[C320-list] Electrical and Bilge

[Robert E. Sloat]

Also check the buttons on the GFI outlets to make sure they have not tripped 
off.  I have them on my hull 894.

Bob Sloat
Savannah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim" <chillinonahd at yahoo.com>
To: "C320 List" <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 8:38 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Electrical and Bilge


> Hello All,
>
> Been enjoying the sailing here in the Northeast, hope you all have too.
>
> We were away this week and two odd things happened, hopefully someone here 
> can
> shed some light.
>
> First, I noticed an inky black color to the bilge water but only in the 
> area
> where the put actually is not the area just aft of that which had some 
> clear
> water. My stuffing box needs an adjustment and eventually teflon packing 
> (winter
> project). Could this be a hose deteriorating or what? Anyone else ever 
> seen this
> before.
>
> Secondly, while we were in a slip in Milford we used the shore power 
> (normally I
> am moored). All worked fine including topping of my batteries and running 
> a huge
> box fan all nite. Later when we got to the next harbor on our trip we were
> moored. I took out my Honda generator to run some AC devices. I hooked it 
> all up
> and got the green AC light on the service panel but none of the outlets 
> produced
> any power. I believe I checked to see if there was a charge going into the
> batteries and that we not working either but not positive on that, as if 
> was
> getting late. I recall some recent threads about something similar that 
> turned
> out to be the shore power connector. Any thoughts on this one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
> Calypso
> #603
>
>
>
>