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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Taking the ceiling down daily

.... or so it seems. All the electrical is in the ceiling, and you must remove the panels to get to it.
As I add more and more wires to the system, I find myself with no less then 4 panels down at any one time. They are very long, and take up a ton of room on the settee. Alas, projects are going forward.
The NEMA 2000 network is coming great. I have a forward line ran for the heading compass for the autopilot, and the wind heading and speed sensor. On this drop leg I will also be able to add a depth/speed water sensor. This would give me this information at both the helm and below decks on the other devices on the Garmin NMEA 2000 network. This runs back to the second half that connects the GPS sensor, GHC wind display, autopilot control head, and the main 4212 chartplotter.

With all of these combined, wiring can get confusing. Labels are important.
When I got the boat I had not a single clue as to what went where.
Wires ran every witch way. I found out that about 10% were no longer in use, or for accessories that the yacht did not have. One was a prep for wipers, lol. I had to trace them thru the boat, then find the ends were just cut off...

Well this ends now.
Everything is getting labeled as it gets installed. not just in one place, but if the run is long, at some place in the center of the run. So both ends, and also a middle mark. The ends are labeled with where they go and what for. Or where they came from.

The one in the photo will also get a second leg for an autopilot control at the chart table, as well as a second GPS display at the table.

We also received our watermaker! Details and more posts on our facebook page www.facebook.com/svunionp