When I was charging "Hazel"s batteries I noticed that the charging light was dimmer than usual. In the morning I was disappointed to find that the batteries hadn't fully charged. Luckily there was enough charge for our weekend guests and it has been sunny so the solar panels have been working well.
I thought the problem might be bad connections so I checked and tightened them all. I tried charging again, with no luck. It was looking like a fault in the charger.
I rang Exegon, the company that made the huge great yellow box that charges "Hazel"s big bank of AGM batteries. As soon as I explained the symptoms Gary the technical bod knew what was wrong. I was concerned about the task of getting the thing to their works in Melksham for repair. It's weight is close to my Safe Working Load. Gary explained to me how to remove the circuit board so that I could post it to him.
When I opened it up I found the innards were nothing like what Gary had described. However, I found what looked like the circuit board, quickly packaged it up and had it in the post about 10 this morning.
Meanwhile we have another bunch of guests on the boat. The batteries will be pretty depleted by the time they leave. Fingers crossed that we get it back quickly.
Aaron shafting "Hazel" back from the charging point.
Inside the charger.
