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Hi Ken,
I added a ground wire from the hx to the engine compartment ground buss when I did the harness upgrade. I did not connect the AC ground buss to the DC ground buss. I read somewhere that it was not necessary if using an ELCI main breaker.   Jon W.

Hi Ed,
    There is a photo of the battery charger installed on page 12 of this thread. The charger is mounted under the Nav Station desk on the vertical bulkhead shared with the hanging locker. It is out of the way when sitting at the Nav station, is easy to access, mounts vertically, and is well ventilated. The photo is taken leaning over the holding tank looking aft under the desk. In the photo you can also see that the wires run through the port bulkhead not the hanging locker.   Jon W.

Thanks Ted. I'm happy with the way everything turned out, but couldn't have done it without the help from all the folks on this great forum. Inspection is scheduled for the morning of March 25.    Jon W.

Hi Folks,
   I was going to let this post drift off, but noticed over 1000 views the past month so thought I'd give an update. Very little progress made in February due to life and waiting for the battery temp sense wire from ProMariner.

To date:
   I've spent ~ 110 hours working on the boat. Nothing is straight forward the first time around. Required lots of decisions each
        step of the way.

   All in all 85 wires ranging in size from 16 AWG to 1 AWG have either been installed new, or existing wires re-routed, or re-terminated.

   Batteries are not connected waiting for the inspection noted below. Bilge pump is direct wired    to the reserve battery temporarily
        just in case.

   External regulator will not be connected until after the inspection and first start with the new system. Why – everything is new
        and want to limit problem areas.

   Powered up the AC system with new ELCI breaker. No false trips for heater or outlets with heat gun and work light switching on
        and off. Charger not turned on since batteries not connected.

   In the spirit of checking everything as I went, I found the Nav station desk bolts were about to fall off and 3 of 4 macerator
        pump mounting screws were loose. All are tight now.

   Attached pictures of the new Blue Sea panel (with ELCI breaker) propped in place for the photo with new teak fascia,
        SmartGauge and BMV-700 installed; back of the panel with it's wiring; plus a picture of the external regulator installed and
        waiting to be hooked up. It may look buried, but is very easy to get to and use the reed switch.

Next Step:
   Contact Alan Katz (a local expert here in San Diego), to have my work inspected before    connecting the house bank,
        programming the charger/SmartGauge/BMV-700 and first start up.

Jon W.

The new main panel I will be installing has an ELCI breaker for the AC as described in my other post. What I'm doing now is temporary to get AC to an outlet for heat shrinking. The adapter the PO left doesn't fit the dock outlet so this is the best way to get power for now. I'll tell Alan. Jon W.

Alan is stopping by this afternoon to give me some guidance. Yes Mike it is Alan Katz.   Jon W

Thanks Stu. In my rush to replace the OEM terminal block with Blue Sea dual busbars, I didn't pay enough attention to how the white neutral wires were tied together. I've bussed them all together, now outlets don't work. After a closer (after the fact) look at the OEM terminal block I see not all whites were tied together. Lesson learned, don't always believe your eyes.    Jon W.

Hi Stu,
     I recall seeing a wire diagram you made of the AC terminal block behind the nav station in one of these recent posts. I've been searching for a while, but can't find it. Can you attach here or point me in the right direction of where it is? Thanks.   Jon W.

I plan to locate the external regulator under the head sink. Above and to the left of the Racor near the door there is a good spot, but there are two #10 or #12 screws about 1 inch long. They aren't attached to anything, and don't appear to be installed in any real pattern.

Anyone know if they are attaching the cabinet corner to the bulkhead or just left from something long gone and serve no purpose anymore?

Thanks. Jon W.

Hi Mark,
     I can't open the diagram in your original post. Where did you find it, or can you attach to your post again? Thanks.   Jon W.

Is there an article on the upgrades they made including the standing rigging?   Jon W.

Thanks jsail. Very helpful information, I gave you a little karma for that one. Jon W.

Were PBD-X019 and 021 meant to be links?

The ELCI I'm buying is the Blue Sea 1502 that I will install in my new Blue Sea main panel. Pdf of the panel is attached (the blank label should say ELCI). The new main panel came with a 5 screw dual busbar, but I'm adding an additional 10 screw dual busbar to completely replace the terminal block currently installed.

I purchased the Smartplug, but have not installed it yet. The plan was to complete this project, take a short break then install it. Guess I need to add it to the punch list for this project.

Thanks for the reply.   Jon W.

The water heater, charger, and outlets each have their own breaker with one spare. Jon W

Thanks Stu. Hopefully I won't need to change anything. Jon W.