Jack, the electrician, came down to Zephyr first thing yesterday to see how our new wind generator worked. Since we'd fired it up the previous night and had shut if off due to some questions we'd had, I had to start her up. We were having winds over 30 knots and she took off. Pumping out amps like there was no tomorrow. We switched off the shore power and put a big load on the batteries to drain some of its reserve power off so we could see how much the DuoGen could make and that so that we could measure its output. It worked like a charm!!! Now we can stay out much longer and quieter not having to fire up the engine nor the Honda generator anywhere near as much. The DuoGen may not make all the power we need(unless it is blowing like mad) but it will keep most of the systems near full capacity.
The rest of the day was spent cleaning up and putting away things that had been used for the installation plus left over wire and connectors that needed to be stored. I'd made quite a mess of several areas of the boat. We still need to go through the boxes we hauled out of the stern bilge so that I could get down there for my work on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Zephyr was pretty much a mess. I still need to organize lots of what I have here but I'm getting better.
We took a trip to Safeway for more provisions and are planning a trip to Silverdale-about 60 miles down the coast to do some more intense shopping. We both need new shoes and some other things that just aren't available locally.
The weather over the next day or so is set to be very windy with a "possibility" of rain. The weekend is supposed to be better so we will see if we can get out by Sunday.
Have a great weekend everyone.
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