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    Re: Northern Lights Genny

    Quote Originally Posted by brettportzer View Post
    Not being an aircraft owner, I have always thought that the name of the game with aircraft maintenance was to perform it on a schedule, such that things never really break in use?

    Whereas, with boats, it seems like no one wants to touch anything until it breaks?
    Air planes are inspected and tested very well. There are items that do require service on cycles or hours schedules. But nothing is worked on out of its service schedule unless it fails before its time. That out of routine failed part is analyzed very well as to why it failed.
    Inspections may also find loose hardware, chafe on wire bundles and hoses. These are inspected in depth and fixed quickly and completely.

    On a boat, there are inspections and service schedules. Not as tight as an aircraft but still important. We look for loose hoses, wires, rusted hose clamps, battery levels, bilge levels and change oil and filters on a schedule.
    When a boat part fails, not to much failure analysis is given. Often it was from lack of inspection, ie; Bilge pump wire crimp turned green.

    Very similar to air craft, we do not replace perfectly working engine starters but we inspect the cables and wires that attache to it.

    Maybe some of our failures are because of, out of routine schedules;;
    a 12000 hour gen-set has loud ticking sounds from the valve cover. Is that because something just broke or it was not rebuilt at 10000 hours. Or, the valves were not adjusted every 2000 hours.

    OTOH, I remember reading in some owners manuals to remove and clean injectors at some high hour mark. These manuals do not say replace good injectors.

    So, when you are in your ER, feel like a Aqua-Space Craft inspector and look over things well.
    Last edited by Captain Ralph; 06-27-2022 at 11:20 AM.

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