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Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 4 – New breaker panels

March 15, 2023Matt 2 Comments

Sooners old breaker panel for the DC was old and not actually wired up to anything (the fridge etc was all wired directly to the batteries) so after removing the old one the first thing to do was figure out… Continue reading →

Maintenance blue seas, DC, electronics, sooner, wiring

Installing the GoFree Wifi

December 10, 2015Matt 2 Comments

WARNING: NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDD SHIT FOLLOWS So I got this thing. It’s a Simrad Gofree wifi wireless router. When hooked up it allows you to have the complete MFD display on a tablet/phone. Also you can control everything from there! Cool hey?… Continue reading →

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Installing the DC System part 2 – House Battery

June 26, 2014Matt 2 Comments

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 →

Maintenance battery, DC, electronics, gudgeon, hunter 36

Wiring the ELCI

May 26, 2014Matt 1 Comment

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 →

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May 26, 2014Matt Leave a comment

ELCI and Galvanic Isolator – the last bits of the AC power system!

Maintenance AC, electronics, gudgeon, hunter 36

Changing the AC Shore Power socket

May 21, 2014Matt 1 Comment

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 →

Maintenance AC, electronics, gudgeon, hunter 36, smartplug

Upholstery and Wiring

April 23, 2014Matt Leave a comment

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… Continue reading →

Maintenance cushions, electronics, gudgeon, hunter 36, wiring

Electronics

December 27, 2013Matt Leave a comment

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… Continue reading →

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