Generator ready (very nearly)

Today we spent most of the day fighting the exhaust pipe. It won. But we found another way to make it work!

Finally all the wires were connected... bar one, the earth connector (negative) for the 12 volt. The place that is supposed to be connected was attached way to hard to the starter motor for me to get it off and fix the wire. Even if I had been able to, we didn't really have the correct wire for that so need to get some tomorrow.

We also need to route the mains through a 'magneto thermic safety switch'. I'm not sure how different that is from a normal breaker, maybe its the correct name for that device. Obviously the wires need tidying up, they're still a bit untidy.

We also spent time looking for the alternator - there was supposed to be a 12 volt charging output. Eventually looking through the circuit diagram I realised that they were taking an extra winding in the generator as an alternator output to charge the 12 volt.  This means the charging cannot be neatly regulated using the Sterling Power controller we wanted to use... oh well.

Final job was to get the for'ard heads door fitted. Not 100% yet, but at least will be in place.

If all goes well, the next two weeks will be manic, but see King Malu actually sailing!