Back in Oakley once again. Happy new year.
He hasn’t been neglected. We took him for a ride to Brighouse and back on January 4th to ahve his tyres checked and a full tank of diesel whilst it was cheap. He has had a few fires lit especially when he became a base for Raku pottery firings. And more recently he had become a drumming rehearsal space for Abelungu
Today Sandra has given him a good clean and I have been messing with his electrics. I have fitted a trickle battery charger to keep his engine battery nicely peckled up. I have also finally got round to fitting the smart relay which allows the leisure battery to be charged once the alternator has charged the engine battery after starting. I wasn’t that sure how it all worked but I wired it up and started the engine. Sure enough 12 volts were being sent to the leisure battery – in fact 14.2 volts were being sent. Good charge from the alternator. SO I turned the engine off and was quite alarmed to find there was still power going to the leisure battery. However once the voltage dropped to 13v the relay switched off and the 2 batteries were separate again. Marvellous.
I just need a cable running through to the leisure battery and bob will be my uncle.
Sandra discovered a load of mould under the main tin storage shelf so we had to take that out and give it a good scrub. We then remembered we had had a disaster early on with a jar of pickled onions tipping and spilling a load of pickle juice. We didn’t clear up properly then so that has probably caused the mould. Sorted now.
Next job is to have a look at a locker under the double doors for storing outside stuff.
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