and exploded , it gets interesting LOL.


I don't have access to a hair dryer so use bowels of hot water, works ok.

well it look right at the time but not now, dyslexia strikes again. LOL