Winter Projects - Rewiring
28 January 2008
• AYC on the hard
by Mike
Tried to do some more work on the wiring over the past weekend with varied levels of success. My biggest problems quite simply was the cold. Even with the electric heater plugged in and blasting away I couldn't work for more than 10 minutes without my gloves, and wiring simply isn't a job that you can do in mittens.
Regardless, I figure that I am about 80% done this particular task. Another hours in warmer weather should complete it. This isn't a symptom of my skill, but rather of the fact that the problem wasn't quite as big as I thought that it might have been.
01/21/2008 06:22:27
Finally bit the bullet and started the boat chores this weekend.
After one false start caused by someone shorting out the power box and blowing the fuse. As it was the weekend the yard staff wasn't at the club to reset the breaker and as a result I had to go home and get another extension cord to run to a distant power outlet.
Once I got started it was quite productive in spite of the cold. The first task that I attacked was the hanging locker in our cabin. There were numerous wires dangling throughout as a result of rushed and hurried installs from facing deadlines. Fortunately I discovered that most of the wires had enough slack that I could simply bundle them together with cable ties and route them around openings and out of sight. Much more usefull arrangement and not in the way of the hanging clothing. I also found a small deck leak from the wind generatore mount that I'll have to fix when the weather warms up.
The next wiring challenge will be in the generator and engine compartments. Again I think that most of the wires already in place will have enough slack to be re-routed and if not, I will simply splice in an extension.
Good to be doing things that will not be required to do in the spring.
11/22/2007 11:22:42
This is one of those frustrating projects that won't produce any visible result to the casual observer but are in their own way quite essential.
At various stages of NELLEKE's life, a succession old owners have added equipment or replaced outdated ones. Usually this was all being done to a deadline and as a result, behind bulkheads, locker doors and under floorboards there are some horrifying sights of monkey's breakfast wiring.
This project will have me re-routing the wire neatly to get it out of the way.
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