Moving
I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance to update this until now. When I said I had 3 days until I moved – I actually only had two. I found out on Friday night that I had to… Continue reading
Mounting the panel – part 3
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
Three days left until move in date
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
Mounting the panel – part 2
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
Mounting the panel – Part 1
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
Wiring the ELCI
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
More stuff
ELCI and Galvanic Isolator – the last bits of the AC power system!
Changing the AC Shore Power socket
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