On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we make the final electrical connections to our twin Yanmar 3YM30's on our custom 435 catamaran SV basik. This wa...

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hey guys welcome back to SB basic this

is not a place I normally hang out at

but for the past week we have been

running lines and getting our engines

system back up in order so it's a time

crunch because we have a lot to do

before we head out so I'm going to pitch

in and do whatever I can and one of the

things that we have to do is top off our

batteries with distilled water so since

I fit in here a lot easier or better

than teal I'm gonna do it I got my

safety glasses on and gloves because

apparently this is not the best thing to

do to get acid in you so I got my little

thing and I hope and I can see the

levels till makes it seem so easy

this thing is a cool little system

obviously the other systems that they

have that kind of trickles in when it

senses that it's low would be much

better but as of right now we don't have

that so we're just gonna have to make do

well that took longer than expected but

it's done every bit is filled up took

about almost a gallon I think feels good

it's one less thing for us to worry

about I was actually talking to my

niece's when we were doing this and they

thought I was a scientist which is

really funny let's see what teal is

doing I thought we did all the wires

already I am making sure all the voltage

is right everything looks good just

watching the the new duo system and

seeing how it's responding and it looks

like it's working so what you guys don't

know is for the lasts I'd say four or

five days we have been running wires all

over the boat and I feel like it's been

I think we ran at least a mile of wire

trying to get everything done because we

are reinstalling the alternator charging

system is that right yeah it's basically

all the electrical for the engines and

somebody was really frustrated I wasn't

that frustrated okay I was just

educating my mind and trying to wrap

myself around this project so I didn't

do the homework

but in my defense now that it's done I

feel much better you do I do it was a

lot to absorb and you know looking at it

before I was intimidated I may not have

shown it did I show it oh you showed it

but now it all makes sense so I'm glad I

did it

I'm glad we didn't sub this out I feel

much more comfortable knowing this

system so I think it was a good thing

anyways we couldn't camera we couldn't

fit the camera in a lot of these tight

places because there was hardly any room

for us so we're gonna do a little rewind

and kind of go over exactly what we did

and how it works

not everybody is going to agree with our

process but this is something that we

can now take apart and fix on our own it

feels good it does sorry you sore yet I

can't feel my legs the engine looks good

okay yeah we are getting there okay get

up okay let's do this this is our

alternator charging system in a nutshell

we have twin Yanmar 3ym 30s with 60 amp

alternators they charge the house bank

the house banks tied to the starting

batteries went through Isolators and

switches and that the starting batteries

are tied to the alternators and turn

tied to the starters now there's a

couple ways to hook this up but we're

gonna install it the same way that it

was on the boat just we're upgrading all

this wiring and to make this all work

you have to put a multi-stage regulator

off of each alternator and this controls

the power flow into the main bank but

when you have multiple regulators you

need a centerfielder unit to talk to

both regulators now there's different

ways to go from the starter now back to

the engines

you could put Isolators in here you

could switch it what we're gonna do is

put the Belmar digital duo's in here now

instead of the the starting battery

going to the alternator to the starters

we eliminate that connection there and

just go straight from the starting

battery to the starters so now the power

flow does this without making a full

loop it's pretty simple this is the way

the boat was set up

we're just upgrading all the wires and

doing a much cleaner install

okay to make this all work I'd do a

little bit of research I have all my

Balmore guides for all these components

and it's all straightforward

there's wiring schematics that 100%

makes sense to me it was comforting that

when it before I took all this out of

the boat nine years ago I drew my own

schematic and believe or not it lines

right up with their schematic so I feel

pretty comfortable putting this all back

together I did have to go buy all new

wiring a bunch of other little

components to make this happen and had

to build platforms for all this

electronics to be mounted to so now it's

just a matter of getting this all

mounted in place and start running wires

there's quite a bit of wiring to do on

this project and I'm running some pretty

long lengths so the gauges are pretty

beefy so let's get going okay now that I

have a good grip of what needs to be

mounted in the engine compartment

I built a couple of these mounts here I

just cut him out of marine grade plywood

shaped them routed him got them all

epoxy together and layered it with glass

cloth gives me a nice surface to start

mounting some this electronics so now

start laying this out okay this is the

port panel we've got my ARS the digital

do a couple of power posts and a 70 amp

breaker

everything else is wiring on this side

kept on the easy part first that's

mounting all the electronics all that

Belmar electronics to their boards in

each compartment and pretty easy to

layout just need enough room to attach

all the wiring the hard part is coming

up I'm gonna start running this heavy

gauge wire now and I calculated all the

wire with my blue C zap just measure the

distance and the amp load on each wire

and calculate its gauge so we're gonna

start with some heavy stuff 2 watt and

that runs about about 31 32 feet from

the engine compartment up to our battery

bank

so we'll start pulling that next this is

pretty heavy gauge so it's gonna take

two people one defeat it there's my

feeder right there

okay you see where to put it right thank

you okay and I'll start pulling okay

let's speed it up yeah go ahead go to

try to go on the backside of that white

harness

yeah right up there perfect that's sure

yeah start let it fall this way let's go

a perfect keep going he went through the

conduit already through two already

three three okay stop right there let me

straighten this out

okay keep pushing foot there perfect

okay keep coming okay

okay go ahead and keep going that's good

Oh a little bit further can back it up a

little okay now push okay perfect

keep feeding it to me

yep go ahead okay stop I'm up into the

nav station now how you doing down here

how much do we have left quite a bit

good okay okay behind the nav station

should be right down in here so there it

is okay start feeding it to me why is

this a tough it's a cot oh no that's

going

can leave the rest right there okay I'm

gonna stop it for a second

bulls in heels gotta lower that next

fool down there because I think I might

break something if I was to do it that

thing weighs like 50 pounds maybe even

more kind of enjoying the view right now

right you need work on that one okay

just feed it up to me

clear

Oh Oh pinch me

okay it's going over to the other side

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okay I think we are in a good position

we've been running wire now for a day

and a half all throughout the book from

from the engines to alternators and

starters and starting batteries to the

house bank spools and spools of wire

anywhere from two OTT to gauge four

gauge depending on what was needed I've

prepped all the ends for lugs and test

it for length there is probably 40

connections to make right now so we're

going to start crimping these in get

that permanent connection made now that

I feel comfortable with all the lengths

then we will heat wrap the tips and bolt

these in permanently it'd be nice to get

this little project done because look

what I've done to the stator house just

pile the tools wires connectors but it's

a necessity at least that's what I tell

Lynn I should have this all buttoned up

today get this all cleaned out

okay I'm starting with all the four

gauge first then I'll move to the two

gauge then the two aughts kind of tight

here in the engine compartment but let's

see only way to get all my cables the

exact length I need I could fish them

all out but that is a lot of work it's

been a little quiet down here while

teals working on the other engine so I

thought that we would hang out with him

and see what he's up to

every day for the past week and a half

every stateroom is shredded torn apart

well he's down there in the engine kind

of messy

what do you care it's not your room

how many more crypts half a dozen more

maybe Emma you want to try one of these

sure are we putting pressure on you by

hanging out and just staring at you

that's nice

see this line right here yeah you wanted

to go down to whatever gauge you're

working on so this one is what's this

gauge read this one you have to look for

the gauge on here let's see

look down here doesn't say it

there it is that there for okay so see

the lines here where's the floret yeah

that's for OTT you need four gauge down

here so hold this I'll hold this square

why am I keep calling it for ought to

odd that's the gauge so make you see

where it lines up yep perfect okay so

open this up all the way

don't close it yet on my fingers okay go

ahead and close it real slow real slow

keep going you see it coming

nope stop open it up a little right

there do it again right there

okay start closing it you grab the

handles keep going it's easy see okay

now open it back up you made a

connection let's do one more

open up okay close okay right there go

for it

it's easy there's some muscles you get

there like my hands one here one here

line up the marks okay but we need to

get it in slide it in through there

first

slide it in no no through there and push

hard you need to rotate the whole thing

because I need to be right yeah like

that

perfect

push it out

pinch my hair huh thank you um three

more it's kind of satisfying when you

crimp those things in huh

well it's oh come on it's okay it feels

good I like the how it sounds fighting

to make those connections oh there we go

now on to the big ones the two odds

one more okay that was the last one

you're right it does feel good so Walt

heel is securing the cables down below

the engine compartment I'm going to be

heat right in heat shrinking a ton of

these for him it'll make it easier and

get it in faster so also I really like

to see this thing it's kind of cool

all right that's two down 50 more to go

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cuz what do you think huh

I know I've been busy wiring here for

the past couple days but it's time to

put some power to this new system and

see how those new of duos charge up the

starting batteries that's the first step

get some power through all this check

the system and make sure it all works

ok this panel is complete now I feel

good all the connections are made I have

put in circuit protection and I've just

fired it up and everything looks good

this little indicator lamp shows that my

duo is charging the starting battery

pretty happy with it so far I even added

on the ars I added a temperature sensor

for the alternator and on the duo I

added temperature sensors for the

starting battery we have one of these

panels in each of the compartments and

everything seems to be functioning

correctly I am almost done with this

once I've run it for a bit

I will put my guards over all these end

terminals make sure I'm not bumping into

those but besides that I think we're

done and here we are over at the port

side this panels a little bit smaller

use the starboard side as the main

control panel and everything ties into

that side only because of the location

it's much closer to the house bank

everything over here is functioning as

it should I show that my duo is charging

and maintaining that starting battery I

guess the last thing to test now is once

the engine fires up that the ARS starts

generating power through the alternators

and charging our house bank so we need

to get going on the engines I've got a

few things to do left on those and once

that fires up

then I'll be good hey guys thanks so

much for watching as you can see we are

still in the midst of getting everything

ready for our haul out so the project's

never stopped yeah

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