On 8 May, NEPTUNE Canada commenced a scheduled maintenance cruise with the CSSF ROPOS embarked.
It is standard practice to complete a short test dive at the start of the cruise to ensure that all of the ROV systems are operating. NEPTUNE Canada graciously allowed us to use the test dive to unplug the DDL Extension cable from the DDL platform and see where the fault was located.
After unplugging the extension cable, the Node port was powered. The Node breaker once again tripped on over-current, suggesting that the fault lies within the extension cable and not the platform.
We are now examining option to recover both the DDL platform and cable.
