We made it back to Miami on Sunday afternoon. We tied up the ship and helped the scientists unload equipment. Then we cleaned up the deck and
We have been looking into installing exhaust fans for the engine rooms. Most ships have good exhaust fans in the engine room to keep good air flow and pump the bad air out. Our engine rooms have supply fans but not exhaust fans. So our air flow is not that great. So we looked into installing fans. We ordered two large fans. We are looking to install them on the top of our exhaust stacks. The top of the stakes have large vents on their aft sides so we decided it was the perfect place to mount the fans. We unbolted the vent cover on the starboard side to access the top of the stack to get all our measurements. We also looked at our braker panel to figure out how we were going to wire the fan in. We found an open breaker to wire the fan and I calculated the wire gage we would need for it. We then bolted on some spacers to the frame of the fan so it would fit perfectly with minimal movement when we had it mounted in. We attached the weirs to the fan before we lifted it into place. We then had to hoist it up into place and bolt it in. Once it was in we wired it to the ship’s power with a switch. We could then put the vent cover back into place. The fan worked great. Now we will just have to do the starboard fan once we have some more time.
This is the fan in place!