New to the forum! I need to access the wiring between the distribution panel and the "pump room" on my Oceanis 400. PO rewired the primary bilge pump (adding a On/Off/Auto bilge switch and a water witch) and added a secondary bilge pump. Now the wiring for the primary pump is not working. Unfortunately the guts of the thing are behind the wago block strip. Obviously I can open the distribution panel but there doesn't seem to be a way to access whatever is behind the block strip, or to remove the interior paneling to expose the wiring. Obviously it's possible somehow since the PO did it. Short of disconnecting all the wiring behind the distribution panel, is there some trick to getting better access and visibility to this area? Thanks!
Access to distribution panel
- Thread starter tgherzog
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Sure! Here is the distribution panel opened and dropped down. I need to get behind the wago block strip at the center. The strip is mounted on a vertical board which is wider than the enclosure so I can't just lift it out, and besides there's gobs of connected wire that limits how much I can move it. I suspect what I need to get access to is behind all of this, or perhaps below it.Welcome to the forums! Do you have any photos of your setup to share?
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It looks like the PO may have reconfigured that whole back panel for the Wago block…
on the left side of that back panel it appears that there are two screws attaching it, and I would think its similat on the right side. If so, removal would allow you to swing the whole back panel out of the opening.
on the left side of that back panel it appears that there are two screws attaching it, and I would think its similat on the right side. If so, removal would allow you to swing the whole back panel out of the opening.
My thought as well, but the back panel is actually wider than the cabinet, by the width of the plywood. I have to swing the panel out from the right side, which means I first need to disconnect and remove the junction box on the right side (speaker wires and controls) and likely the other wires that feed into the cabinet through the hole in the right side. I would end up disconnecting at least 50% of the Wago block.
Has anyone removed the book case and/or paneling below the distribution panel (the back of the seat for the chart table)? If I could access the wiring from underneath I might be able to avoid unwiring the panel.