Reggae Regatta!
by Jake on Jun.02, 2006, under Racing!
Coming soon…Team Seacats attends the Reggae Regatta just outside Atlanta, GA. This one is shaping up to be attended by some real hot-shot F18 sailors and we’re expecting a 20 boat class. We’ll try to keep some updates rolling from the regatta as David and I try to keep things fast.
In the meantime, I plan to blog some trials and tribulations about repairing the generator on my RV. I’ve really done it to myself this time. The carburetor was about shot so I put a new one in (new replacement from ebay for $130 = almost 1/2 retail). After installing the new carburetor, the generator would start easily and run great but only as long as I held the start button. I’ve tried all sorts of things and finally in an effort to proove out a faulty voltage regulator, I think I shorted out the control board too. I haven’t found a voltage regulator for under $250 and the control board (that I think I just fried) runs about the same. Seeing as it only has a simple voltage rectifier (4 diodes), a few capacitors, resistors, and three relays – the price for that control board is ludicrous. I’ll test and replace any individual components I fried on the circuit board but the voltage regulator will probably have to be replaced. More on that later.
Originally uploaded by Team Seacats.
