Yup, a new boat! A Cheoy Lee Offshore 41. Our surveys have been going well. All that’s left now is to get a mechanical survey and a sea trial. Then we’ll renegotiate the price and have the bank cut the current owner a check! Woohoo. This will be a great Christmas present.
I also added a countdown to when we go cruising on the right side of the webpage so you can see how much longer we’ll be hanging around San Diego.
Today I fixed 2 problems on the boat. I disassembled the power converter. It changes 115VAC household power to 12VDC boat power. The power switch was broken and only turned on if you pushed up and to the left and wiggled it around. Then it would work.
This morning after a late breakfast I disassembled the unit and pulled out the switch and the indicator lamp. Natalie and I took a trip up to Fry’s Electronics in San Diego. It was like walking in to nerd nirvana. I went straight for the aisle with electronic repair parts and found a single pole double throw switch to replace the broken one with but had problems finding a new 120VAC lamp. After going to the aisle with the LED’s I saw a pilot light that was just the right part for the job.
The replaced bulb is red and in the middle poking through the case.
It was tight soldering to replace the lamp and switch
I had to unwire the power converter from the boat's main circuit breaker
Now the light works and and the switch is good!