Fishmobile Startup Procedure 3
Fishmobile Shutdown Procedure 7
Fishmobile Daily Maintenance Procedure 10
Fishmobile Refueling Procedure 12
Fishmobile Fuel/Oil Spill Mitigation Procedure 14
Fishmobile Control Panel Reference 16
Fishmobile Safety Reference 18
Follow this procedure to start up the fishmobile. It involves three people whose roles are as follows:
Captain Responsible for all procedures and is a driver.
Driver A second person who can drive the fishmobile,
also acts as a fuel loading assistant.
Crew This person doesn't need to know how to drive or handle fuel.
Please refer to the Fishmobile Control Panel Reference for all switch locations.
Follow this procedure to shut down the fishmobile. It involves two people whose roles are as follows:
Captain Responsible for all procedures and is the driver.
Crew A second person who acts as a shutdown assistant and understands how to handle an oil spill.
Please refer to the Fishmobile Control Panel Reference for all switch locations.
Follow this procedure to maintain the fishmobile during the day. It involves one people whose role is as follows:
Maintainer Responsible for all procedures
Follow this procedure to maintain the fishmobile during the day. It involves two people whose roles are as follows:
Fuel Captain Responsible for all procedures
Follow this procedure to maintain the fishmobile during the day. It involves one person whose role is as follows:
Fuel Spill Crew Responsible for all procedures
The fishmobile control panel is located in the rearmost compartment of the side panel box right behind the Fishmobile's engine batteries.
There are two meters on the panel. The top meter shows the voltage level of each battery. Each bank has two batteries. So bank A has A1 and A2. Likewise bank B has B1 and B2. The volt meter has a rotary switch under it to allow you to see the voltage level for one battery at a time. From left to right, the switch positions show levels for B2, B1, A2, A1, contrary to what you might expect.
The bottom level shows the current draw in amps on the bank feeding the 120v inverter. The batteries have maybe 80-100+ available amp-hours each, so a pair should have at least 160 amp hours. If the draw rate is 10 amps a bank should theoretically last 16 hours.
Never allow the Charger Destination to be the same as the 120v Inverter Source! Doing so will ruin the inverter!
There is a computer connector (db25) at the top of the control panel. The other end of that cable terminates at a voltmeter in the control room of the Fishmobile. That meter allows the control room operator to check on the battery levels and warn the driver when it is necessary to change which bank feeds the 120v inverter.
The fishmobile has numerous safety features and devices, summarized here. All crew members should be aware of the location of each safety device.