Old AC breakers and terminal block-bus to the right.
This took Debbie and I all day to do.
First we had top remove the Nav station electrical panel holding the old breakers for shore power.
Also the three other breakers that are on the panel.
Then we had to disconnect all the wires from the terminal block that was used as a bus for the AC wiring.
Original AC ground, simply grounded to the boat.
Next Debbie removed the terminal block (bus) that was attached to the back of the electrical panel.
This was done with sharp knife and paint scrapper.
Debbie had already removed the SS conneter pieces for making this a bus.
Some of the old AC wiring we had to tape to keep thing going until we could complete this project.
The original AC wiring inside the jacket is fine wit was the exposed strands that the insulation was very brittle. You could crumble it in your hand.
Now we had to determine where the new double pole 30 amp breaker was going to go on the panel.
It needed to cover some holes and still get screwed in.
This requires my Sunday best clothing 😊
Nothing seems to be simple 😕
This turns out to be fiberglass I think.
It was nice and strong so it did not split or crack.
The double pole 30 amp breaker is a requirement for the Xantrex 2000 watt charger\inverter and getting it running and replacing old bad C wiring is the goal.
Debbie replaced all the exposed AC original wiring with new 10/3 wiring and new terminal ends with but connectors for joining with the jacked AC wiring.
All new 10/3 AC wires coming into the boat and going to the CI.
No heat shrink yet on terminal ends.
The Nav station needed some modification also.
Debbie connecting the new AC wiring to the AC buses.
Lurch!
All new 10/3 wiring going to the AC buses from the CI.
Debbie finds a way to get the job done!
We then wired it to our CI.
OK got the breaker mounted and wired!
And just that easy it is all done 😀
I lost a screw for the breaker but we heave some left overs I think from the the I burnt up.
I also lost the labels for the breaker, we know what it is!
All works well.
We ran some test with the CI and it works as it should. It is kind of cool to see it happen, or nothing happen as it is.
We pushed the Inverter button (top left) and the green LED goes on.
We are testing so we put the:
TV - LED
DVR
Electric tooth brush
Water pick
Stateroom 110 volt lamp on
Salon 110 volt lamp on
Kindle Fire on charger
Droid phone on charge
laptop on charge
We then went out and turned off shore power.
The lamp in the salon went out, that's it.
Every thing just kept running like nothing happened.
The lamp in the salon is a touch lamp so I guess they have problems with the inverter as it would not turn on again till we re-connected shore power. It is going away any way as when we sail away.
The LED TV would not work if we dis-connected the cable of course. It is however WiFi enabled. But the test was if the picture on the TV would be fine and it was.
The LED TV would not work if we dis-connected the cable of course. It is however WiFi enabled. But the test was if the picture on the TV would be fine and it was.
We do not leave the inverter on all the time.
We did need to disconnect some items because we did not want them to stay on.
The two de-humidifier strips in the hanging lockers
The refer auto AC\DC sensor
The AC hot water heater breaker (we heat with solar so it was not on anyway)
We also tested the charge and it went through float so it works fine.
We are spoiled because we charge with solar and do not have to listen to a charger :).
Now we want to eliminate a 120 volt outlet and the water
heater form the charger inverter.
This way we will not need to turn off anything to turn on the inverter. We could then really leave it on all the time but probably will not till we start cruising.
We have little room left for a bus.
Previously we had wired up the Xantrax charger\Inverter (CI) to three seperate buses.
We had also run a 10/3 wire from the CI top the area where we were going to install the CI.
We had also run a 10/3 wire fromt he 30 amp shore power chord (which is new also) to the old three 30 amp brakers.
The wiring.
10\3 - Black, White and Green
The AC comes into the
boat Black, White and Green.
Black, White and Green wires connect to the top of the 30
amp breaker.
Then a new set of Black White and Green wires connect to the
30 amp breaker.
The green wire connecting to the Green on top of the breaker
for the reverse polarity check.
Then at the bottom of the 30 amp breaker the Black and White
wires connect and run to the charger\inverter.
From the charger\inverter the Black, White and Green wires
run to different buses.
At the buses all the other AC wires are connected.
The port and starboard AC outlets ect.
We have limited space for more buses.
We are thinking that one bus would work? We could attach a Black
power wire from the bottom of the 30 amp breaker where it also goes to the
charger\inverter only this one goes to a different bus and not the charger
inverter.
At this bus we wire the a Black power wire from the Water
Heater and the Black power wire from the 110 outlet and not to the bus where
the other black power wires go.
Now they are separate from the Charger\inverter and will not
be live if the inverter is on?
Will this work and will the inverter think they are attached
and be working to supply power to these two items at the separate bus. The
inverter will still see the Green ground and the White natural wire for these
two devices.
Lets see how this plays out.
No comments:
Post a Comment