electical

Spend the last two weekends (And two cases of beer) redoing the electrical on my Cat 22. I wish I had taken before pictures, because it was an absolute mess. The previous owners did whatever worked and it made no sense. I rerouted all the wires through split loom conduit. Rewired the masthead...

In the year I've owned this boat I've come to realize there were a lot of sketchy things done with the DC wiring. I've pulled out the most egregious mistakes but the entire system could use updating. I've sketched out a diagram of what I think this system should look like but I'm sure I could...

I have a short somewhere in my cabin lights that is blowing a 20 amp thermal breaker, and I want advice in finding it. There have been no recent changes to the cabin electrical, so it's not a simple matter of "Undo what you just put in". When the breaker started blowing, my first try was to...

Recently I attended a information session with Nigel Calder detailing replacing your generators with new marine technology that uses your main engine instead. It totally makes sense but I think the cost at this time makes it feasible for only larger boats with high energy needs. Below is a link...

I just got this boat and have a couple of questions. 1) Where was the original battery location? This one is installed on the port berth under the cockpit. It is not square and is braced by a random 2 x 4. I am thinking of moving it to the locker on the starboard side of the cockpit. Is that...