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What spares do you keep on hand?

Ryan Sweet All Messages By This Member #30664 While I try to isolate the cause of my failure (see other thread), I’m trying to think through what else could go wrong. What spares do you keep on board for an Electric drive system? - belts - fuses - wire/battery cables, ring terminals - supplementary/backup power source What else?
Myles Twete All Messages By This Member #30665 Brush motor configs: Spare brush set. Spare controller. Outboard configs: Spare prop. Spare shear pins, cotter pins, nut. Gear lube Rear seal toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Sweet Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 8:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [electricboats] What spares do you keep on hand? While I try to isolate the cause of my failure (see other thread), I’m trying to think through what else could go wrong. What spares do you keep on board for an Electric drive system? - belts - fuses - wire/battery cables, ring terminals - supplementary/backup power source What else?
Damon Lane All Messages By This Member #30667 Ryan, I think your list is reasonable. After I found myself adrift with no electrical power at all, not the motor, nor the lights or radio, as night fell, I got a full set of spare fuses. It didn't prompt me to put a 12v battery downstream of my DC/DC converter, which would have kept the lights and radio working when the propulsion system failed. I do have some spare electrical fittings on board, but haven't evaluated it as a backup kit. My boat sails well in a range of wind conditions and I sail in a limited area so that amount of backup suffices for my level of risk tolerance. Myles' list looks much more comprehensive, like one that conservative offshore sailors would have, the type of people who could rebuild their diesel, and replace standing rigging while offshore or in some remote anchorage. I suspect many people won't want to spend that much, but they should strongly consider if they are going places where they have no access to spares and repairs, but I think many of us boat in areas with access to those things, so we just need to make it to safe harbor.??
Ryan Sweet All Messages By This Member #30670 开云体育 I’ll add to the list: - extra voltmeter/ampmeter? - multimeter? - electrical tape - heat shrink - ring terminals - zip ties - spare wiring long enough to reach each end of the boat Printed Manuals for any digital equipment: - motor controller - charger/charge controller? - inverter Spare battery LED Lights for working in tight spaces with no power.? Spare batteries for lights, power tools.? A lot of these might already be on most boats but becomes more important in this context? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Aug 24, 2020, at 13:57, damonalane <dlane@...> wrote: ?Ryan, I think your list is reasonable. After I found myself adrift with no electrical power at all, not the motor, nor the lights or radio, as night fell, I got a full set of spare fuses. It didn't prompt me to put a 12v battery downstream of my DC/DC converter, which would have kept the lights and radio working when the propulsion system failed. I do have some spare electrical fittings on board, but haven't evaluated it as a backup kit. My boat sails well in a range of wind conditions and I sail in a limited area so that amount of backup suffices for my level of risk tolerance. Myles' list looks much more comprehensive, like one that conservative offshore sailors would have, the type of people who could rebuild their diesel, and replace standing rigging while offshore or in some remote anchorage. I suspect many people won't want to spend that much, but they should strongly consider if they are going places where they have no access to spares and repairs, but I think many of us boat in areas with access to those things, so we just need to make it to safe harbor.??
Carsten All Messages By This Member #30671 Hi, Ryan Could you tell us about your boat type and size, and the whole setup of the engine system, please ? I think we can learn a lot from you :-) Best regards, Carsten On Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 14:53:00 GMT+8, Ryan Sweet <ryan@...> wrote: I’ll add to the list: - extra voltmeter/ampmeter? - multimeter? - electrical tape - heat shrink - ring terminals - zip ties - spare wiring long enough to reach each end of the boat Printed Manuals for any digital equipment: - motor controller - charger/charge controller? - inverter Spare battery LED Lights for working in tight spaces with no power.? Spare batteries for lights, power tools.? A lot of these might already be on most boats but becomes more important in this context? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Aug 24, 2020, at 13:57, damonalane <dlane@...> wrote: ?Ryan, I think your list is reasonable. After I found myself adrift with no electrical power at all, not the motor, nor the lights or radio, as night fell, I got a full set of spare fuses. It didn't prompt me to put a 12v battery downstream of my DC/DC converter, which would have kept the lights and radio working when the propulsion system failed. I do have some spare electrical fittings on board, but haven't evaluated it as a backup kit. My boat sails well in a range of wind conditions and I sail in a limited area so that amount of backup suffices for my level of risk tolerance. Myles' list looks much more comprehensive, like one that conservative offshore sailors would have, the type of people who could rebuild their diesel, and replace standing rigging while offshore or in some remote anchorage. I suspect many people won't want to spend that much, but they should strongly consider if they are going places where they have no access to spares and repairs, but I think many of us boat in areas with access to those things, so we just need to make it to safe harbor.??
Myles Twete All Messages By This Member #30675 开云体育 Hydraulic or other crimper and a variety of appropriate size lugs. ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Sweet Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 11:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [electricboats] What spares do you keep on hand? ? I’ll add to the list: - extra voltmeter/ampmeter? - multimeter? - electrical tape - heat shrink - ring terminals - zip ties - spare wiring long enough to reach each end of the boat ? Printed Manuals for any digital equipment: - motor controller - charger/charge controller? - inverter ? Spare battery LED Lights for working in tight spaces with no power.? Spare batteries for lights, power tools.? ? A lot of these might already be on most boats but becomes more important in this context? On Aug 24, 2020, at 13:57, damonalane <dlane@...> wrote: ?Ryan, I think your list is reasonable. After I found myself adrift with no electrical power at all, not the motor, nor the lights or radio, as night fell, I got a full set of spare fuses. It didn't prompt me to put a 12v battery downstream of my DC/DC converter, which would have kept the lights and radio working when the propulsion system failed. I do have some spare electrical fittings on board, but haven't evaluated it as a backup kit. My boat sails well in a range of wind conditions and I sail in a limited area so that amount of backup suffices for my level of risk tolerance. Myles' list looks much more comprehensive, like one that conservative offshore sailors would have, the type of people who could rebuild their diesel, and replace standing rigging while offshore or in some remote anchorage. I suspect many people won't want to spend that much, but they should strongly consider if they are going places where they have no access to spares and repairs, but I think many of us boat in areas with access to those things, so we just need to make it to safe harbor.??

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