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As you will see from other areas of this new website, we have made significant progress in returning 50030 Repulse to operational condition, but there is much more work still to be done before we can press the start button. On the electrical side, the following work still needs to be done:-
Electrical Machines
Overhaul Main Generator
Overhaul ETH Generator DONE
Overhaul Auxiliary Generator DONE
Overhaul 2 Traction Motor blowers In process
Overhaul 2 Exhausters In process
Overhaul 2 compressors
Overhaul 6 Traction motors
Overhaul Scavenger fan motor
Overhaul Radiator fan motor
Cubicle
Complete cleaning & painting in electrical area / clean air room
Complete checks of small relays in front compartment DONE
Fit & wire FSR & KFR in front relay compartment DONE
Complete coil wiring on M3, M2 & M1 DONE
Complete wiring to wheelslip relay & engine run relay DONE
Re-fit & wire generator field contactor DONE
Complete fitting neutral wires to TB4
Identify which of the 'spare wires' on TB11 can be connected together
Find missing nuts for rear of FDR DONE
Source, fit & wire Z71 above FDR DONE
Fit & wire No.2 start contactor DONE
Fit battery charge contactor & diode In process
Remove & check contactors on heavy board
Identify damaged / missing cables to heavy board & replace In process
Identify & crimp / replace severed wiring under cubicle walkway
Identify & replace severed cables to resistors on cubicle roof In process
Strip & overhaul reverser
Fit & connect reverser
Replace damaged pillars on field divert resistors DONE
Complete overhaul of field divert contactors, fit & connect cables In process
Repair or replace motor control switch & complete wiring DONE
Overhaul, fit & wire two relay boards behind field diverts
Fit & connect small relay board in front of above boards
Overhaul, fit & wire wheelslip relay board
Re-fit arc chute clip right way round & replace missing fixing bolt on CEC
Wire fuse test lamp & contacts DONE
Remove CU12, HER & OLR from Renown, overhaul, fit & wire into Repulse
Obtain, fit & wire missing circuit breakers & fuse carriers DONE
Overhaul, fit & wire BMR1 board behind circuit breaker panel
Obtain & connect resistors on existing board on top of cubicle DONE
Obtain or cut new second board for above resistors DONE
Obtain missing board for CU10
Test-fit KV10's & secure cabling
Cut & fit airpipes to motor contactors, reverser & field diverts
Tighten contact tips on motor contactors & field diverts
Make new hinges for cubicle door DONE
Rewire cubicle switch door DONE
Fit new hinges and cubicle doors into Repulse In process
Possibly change air connections on HC1 & 2
Check & clean cables from cubicle to exhausters, compressors & blower motors
Rewire brake frame
Re-make cable to extractor fan
Re-make cable to engine governor
Check & Clean ETH engine speed valve underneath brake frame
Choose, clean & paint cubicle doors
Identify & crimp / replace wiring to load limiting pot
Locate wiring from cubicle to speedo drive DONE
Identify cable coming from behind brake frame exhauster DONE
Identify cables marked 701, 801 etc
Identify 2 cables marked D or D2 thin man's side
Replace severed cables to traction motors, generators & batteries
Tighten bolts on motor contactors, earth & neutral terminal bars
Test all coils with 110V supply
Test reverser, field diverts & motor contactors with air supply
Refit & connect all electronic units
Obtain & fit DSD equipment in clean air room DONE
Re-instate DSD wiring to brake frame & cubicle
Bell out all circuits
Check lubrication of ERR, WSR, CTR1 & 2 & PC
Radiator Compartment
Clean CU4 rad temp control unit
Clean & mark cables for AVR
Locate & check temperature probes
Dismantle, clean & refit rad resistors above walkways
Engine Room
Clean & Check engine speed valve in engine room opposite main gen
Investigate & repair wiring to alternator & fuel lift pump in engine compt.
Remove alternator & fuel lift pump from Renown, overhaul & fit into Repulse.
Cabs
Remove, overhaul & re-fit power control pedestals both cabs
Remove & overhaul valves underneath Secondman's desk
Rewire cab instruments both cabs
Remove & clean connections on terminal bars under cab desks in both cabs
Check & clean small terminal bars behind cab desks both cabs
Replace corroded earthing point behind driver's desk in both cabs
Clean control desk lampholders both cabs
Reconnect severed cable on multiple working socket drivers' side No.2 cab
Fit & wire headlight inverters
Replace & rewire missing roof switch panels both cabs
Replace missing covers to fault lights DONE
Obtain, clean & refit Pass/Goods indicator boxes to both cabs in process
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