Engine panel

There is not a lot to show in the way of photographs for this week Monday saw the engine panel installed and wired I took the opportunity to tidy up the wiring to the engine hours meter and the ammeter. The battery selector switch is now installed with the positive battery cables and the positive cable to the engine connected the photograph below shows the excess length of the engine wiring harness coiled up I am always a bit reluctant to cut these down I don't know why as its not likely to ever be used on this boat.

Wiring harness ready to connect to panel

Engine panel in place

Wednesday and today has been spent cutting out and laminating plywood panels to make up the mounting arrangement for the electrical switch panel not really much to photograph just bits of ply. The mounting for the switch panel will also form a trunking to carry the engine wiring harness up to its panel it will also conceal as much of the other general wiring as possible together with the distribution bus bars and connectors etc.

I finished up by running the engine fuel line from the lift pump to the primary filter and then into the starboard cockpit locker to await the installation of the fuel tank.