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It is only a problem when the sense fuse has blown. Everything works fine (as it has for the last 20 odd years) when the fuse is in place. Someone on here posed the question the other day, why is the regulator not alarming / telling us its lost the sense wire? I think if I can resolve that question, it will resolve / explain the basic issue. Yes, we can programme the Regulator. It is actually on Pro2, FLA. (The old house batts were FLA). BUT, it has always given a bulk charge of 14.8v, and Pro2 doesn't use 14.8v. It uses 14.4 I think. So it is likely my father did a user programme at

We have a battery monitor that we are setting an alarm up from. To a light on the dashboard. The first time we had this issue (15.6v) there was an alarm going. That was when we were trying to charge the batteries up from 7 volts. I assumed that was an under voltage alarm. The key issue that we need to resolve, is that the regulator is seeing 14.8 when the batteries are getting 15.6. That is why the regulator isn't triggering an alarm (although it doesn't make sense why the 15.6 happens to be the high voltage limit) At the same time, we have parasitic loads we are trying to identify. It is poss

Throw which bit out? the regulator?

The update is that I've fixed the problem, but I have no idea how... If the sense wire fuse is in place and not blown, everything runs fine, and the batts receive 14.8v, and the regulator sees the the correct voltage. If I pull out the 1 amp sense wire fuse, the regulator thinks it sees 14.8v (no idea how) but the batts receive 15.6 ish. All the diagnostic tests on the regulator passed. So no problems with our 20yr old regulator I checked the resistance on everything I could find, pulled every wire off the regulator and checked resistance there. Then pulled the alternator off th

Yeah, but the Harbour Master can't handle basic things like issueing Notice to Mariners. Like I say, I got less sense out of the HM than my 8yr old while he's watch. I think the media would be well placed to get some traction on this. Not a lot of people want an old wreck of a boat sitting in the marine environment.

Edit, tomorrow we are planning on running a series of tests as per the Balmar manual to check for faults in the regulator, wiring harness or alternator. This will include a full check on the voltage sensing wire, field wire and ignition wire. We expect the alternator to be fine, as it is putting out more than enough ergs. As per the opening sentence in the Balmar manual, the majority of faults are in wiring and connections, so we are hoping to find the gremlin there somewhere. Really don't want to replace the regulator, they aren't cheap. These tests should be just like defusing a bo

We have a Balmar MC612 alternator regulator. It has a voltage sensing wire to the house batteries with a 1 amp fuse. The 1 amp fuse is blowing, and the alternator is giving both the start and house batts 15.6v. Any ideas on what to check? Everything keeps running with the fuse blown. It appears this fuse has been blown for some time. Replaced it today and it failed asap... We have a bunch of other related issues we are working through: 1) Parasitic loads on both the start and house batts. Start is about 4 or 5 mA (if I've got my units right). House is about 10mA with the isolato

I don't know what is going on with the boat, but I saw it being towed around on Wednesday. I was fishing off Army Bay. Looked like a regular fizz boat towing it. One guy on the hulk, not much else to say. I see it is on a mooring in Tindals. Dodgy as f*ck if you ask me. It isn't close to seaworth. No Keel, no motor, no rigging. It is literal just a hulk. Buggered if I know what they will do with it at Tindals, other than wait for it to bust off and end up on the rocks. Cheap storage. I pondered talking to the Harbour Master about it. But they don't have a requirement for boats to be sea-

Putting out mooring buoys is an easy and logical way to mitigate the impact of the CAN's, to get boaties onboard, AND to assist in an actual sustainable long term containment strategy. And I suspect if they were done en masse the cost would be very low compared to the current regime if diving inspections, commercial divers, dive boats etc.

Clearly wasn't seen. It's what happens when you try taking dedicated ocean racers around harbour courses / enclosed waters. These are the IMOCA's, where all of the crew are downstairs out of the weather and sh*t tonnes of crashing waves over the deck. Ideal in the southern ocean or sending it across the North Atlantic at average speeds of 30knts. Hopeless for match racing. Side note, thank good they got some boats that give the crew protection for the ocean race. The Volvo 60's or what ever they are called are frankly ridiculous with the tonnes of water washing over exposed crew. The

I could recommend an insurance company that doesn't require rig inspections if you want. There is this perception about rigs older than 10 yrs, but every time I've discussed changing my standing rigging with riggers, they point out the 10 yrs thing is not important and is only driven by insurance co's. Brand new rigs can drop. 20 yr old rigs can be fine, its about. You can change all the standing rigging to comply with an insurance co's 10 yr thing, and the backing plates in the mast wont be changed, which is the weakest point (rig falls down if backing plate cracks and rig terminal pulls

No, you'd be great. The more left field or nuttier the author, the more interesting the book PS, that is intended as a compliment.

This is exactly what I'm on about. The regulatory framework across NZ is fractionated by areas of responsibility (international shipping and local cruising boats) and geographical areas. So far, they have only found it where they have looked for it. There are many, many places they haven't looked for it. One of my favourite ruse's is to say "we have not failed any quality testing" on x, y, z, food, water quality etc. This is a true statement, regardless of weather you've carried out any testing or not. If you don't test, you can't fail a test. I got a roasting once in a summer job as

I think a stop at the Mokes is logical. You can speed up the delivery by slowing the work down. Take a break to re-assess, check over, confirm your plan, etc. That, and if I was a CG volunteer and was putting in that many hours, I'd want to take the chance to check out the Mokes on the way past. I've never been there.

That was a very long tow. Wonder what the back story was on the yacht?

Why do you assume Barrier or Rawhiti are the epicentre?

This footage came out a couple of months ago. I'm fairly sure the boat was stolen, but I can't remember any other details from the story.

I just read the YNZ briefings. What a disappointment. Almost all of it is copied directly from MPI, other than the glowing endorsement of David A, who didn't know about it at all as of yesterday lunch time. I am not at all surprised YNZ doesn't have the fortitude to question or go against the govt narrative. Not a mention of the aquarium trade introduction. Even MPI's material highlight the use of caulerpa in aquariums.

Include it in the ETS. That amount of biological growth will sequester a substantial amount of carbon.

Fair point. I took your comment as criticism of me having the audacity to want to speak directly to the guy in charge. There has been widespread dissatisfaction with YNZ's representation of boaties and the amount of revenue they generate from us. In my view, this closing and banning of all boating activities is clearly an exestential threat to boating, and if YNZ can't actively advocate for us, or do anything useful, it is time YNZ get sorted out. How to do that is the next question, but either by board representation, bya member movement, or by coordination from clubs pulling out. Y

They already have caulerpa outside of the CAN area. Go figure. They are trialing the Californian method of killing it. Strange how they didn't trial that method at Barrier. Noting that the AC expert said to me that the Californian eradication was successful cause they only had 1 m2 of it. Also noting that MPI's expert panel said you can't erradicate it. So the CAN is not even 24hrs old, and caulerpa is already outside of it. They will either extend the ban, or see sense and lift it all together. My money is on extending the ban, so they can get a huge budget from govt and build

MPI currently say 'indefinitely'.

I don't really have time for that type of twaddlebollocks. Its about time some of these CEO types heard it how it is. If they are on to it, they will appreciate the approach, any 'honest feedback'. If they don't appreciate it, they shouldn't be in that role. When told he was in a meeting, I was also asked if I would like him to call me back, so the receptionist clearly didn't bother first confirming I was an approved, delegated representative. To be honest, the general vibe was 'how can we help', which was very refreshing. Like I said, I did get through to the PR guy first go, which

Probably a different silo leading it. Other possible silos are BiosecurityNZ (just cause they are part of MPI doesn't mean they don't have their own army of PR spinners, and a completely different website) or NRC, who are funded by MPI to manage this response. Can you keep up with the structure?

I'm not actually intending to do that. I was more wanting to highlight the number of loop holes in the boating ban. But that said, I expect MPI will need a patrol boat out full time to manage the ban over busy periods, weekends, summer holidays etc. At the very least they will need to mark off the area with buoys like with marine reserves.