OK We don't have power!

Grrr that is all I have to say! So we get new batteries. We find out a few problems... I think that is the problem that there are too many problems to sort out what is causing what! The Engine runs a Balmar (which is the biggest powerful alternator one has ever seen on a diesel engine) then it goes to get regulated for it's voltage so it can go and recharge the batteries. But then there is a second switch next to the voltage regulator... what does that do? it turns some brown wire to on or off.  well it was off... was that our problem? so we turn it on (well we don't our professional electrician does) now there is power to the mysterious to me brown wire. then it runs over to a duo converter that splits the battery charge from the house and the back up battery.

All this happiness should be about 14.4 volts charging at first cuz every electrician talks about Bulk charge, float charge and one other one. yadda yahdda yahdda. maybe this is where I should be paying attention.  So we fried our old batteries - well we can assume they were fried before we got them. And it seems we might be doing it again. cuz we ran our engine to charge and Ben for fun... I'm so glad he thinks this is fun... he took out the voltage meter and said, "Oh this is bulking out at 16!" now we really don't know much about meters but they seem simple - red to red - black to black- then read the number.  maybe we don't know which dial to turn it to so we just turn it till it looks like it is giving us the right answer. I think Ben knows more cuz he has the Y chromosome thing going on his side.

The meters are fun to play with cuz I feel like I'm so smart hooking up two wires and getting immediate results. Ok back to the story... So the duo converter might be wrong too. Or is it the "Heart" the dreaded AC/DC converter? Something is telling someone to over charge the batteries to death! Who is the culprit??? Or could it be the ground is making everyone crazy? If we are not grounded right then weird things can happen.  So there you have the full story.

Anyway we are not yet leaving Mystic till the guy Steve comes back to check out our electrical this afternoon sometime - which means 4 or 5pm.
But now let me tell you of our Sunday fun! I'll put it on the next blog.