Hate to read this story but thankfully they got out ok:
http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Boat-fire-on-Tenn-Tom/2Lzf_4l-lEiwTxNSZs9P-w.cspx
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http://www.wtva.com/news/local/story/Boat-fire-on-Tenn-Tom/2Lzf_4l-lEiwTxNSZs9P-w.cspx
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Very good point, Rick.* It did not occur to us to turn off the electronics breaker on the DC panel.* It was obvious the smell was coming from the hailer/iintercom but it never occured to us that the cause could have been something other than internal to the hailer.* So turning off the hailer seemed the logical thing to do.* It worked, obviously, but had the cause been something not controlled by the hailer's on-off switch, things could have gotten worse fast.* Thanks for the reminder to go for the source, not just the local evidence.RickB wrote:
This may come across as Monday morning quarterbacking but in both the Gulfstar and Marin's examples, when evidence of a possible fire was discovered in areas where the only source of ignition was electrical, both operators failed to secure the power at its source.
*That in a nutshell is the same procedure used in aircraft. Remove all power sources except essential AC/DC until smoke/smell disapates. Remove essential AC/DC if necessary. Restore power one at a time if necessary until smoke/smell re-appears. Meanwhile your partner is looking for a strip of concrete to set it down - ASAP. *RickB wrote:
This may come across as Monday morning quarterbacking but in both the Gulfstar and Marin's examples, when evidence of a possible fire was discovered in areas where the only source of ignition was electrical, both operators failed to secure the power at its source.
*Turn off all power at the source then deal with what is truly a life threatening emergency. Once you have located the problem, then and only then restore power to the circuits which have not been affected.
*The reason the fire in the photo was not discovered was because the engine room exhaust fans extracted the smoke very efficiently and no one noticed anything amiss.timjet wrote:For those of you who run engine room blowers, you might consider shutting them down until the source of the smoke has been determined.*