Garmin autopilot work - getting close for drive installer - 2012

Emerging from lazarett.

 We spent another few hours in the lazeretts and got a lot accomplished.

July 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA

A needed breather.

We ran the negative stern windlass bus 2 awg cable to the battery banks.  That’s a long snaking and then we realized we could use another 400 AMP neg bus.

Debbie in the easy part of her lazarett. She often spend ore time back aft by the windlass.

Debbie then connected them both the positive and neg to the bus and staked the cables down with a clamp.

Alarm by emergency bilge pump. We will secure it nice if this is the final spot. This alarm also has a volume control on it. We need to see how it sounds and if it is distinguishable from the engine control panel alarms. You can also see the solar panel wiring that's needs tying up. First we want to get the SSB antenna wire and WiFi wire a DSC antenna wire running through here. The we will secure them all before installing the ICOM 802 SSB antenna tuner here. 

• We got the alarm for the autopilot (AP) connected and mounted.

• We ran the Garmin Course Computer Unit(CCU)  to GHP12 Electronics Control Unit (ECU) cable and left it for the installers.

• We connected the yellow wire from the CCU to the GHC™ helm control unit 10 and secured those wires.

• We connected and ran a ground wire form the GHC 10 to where the ECU is going to be installed.

• We also got one of the wind generator switch wires connected to the neg batteries bus.
    

 This took snaking the cable into the batteries and installing a 3/8 terminal end on the #6 wind generator neg cable. Had to figure a route to take because the cable was a bit short. It came out fine though.

Yellow to GHC 10 from CCU , blue and red to alarm.

So a lot done but there still needs more doing before the Garmin Class A Drive Unit for GHP 12 installer comes.

Debbie got as couple nasty scrapes and this one was particularly bad so a big band aid was needed.

New stern windlass buss and cables. This will do double duty as the ECU connection also.

 We are now thinking the stern windlass bus need moving because on side is short on space to attach wires. It will be used to connect the ECU of the AP to also.

There are some hose clamps on the rudder post that could use changing.

The cables and ground wire needs securing.

These lines have since been secured but are still exposed.

We also want to put a piece of plywood over the refer lines going to the keel cooler so installers boots do not crush them by accident.

 There is a fuse on the ECU power cable that is of the small auto blade fuse type. This does not conform to the rest of the fuses on our boat so we will change the 40 AMP fuse to a Blue Sea Systems larger type 40 AMP bald fuse holder and fuse. We also want this reachable when the ECU and drive unit are installed because climbing into the lazarett with the propane locker installed and other things will be most difficult.