Not Again!

Bernie took the truck to 'Beaver's Engineering' on Friday to get the shed put on. When he tried to put the legs of the rig up he was surprised to find there was no power. Only two days before the batteries were showing they were 100% full, so to see everything completely dead flat was odd. 
To say we were disappointed there was another problem was an understatement! Bernie rang solar Dave in Tauranga to ask him what might have happened.He didn't have a clue. It's been a month since the fuse melted in Mapua and we are still waiting for Dave to send down a replacement circuit breaker. Obviously we are not a priority. Hopefully after speaking to him the circuit breaker will arrive this week.
The next day Paul and Amanda came to the rig with us to put a metre on it to try and locate the problem. As Bernie put his hand near a battery terminal it sparked which indicated it did in fact have power. Once the screw was tightened the power soared through. And despite it being an overcast day with no sun, the power was rushing in at 14amps. We've never had it charging like that before. Bernie then checked the other screws and found 6 of the 8 were loose. Poor workmanship! 
So, we are getting an independent electrician to come and check it over to reassure us that it is safe to use again.

Bernie, Paul and Graeme.