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Old 10-14-2016, 04:34 PM   #7
Portage_Bay
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Pilou is correct
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At the dock In the event of smoke or a smell of smoke, immediately shut off the power AC & DC, then and only then, investigate.
Absolutely the first thing to do in any fire, especially an electrical fire is kill all the circuits. Dockside you can kill everything with your main breaker(s) and master switche(s).

At sea kill all non-essential circuits. In calm weather that would be everything.

Montenido, be careful
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....so I headed into the engine room, where the smoke was a bit thicker.
When entering a suspect space do it very carefully. Feel the surface of the door / hatch with the back of your hand. If you have a dogged opening crack the dogs enough for a small gap and check again. Introducing fresh air to a fire can be very dangerous.
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