Next up – sanding and painting I didn’t take many photos here, because I was too busy trying not to drip paint everywhere. Here you can see i’ve taped off the parts I don’t want painted however. Chloe did… Continue reading
Am I ready? No. I have no power, running water, cushions or refrigeration. Or heat. However, I am hoping to get AC power by then, and then DC power shortly afterwards, and then the plumbing shouldn’t take too long… On… Continue reading
Next day – more panel work. It didn’t quite fit, so I cut some more holes to slightly customize the hole, ending up with Next, I filled all the holes with marine-tex (with the exception of the big circular… Continue reading
It was time to mount the new electrical panel Here is the old panel Here it is removed The problem was the new panel had a lot larger back footprint, which meant I had to cut out some more… Continue reading
My new blue seas flashy panel came with a 30amp dual breaker, which is pretty standard. I decided I wanted to have more safety than that though, so bought an ELCI. This device is like a GFCI for your whole… Continue reading
ELCI and Galvanic Isolator – the last bits of the AC power system!
One of the things that was suggested was to change out my AC 30amp shore power socket, which had a cover with a snapped hinge and was also lookin’ pretty grubby The cable itself was also looking pretty beat… Continue reading
I’m done! But not without a struggle. I bought new screws, that had flatter heads, and used them as shown Then I tried to put the cover on – still wouldn’t fit. ARGH. Part of the metal box was… Continue reading