Rainbows and Refrigerators
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… Continue reading
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Install the DC System Part 4 – Branch Circuits
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… Continue reading
Install the DC System Part 3 – Hooking up the multimeter
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 together the… Continue reading
Fusing the batteries
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… Continue reading
Installing the DC System part 2 – House Battery
First part of the new DC system was to hook up the house battery system to the battery switch, and then to the panel. First of all I screwed the battery box back down to the boat in the location… Continue reading
Installing the DC System part 1 – Planning
The first step to installing the DC system was working out the physical placement of everything – batteries are large and potentially dangerous, battery cable is large and expensive. Here is a diagram of the boat The original battery… Continue reading