We took advantage of the extensive knowledge of Lorna's mechanic and ex-trawlerman uncle who came to see us today, to both get a lesson on engine maintenance down in the engine room, and also to take the cover off the generator on the front deck and see whether it looked like a big pile of rust or a useful and worthwhile thing to keep on board.
It turned out to indeed be a very useful and worthwhile thing to keep on board, hiding inside a cover made almost entirely of rust, being a generator that will charge our batteries if need be but is also a specifically designed welding gerator. As Lorna's dearest wish is to learn to weld this is great news. We just need to get a battery for the jenny and it should hopefully work fine. Fingers crossed...
3 comments:
cor, yum -looks like a very useful animal indeed. What sort of engine's it got? As I'm thinking about what sort of genny I'll find for ms Ann at the mo reading your post makes me a just wee bitty envious.
Good luck getting it started up (I'm sure it'll be fine)!
S.
Uncle Dave did tell us but i' can't remember off hand. I'll find out and let you know.
Serendipitous! Everyone needs one of those.
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