Hello all.

[OldLady]

HI there,

Just thought I'd say hello and introduce myself.

My wife and I have spent the last 2 years restoring a 1930's 40ft wooden motor cruiser here in Norfolk. I've rebuilt her myself, learning most things as I go along. I love working with wood and thought this was a challenge to throw myself at. We've managed to rebuild her from just a basic hull. We're now on the inside after slogging away for so long on the exterior.

We're onto the fun bit now and have installed a new engine, new eberspacher heaters (air and hydronic ones) a new diesel cooker, the lot. We've done everything ourselves with the help from the net and forums like this. I've done a lot of work on diesel engines, fuel installations, plumbing and basic electrics. I'm about to start wiring up the 12v circuits and for sure am going to be asking a few questions to help me out when I' scratching my head. I'm pretty ok with elecs and never go ahead with anything without prior research, investigation and 100% clarity on the issue at hand. But wiring up a boat with 12v is fairly straight forward and I'm taking it all 1 step at a time.

Anyhow, hello once again and Merry Crimbo!! Hope santa brings you all loads of booze!
Adam.

 

[CRAGS]

Hi and welcome

 

[telectrix]

welcome to the asylum. and good luck with the boat. bear in mind that at 12V , the current draw of stuff is 20 x what it would be at 240V, so select cables accordingly.

 

[OldLady]

thanks chaps.

yes indeedy. I'm really going OTT on the cable size, as voltage drop is the biggest pain in the --- on a boat, everything piece of kit is very sensitive (worst culprits being the Eberspacher heaters). I'm running 16mm2 circuits to kick --- busbars for most things (even the LEDS lights!!). I'm lucky enough to have managed to buy a few reels of tinned battery cable in a job lot off ebay so can go totally nuts.

 

[MDJ]

you may be better off with try rated cables in this case bud, good luck with the build anyhow.

Mike