All done-finally
Just for completeness sake! I am all done with the stbd sail locker. After pulling out the rusted water heater (no problem) and the cracked holding tank w/ hoses (deep breath!) I had pulled the wall out. I repainted the entire space w/ gray and white Bilgecoat (love that stuff!). Vent hose was replaced w/ 3" Al rigid hose. All other hoses (see Tom's emails on that) were visually checked and ok. That was excellent! As I am painting away I suddenly sense smoke coming out from underneath the muffler. Darting out into the aft cabin I find two wires from the charger to the batteries aglow (just inside the fuses; PO installation; I wanted to change for a long time...). A fire extinguisher later I had my plate full! Ripped out all primary wiring going to the switch, installed a breaker for the #4 wires to the panel on the bulkhead right next to the switch (plenty of room behind just need small hands :nerd, installed the Link10 shunt inside the 'drive compartment' above the shaft (w/ appropriate small terminal strip; looks nice). I also took the opportunity to take out the old charger and put in a TC20. Very nice addition. Provisions for a solar charger are there, I just need to find a way to switch off and not have more live wires when I am not on board.
ROnco made a nice replacement tank w/ different fittings (great), and I replumbed everything w/ Odorsafe (expensive) hose. Even included a y-valve not to suck against the Whale pump. Ducting is much better than before, and I recommend the new hose runs. Attached is a picture FYI. Good project overall! Since we were also redoing a bunch of other things after the storm last year I had time... Dangriga went in on 7/13 (Friday) at 1313. Just wanted to make sure!
Just for completeness sake! I am all done with the stbd sail locker. After pulling out the rusted water heater (no problem) and the cracked holding tank w/ hoses (deep breath!) I had pulled the wall out. I repainted the entire space w/ gray and white Bilgecoat (love that stuff!). Vent hose was replaced w/ 3" Al rigid hose. All other hoses (see Tom's emails on that) were visually checked and ok. That was excellent! As I am painting away I suddenly sense smoke coming out from underneath the muffler. Darting out into the aft cabin I find two wires from the charger to the batteries aglow (just inside the fuses; PO installation; I wanted to change for a long time...). A fire extinguisher later I had my plate full! Ripped out all primary wiring going to the switch, installed a breaker for the #4 wires to the panel on the bulkhead right next to the switch (plenty of room behind just need small hands :nerd, installed the Link10 shunt inside the 'drive compartment' above the shaft (w/ appropriate small terminal strip; looks nice). I also took the opportunity to take out the old charger and put in a TC20. Very nice addition. Provisions for a solar charger are there, I just need to find a way to switch off and not have more live wires when I am not on board.
ROnco made a nice replacement tank w/ different fittings (great), and I replumbed everything w/ Odorsafe (expensive) hose. Even included a y-valve not to suck against the Whale pump. Ducting is much better than before, and I recommend the new hose runs. Attached is a picture FYI. Good project overall! Since we were also redoing a bunch of other things after the storm last year I had time... Dangriga went in on 7/13 (Friday) at 1313. Just wanted to make sure!