Beginning around 2006, I completed several electrical system repairs and upgrades. When I bought Red Devil, her electrical system had been patched together for resale, but not necessarily for long term performance. There was a lot of old wiring much of it startingf from nowhere and going nowhere (ends cut off) and much of it without proper marine quality connections. On the DC side, there are now new batteries (two AGM 8D house batteries, one AGM starting battery), two-bank battery switch (with cross-connect ability), new voltage regulator, new Balmar 110 amp alternator, new Charles 40 amp smart charger, and a Link 10 battery monitor (for the house batteries only). I also added a propane system and double solenoid switches (redundancy!). Also new is the Lewmar H3 windlass, powered by the house batteries with 1/0 cable running to the windlass. On the AC side, a Xantrex ProSine 1000 true sine wave inverter. All of this was to prepare us for medium-long term cruising. We are still working toward that goal. I will go into more detail on some of these upgrades in future posts.