The shocking truth about Victron failure

Further sailing adventures of the sail into the sunset crew , We fix the generator overheating, leave the channel isles, go aground, fix a serious Victron electrical fault, and get our water maker working. Just a typical few days on the good ship Aequitas. In fact we have so may boat jobs to do before we go deep south that the next few videos will definitely have lots of boat jobs.#Sailing #sailing UK #sail into the sunset #Lithium fault #boat maintenance #lithium batteries #victron failure #electrical failure #boat electrics #sailing disaster #boat electrics

[@cochrantd]

I've just discovered your channel. Thanks for sharing these nice tid-bits. Cheers and fair winds!

[@nortonmolly]

Great video. It good that you film what you are talking about. Many other sailing channels just do face to camera because it’s easy. And try to describe the process. 👍👍

[@Aequitas-sailintothesunset]

Thank you

[@gromett]

Misleading title. Not a victron fail. Victron was fine, it was your install that failed.

[@Aequitas-sailintothesunset]

Many thanxs for your comment , quite right 👍🏻

[@aaronjones9866]

Clearly you are both very proficient sailors! Great video and some useful information. Thanks

[@Aequitas-sailintothesunset]

Thank you

[@mazdamaniac4643]

I may have mentioned this to a number of people that I've seen applying Vaseline to rubber items, in the well-meaning but mistaken belief that it'll lubricate them. It won't for long. Vaseline is made from petrol, so many types of modern synthetic rubber seals such as EPDM and Nitrile do not play well with it. It slowly decomposes them into oblivion. Vegetable oils can also effect certain synthetic and natural rubbers, they absorb the oil until the seal gets so soft that it simply perishes and falls apart. If you're determined to lubricate these types of seals, or indeed any synthetic rubber seal, you'd be much better off with a silicone or 'red rubber' grease which does not react with them. You're lucky that it was just a toilet that went wrong, I've witnessed this issue ruin complete engines that had been rebuilt. You simply can't use Vaseline on this stuff anymore.

[@Aequitas-sailintothesunset]

Hi , yes we’ve learnt our lesson over the Vaseline . It just dissolved the rubber . It is however good for something’s like sealing my scuba mask (I have a beard and tash) it seems to be ok with the plastic , but it is hard to differentiate between what’s a rubber and what’s a plastic, as u say best to use the silicon grease varieties. What is also rather worrying is the effects that current crop of fuels and their additives is having on engine parts particularly seals both for our main engine and the outboard . Thanks for the info 👍🏻😎

[@mazdamaniac4643]

@@Aequitas-sailintothesunset No worries mate, I'm in a similar situation. I use a filter mask for some tasks at work and can recommend that barrier cream works well, especially when washing it off afterwards! I also agree that modern fuels can be problematic, especially with different locations around the world. In particular, increasing amounts of ethanol in the petrol mix is quite corrosive, while diesels suffer from emulsifier additives that work great at breaking down deposits but tend to gum up today's injectors. Luckily, manufacturers have cottoned onto this issue and replaced a lot of their seals with Viton (aka FKM) instead of EPDM, which is far more resistant but also why they're noticeably more expensive. They last much better, but they're not 100% proof, which is why good old PTFE in tapes for threads, pipe glands etc. and sheet form for gasket material is a lasting go-to in my toolbox.