Island Missions Support: Phase ll Progress

DJ has been very busy this month with the electrical system. Lots of progress in setting up the battery banks, inverters and running heavy wire cables. We had to remove three old batteries from the engine room and once again our crane has proven to be indispensable. Two of them weighed 120lbs each and the third was 170lbs.

This is a hatch under the setee cushion on the aft deck leading into the engine room. Its the area where Penny is sitting in the last photo of our previous post.

The new battery banks were put under this stateroom bed. This is the guest stateroom.

A layer of dri-deck went in first. This will keep the batteries slightly elevated for better heat dissipation.

16 beautiful batteries!

This is the night stand that was mounted next to the bed. DJ cut a nice wire access in the side as well as in the wall. The night stand will go back once everything is in place.

Beautiful! Everything hooked up and ready to go. The only thing left to do is make wood spacers and tie-downs.

DJ cut out a section of wall next to the stairs and into the overhead in the laundry room. This was to create a locker for the smaller 1500 watt inverter (secondary inverter... This will run the fridge and freezer) and the locker will hold the main DC 24volt distribution system. The locker access will also be a vent for air circulation. He had previously stacked the dryer onto the washer, removed all the smoke damaged shelving and tore out the shelving along the wall. There will be a lot of storage space after we finish painting in July.

You can see the holes for the amp power switches that will face down and be accessible from the overhead in the laundry room. The copper tubing in this photo will be going away.