Quijote's New Alternator

Progress is afoot! I finished installing the Balmar alternator with an external regulator over the weekend and it appears to be working well.  The new regulator has triple stage charging and temperature sensors on the the alternator and battery bank.  It’s nice to have the upgrade finished.

Now that the government shutdown has ended (however briefly), the shop that was charged with finishing the bearing assembly rebuild for the steering wheel has finished the job, so my next project is to reassemble and adjust the steering cables, throttle cables, and steering wheel.  More crawling around on the boat.  Oh boy!

Now if the weather would just warm up.  The last thing I want to be doing is crawling around on the deck with a couple inches of snow on it.  It’s a much better day for practicing sight reductions for celestial navigation.

Balmar 100A alternator (white) on Yanmar 50hp

External regulator showing alternator temperature in degrees Celsius