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 | Dec 10, 2015 | Maintenance | 2
WARNING: NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDD SHIT FOLLOWS So I got this thing. It’s a Simrad Gofree...
Read Moreby Matt | Jun 26, 2014 | Maintenance | 1
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 I’d selected (under the...
Read Moreby Matt | May 26, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
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 boat – as soon...
Read Moreby Matt | May 26, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
ELCI and Galvanic Isolator – the last bits of the AC power system!
Read Moreby Matt | May 21, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
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 up, so I...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 23, 2014 | Maintenance | 0
I tried to get my covers off the cushions, and horribly failed. So I won’t be able to wash them really, so I am going to have them redone – and will get the V-Berth foam replaced. It’s probably going to cost a...
Read Moreby Matt | Dec 27, 2013 | Maintenance | 0
So one of the decisions that I would have to make is what electronics to put on the boat – not gonna lie I’m kind of a huge nerd so was looking forward to researching it. I decided to aim for both a CHIRP transducer...
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