Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 4 – New breaker panels
Sooners old breaker panel for the DC was old and not actually wired up to anything (the fridge etc...
Read Moreby Matt | Mar 15, 2023 | Maintenance | 1
Sooners old breaker panel for the DC was old and not actually wired up to anything (the fridge etc...
Read Moreby Matt | Aug 30, 2022 | Maintenance | 0
So I actually got off my arse and made a (very) high level schematic which should save me at least...
Read Moreby Matt | Aug 27, 2022 | Maintenance | 2
So this has actually been an ongoing project over the last (checks calendar* seven?! wow) months...
Read Moreby Matt | Jul 31, 2022 | Maintenance | 5
It’s been a while since I did a new post – most of the reason for that is that...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 23, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 3
So FINALLY today I got around to installing the last two breakers on my control panel, and rearranging everything. Now, finally ‘living space stuff’ is all in the center panel and ‘sailing around stuff’...
Read Moreby Matt | Feb 16, 2015 | Maintenance | 1
One of the things I have realised as I squeeze more gizmos onto Gudgeon is that I may actually be low on breaker space – which was not something I had imagined would be possible! So, I decided to add an entirely separate...
Read Moreby Matt | Feb 6, 2015 | Maintenance | 0
So when I got to the bottom of my electrical panel – I noticed the middle three backlights were not working. I investigated, and figured out it was the central LED board, and called Blue Seas, who to their credit,...
Read Moreby Matt | Jan 5, 2015 | Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance | 1
So now I had a chimney, a heater, and a fuel line. The only thing left was to hook up the 12v electrics. Now one of the good things about the Newport is that it technically needs no power to run. However it comes with a fan to...
Read Moreby Matt | Nov 23, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
Today, I ran all the wire for the fridge/freezer, so instead of plugging into AC power it now runs off DC power, i.e my battery. So I can keep beer and icecream available even while out at sea! My panel is getting pretty crowded...
Read Moreby Matt | Jul 1, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
Finally the last thing to do was hook up all the circuits to the panel. Rather then add yet more endless pictures of wires and circuits, I’ll just have one – the little bus bar I ran all the lights to, and which then...
Read Moreby Matt | Jul 1, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
The next stage was to get the integrated multimeter working. This required running 4 separate wires back to the batteries/shunt from the panel – which was annoying. Even more annoying was that 2 of them had to be twisted...
Read Moreby Matt | Jun 29, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
One thing that needed to be done was install a fuse within 7 inches of the battery. I decided to use a Marine Rated Battery Fuse (MRBF) with a 200amp fuse – it was a bit higher than the 100amp breaker on the panel, but I...
Read More