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The 4 photos above
show the installation of the electrical distribution controls.
The corner to the left of the stairs was selected, primary
because of it's close proximity to the engine room (behind the
stairs) and that a 'corner' was felt to be a good location.
The 1st photo
shows 8 of the 2" diameter holes drilled into the engine
bulkhead (4 holes top centre for cables + 2 holes middle for
water pipes + waste pipes toward the bottom ). The top 6 holes
are sleeved with 1-3/4" (40mm) waste pipe fittings. The holes
should have been bigger, the bigger the better on reflection.
I am now struggling to get any extra cables through the holes,
although in theory all have been run ages ago, but there
always seems to be an extra one required. The hole cutter is
the white thing centre left. I do not know how
many large holes I have drilled through bulkhead etc.
must be
nearly 50, between 20mm and 50mm dia. The
hole-saw set from screwfix at around £35 has been great, do
not know what I would have done without it.
2nd photo shows
the location of the electrical distribution equipment. It is
housed in an Ikea alluminium roll front cabinet, cut down to
fit under the gunnels. Seems to have worked out well. The
'blue box' is the Victron phoenix multi-plus inverter/charger.
Above this is the 230v ac main panel. There are 4 x low
voltage dc circuit breaker panels to the left (top dc panel is
3x12v, 2nd down is 8x24v navigation, 3rd down is 8x24v lights
and bottom panel is 12x24v house). There is a 24v to 12v
victron converter behind the 12v panels, and there is an
automatic 230v selection switch (incoming generator / shore
power)
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Photo left shows
the cables coming through the engine bulkhead, from the
control distribution panel, viewed from engine
room). All the holes are sleeved. The top of the calorifier can also be seen.
Photo right shows the back of
the lift out dc circuit breaker
panels.
Lift out makes it easy to
get to.
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Top photos show the traction
batteries (12 x 2v x 920ahr) prior to
connection. We
filled the batteries with acid. Over 100 litres!!! Not a
particularly nice job (rubber apron, long rubber gloves, eye
glasses and rubber boots) but job done and batteries now
happily working away. They were 'cooking' for nearly 3 days
with frequent topping up of water. Photo right shows the
batteries connected, with an acrylic sheet top covering the
terminals. The isolation transformer and engine batteries are
underneath the main battery bank. The calorifier is to the
left of the batteries. |
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