Planned Electrical Work
The planned electrical work can be summarized in the two words "complete rewire". The decision to completely rewire the boat came after tracing the original wire and noting the poor quality of the wiring and bad wire routing choices.
Old Wiring
The original wiring is described in the Original Wiring web page. All original wiring had to be removed. This is only of historic interest.
Available Electrical Components
The Available Electrical Components web page consolidates research into available components into one page. Other web pages can link to this page or sections to provide detail on components considered and reasons for choice of components. At times it also serves as a shopping list.
New Wiring
This section provides a broad overview of the electrical system. References are provided to other web pages that provide details on the various components of the electrical system and their installation. Referenced web pages cover the high amperage rewiring including batteries, battery switches, bus bars, fuses, breakers, solenoids and specific high amperage loads. The lower amperage cabin wiring is also covered.
- Wire Sizing Plan
- Based on ABYC wiring recommendations a plan for wire sizes is provided. The goal is to keep losses well under 3% and accurately determine loss where there are wire lengths of multiple AWG gauge.
- Battery, Charging and Load Wiring
- A circuit diagram is provided for all high amperage wiring, including bus bars, bettery switches, large breakers and fuses, solenoids, shunts and charging sources.
- High Amperage Panel and Breakers
- The physical layout of high amperage amperage breaker panel is provided along with details about the breaker panel enclosure.
- Low Amperage Panel and Breakers
- The physical layout of and lower amperage breaker panel is provided along with details about the breaker panel enclosure.
- Cabin Wiring Plan
- This page describes the routing and marking of wiring to the numerous loads in the cabin.
- Grounding and Bonding
- This page covers issues of marine grounding and bonding and describes the approach being used.
Related Web Pages
Related web pages deal with batteries, charging, and major systems that are electric. The following pages provide information on these topics:
- Battery Selection
- This page describes the decision process when purchasing the batteries. Prices are given and a month given in a chart heading which is easily overlooked. More prominent indication of the date of the pricing should be provided.
- Battery Installation Plan
- This page covers battery placement and planned battery installation.
- Battery Charging Plans
- This page provides an overview of battery charging plans and references other pages with details.
- Major Systems
- This page covers the set of major systems that may involve a combination of mechanical, electrical or plumbing.
Most of the major systems are electric. Even the plumbing and drainage systems require pumps though the primary concern there is installation of hoses and in some cases tanks and/or seacocks.