Wiring

This is going to be another of those short posts the very cold damp weather this week has meant that outside work has been brought to a stop for the time being. This week has been spent working inside on the electrical system the majority of the wiring had already been installed with most of the electrical/electronics operational however the wiring for the lighting on the starboard side of the heads, the aft cabin and the saloon reading lamps was still outstanding. The heads lighting wiring has now been completed together with the wiring for the port and starboard navigation lights and the saloon reading lamps. I have made a start on the tidying up and securing of the wiring using spiral wrap sleeving to protect and tidy the cables where they pass through lockers it is a bit of a slow process wrapping it round cables particularly on longer runs but it does tidy things up quite nicely.

Cables in the forward cabin in the process of wrapping

Note the spade terminal block in the top right of the photograph this where the supply to the port and starboard navigation lights is split I have used a number of these blocks in the installation of the wiring where more than one device is supplied from a single circuit in my view a better solution than using chocolate block connectors.

Heads locker cables

The above photograph shows the spade terminal blocks installed in the void space above the quarter berth these are for lighting distribution. As this area will eventually be enclosed the cables will be tie wrapped to tidy things up.

That about wraps up this week next week if the weather is agreeable the plan is to go back to exterior work but the plan 'B' is to wire out the aft cabin once the wiring is out of the way I can begin the reinstatement of the lockers in the forward and aft cabins installation of the wiring is so much easier when you are not trying to work through small openings.