Electrical
Last piece of wiring - mast wiring seal.
For now I have 3 cables I need to wire in. Navigation and deck lights, VHF antenna, Wind instrument.
As first let see what we have coming out of mast. Just 40 years old boat :-)
I found 3 connections for each individual wire hidden inside the mast and wrapped by multiple layers of isolation tape. Some crimped, some twisted.
I decided to put single cable seal box intended for 3+ cables to have capability to add more wires later.
Selected this one
Powder coated SS version.
It is designed well, BUT, I like the idea to elevate thru-decks a little to prevent extensive water flow over the sealing. It is not hard to do 6 mm mounting plate from G10 sheet and laminate it to deck surface. As additional benefit I will have nice flat surface to mount cable gland.
20 minutes in cad and 15 minutes to cut on CNC. Plate is ready.
Plate glued on thickened epoxy with fillets around.
Cables rearranged and sleeved in polyester rope skins for better UV protection. (and looks fun :-)
need to take care about fried ends. here is visible an elevation added. There are still about half inch on each side to route water around. Patching surface and panting will be later, still need some sanding and fairing in places where gel-coat was removed.
BTW. mast base looks like there are cracks, however when i drilled holes for wires in the deck, deck core shavings was absolutely dry, so likely crack are only gel-coat deep.
And yes, I will repair them when get mast down. Not now.
Made some order in wiring under the deck too.
Coming wires going lower point before get connected to make water trap in case if some leak heppens.
BTW. I made the water tightness test. I Built about 2" dam around the seal from masking tale and felled it with water, left for 30 minutes. No drip inside. (at least for now) [no picture]
Routed wind instrument cable to Open Plotter.
Now I have instrument and camera view on dashboard.
Added plug plate to cover hole i made couple weeks ago to take off pressure from cockpit LCD.
Maybe later will replace with one single plate.
Galley
Gimbaled microwave. I have no oven came with my gimbaled cooking surface, as result it has no counterweight to stay horizontal. I do not see big need for oven (maybe for now) and decided to add microwave "oven" under the burners.
I made a box in size of stove top for compact microwave I had on hands.
Check gimbal swing angles. Max angle is about 30 degrees one side and 35 degrees to another. Hope it will be enough. Burner removed due to test was done on leveled boat and they just falling out from place.
Added one more 110V outlet behind the stove to connect microwave without of visible wires.
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