Two days: 27 January 2019 and 24 February 2019
27 January 2019
Battery Wiring
- Main battery switch is located on the inboard side of the galley at the foot of the steps/engine cover.
- Main battery switch aft top terminal is the #1 position on the switch.
- Main battery switch #1 terminal is not connected currently. Should be connected to the "good" battery currently at Woody's house.
- Main battery switch fore top terminal is the #2 position on the switch
- Main battery switch #2 terminal is connected to the positive/12V post of the currently installed battery.
- Main battery switch bottom terminal is the "Both" position on the switch.
- Main battery switch "Both" terminal is connected to the starter solenoid.
- Battery negative/ground cable from currently installed battery connected to a mounting bolt on engine block.
- There is a short (one foot long?) black heavy wire cable aboard that should be used to connect the negative/ground terminal of the currently installed battery to the negative/ground terminal of the "good" battery currently at Woody's house when that battery is installed.
Circuit Breaker Panel
- Installed circuit breaker panel, salvaged from #367 Interrupt, on port cockpit bulkhead beside the companionway
- Inside the circuit breaker panel there are two busses -- one 12V and one ground
- Circuit breaker panel 12V bus connected, via 10AWG wire, to starter solenoid on the same terminal as the main battery switch "Both" wire. Wire is run behind and below the existing (abandoned in place) fuse box and forward to the solenoid. Wire is labeled "Panel Supply".
- Circuit breaker panel ground bus connected, via 10AWG wire, to alternator bracket bolt. Wire is run behind and below the existing (abandoned in place) fuse box and forward to the alternator pivot bolt. Wire is labeled "Panel Ground".
- Tried to connect to the panel ground to same bolt as the batteries, but the bolt is too large. Requires 1/2"? lug.
Distribution Wiring
- Wires to engine panel start switch and "idiot lights" (not engine instruments) run from engine directly aft, below the cockpit, to aft lazarette.
- Positive/12V wiring for the stern light and engine instruments needs be connected to the correct sensors on the engine. Wiring is currently pulled back into the aft lazarette.
- Negative/ground wires from stern light and engine instruments run from the aft lazarette in the starboard cockpit locker to a bus bar on at the forward end of the locker. Bus bar is currently isolated from the rest of the boat's wiring. Must be connected to via a new wire to the new ground bus bar.
- The 12V wiring (five? wires) from the abandoned in place fuse box leads aft a few inches, into the port cockpit locker along the forward bulkhead, forward below the three port side cabin lockers to the cabinet in the head, and further forward to the v-berth. Wires are very nicely wrapped with spiral wrap. Unfortunately, that makes it hard to add or remove wires.
- Negative/ground wiring follows the same route and is in the same spiral wrap.
- Fuel tank fill sensor ground wire runs from the fuel tank in the starboard cockpit locker forward to a bus bar on at the forward end of the locker. Bus bar is currently isolated from the rest of the boat's wiring. Not labelled.
- Fuel tank fill sensor 12V wire runs aft from the fuel tank in the starboard cockpit locker forward to the aft lazarette. Not traced further. Not labelled.
- Identified and labelled both wire to the VHF radio. Wire are labelled "VHF". Wire should be rerouted from below the icebox to a route that does directly to the circuit breaker labelled "VHF" in the panel. Connectivity tested and verified.
- Identified and labelled both wire to the stereo. Wire are labelled "Stereo". Wire should be rerouted from below the icebox to a route that does directly to the circuit breaker labelled "Stereo" in the panel. Connectivity tested and verified.
- Identified cabin lights supply wire. Labelled with piece of blue painter's tape. Working and verified, then not working. Investigate and correct.
- Tried to identify bow navigation lights. No success. Lights be burned out. May not have found the wire. Wire may be disconnected somewhere.
24 February 2019
- Replaced port and starboard navigation lights with Perko LED lights. Reused and labelled existing wires. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Extended 12V wire for stern navigation light from existing wire in starboard cockpit locker over the engine to the circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Extended ground wire for stern navigation light from existing wire in starboard cockpit locker over the engine to the circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Reused and labelled wire for steaming light. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Reused and labelled wire for deck light. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Reused and labelled wire for masthead anchor light. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Does not illuminate. Could not see it in the early evening.
- Reused and labelled wire for interior lights. All(?) interior lights are supplied from 12V bus in head locker. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Reused and labelled wire for VHF. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Reused and labelled wire for stereo. Connected to circuit breaker panel. Operation verified.
- Extended manual and ground wires for Rule 750GPH automatic bilge pump to the circuit breaker panel. Automatic wire left dangling in bilge. Operation verified.
Further Actions
- Add wire sizes for battery cables to this document.
- Add alternator wiring to this document.
- Add engine start and instrument wiring to this document.
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- Both battery cables, those connected to #1 and to #2 terminals, have battery post connectors that are heavily worn. Best to replace both connectors with lugs so that the Marine Terminal Battery Fuses may be installed. I don't have the crimper for such lugs. WestMarine, or another shop, could do this work.
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- Get bilge pump working. -- Done 2019-02-24
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- Negative/ground bus bar located next to "abandoned in place" fuse box suffered fire damage and should be replaced. Possible replacement BlueSea 10 screw bus bar with cover
- Connected isolated ground bus is starboard cockpit locker to boat's ground system either at the circuit breaker panel. -- Done 2019-02-24
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- Get stern light working and labelled. -- Done 2019-02-24
- Get bow navigation lights working and labelled. -- Done 2019-02-24
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- Get cabin lights working and labelled. -- Done 2019-02-24
- Relocate VHF to just inside the companionway. Check that the coax will reach that location before relocating.
- Reroute positive and negative wires to VHF. -- Done 2019-02-24
- Reroute positive and negative wires to stereo. -- Done 2019-02-24
- Get fuel sensor working and labelled.
- Get engine temperature gauge working and labelled.
- Get engine instrument lights working and labelled.
- Identify and label all supply wiring previously connected to the abandoned in place fuse box. -- Done 2019-02-24
- Identify and label wiring at terminal strip in head locker.
- Identify and label wiring at terminal strip in v-berth.
- Remove all abandoned wiring to old engine control located at the forward end of the cockpit's starboard bulkhead. Remove these instruments. Fill the holes. Paint the cockpit. ;)
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