UPGRADE THYME!!!

 

Itz major upgrade thyme with lotz and lotz of items getting attention. Having Joondalup and itz many stores so close makes it much easier to complete jobz on the yot.

1st up waz the wet exhaust system in the Stb hull, this $200 piece of reinforced rubber carries both exhaust water and gas outside the yot but the pipe has been damaged for several months and salt water and fumes were leaking in2 the engine room. job done!

Next to get an upgrade waz the TV which waz an old plasma unit that cost $100 5 years ago and used lotz of power, (out with the old and in with the new). The newer version iz 12volt and uses less than a quarter of the power of the old unit. Despite being just bigger than the old unit.

In the last entry we were also suffering from storm damage to the solar systems of the yot.

That problem iz no longer with the installation (wkoa)  upgraded to 4 household panels with new dc/dc convertors that link the 45 volts from the solar panels to the 12 volt system of the yot. This iz sumthing untried in Solarland , Kenny put me on2 the fact that these panelz put out 40+ volts on cloudy dayz. While everyone around me needz to run gener8tors just to top up power, my new system haz 2 x 300 amp battery banks full by 9 am in the morning. and on2 float voltage.

Next on the upgrade list iz the brainz of the Yot! The computer and media storage iz failing with bad electrical connections. So both are now renewed with a new laptop coming online and a complete cloning of all onboard hard drives, New hard drive connections made it easier to clone the drives on2 new onez. Only now I learn that thumb drives now come in 2TB size for around $15 as against the new Toshiba drives at $80 each. Oh well we live and learn, I've now ordered 4 of the thumb drivez so I can keep a complete copy of the brainz of the Yot at mum and Dadz place. 

Next on the list waz the dinghy lifting contollz with both up and down switches needing attention. The spot light also had a dicky switch. Once again nutha job done! Lotz of complicated wiring.

Now itz thyme to turn all my attentionz to the troublesum generator which iz ready 2B lifted out of the engine room. then the injection pump will be removed and serviced.