All, After more thought I do have to admit that I do have one conduit, a PVC pipe that protects the 12 VDC buss and several other wires passing through four lockers in a row in the aft section.
I do have a switch panel (but no fuses) at the helm to control main engine functions and the ship's whistle. I plan another one at the navigators position for other functions used by the navigator such as lights etc. But these are the only actual panels that have a more than three switches on them for controlling DC loads. Most DC loads are switched on and off close to the load. This minimizes wiring losses, complexity and maintenance in exchange for a little walkabout to work the switches. I can recall the seed of that concept was years ago while visiting a boat called Turning Point, Capt. Ron Puliot, a pre-WW2 Trumpy motorsailer. When he turned on the running lights by snapping switches in the deckhouse just inside where the lights were mounted I was shocked. I never had seen anything but the usual box of switches before. I instantly grasped the advantages of trading a little stroll around the saloon for the simplicity of eliminating a pair of wires for each device on a standard switch panel. The ac system was more like a house with a breaker box controlling zones and major loads and so is mine, with some unique features (of course!). Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
