On a day that we had planned to enter Canada fate had other ideas. This
morning our Inverter/Charger
died. That
means we have no 110 volt power on the boat unless we have the generator
running or are on shore power. So no power to the
refrigerator, freezers or outlets. Fred left a message for our new
best friend, Jim Rovang, to troubleshoot. We have headed back to Cap
Sante Boat Haven in Anacortes. Jim came over and bypassed the
inverter so we could power our 110 system while we are on shore power. He
fit us in as an emergency but does not have time to install a new inverter. Since
this system was just installed about two weeks ago Fred called the store where
it was purchased. Fred talked to Dan at West
Marine in Alameda, CA. Dan says that we should take
this one up to the local West Marine and return it. West Marine has a very liberal
return policy. Even though this was defective,
we could have returned it just because we want a different one. Unfortunately
the store where the merchandise is returned takes the hit of a return there
even if it was purchased out of state. The good news is that they have
another inverter in stock that meets our needs. It is much less expensive than
the last one so we got a nice refund from West Marine.
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