[C38] How I almost lost our '38

[Max Soto]

Hi Paul,

You are lucky that you were there on time!!

I just installed an air conditioning unit on Estancia, and had to install a
separate breaker, according to the last AC wire diagram from catalina, the
AC outlets should have a separate breaker, so I installed a breaker for the
air conditioning, another for the water heater (which I don't have), and
another for the outlets, and left the original AC breaker as an AC master
breaker,

If you are talking about positive wires, I guess you are talking about the
DC power and it also sounds very wise to separate the circuits, just like
Les did with his light on Jace. He separated port and starboard light
circuits, so if one has a problem the other will still be providing
illumination.

Regards,

-- 
Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica


2009/12/5 PAUL NOTTE <panotte at shaw.ca>

>        We have owned Impulse exactly one year today. One of the first
> things we did was to install a new shore panel with newer circuit breakers,
> not only did it look great, it allowed me to put the hot water heater and
> the battery on their own separate breakers. I left ALL the cabin outlets on
> one breaker and moved on to other things I thought needed attention first.
>     I have been trying to spend one night a week on the boat , I find this
> gives me some time alone and being somewhat obsessive compulsive I get to
> take things apart and put them back together,it's how I learn. I have a rule
> that when I leave the boat I close all the sea cocks and turn off the power
> , I think it's a good rule . On Tuesday after spending the night on the boat
> I decided to walk up to the coffee shop and left a small ceramic heater
> plugged in to the left side V berth outlet , when I returned about an hour
> later I could smell burnt wiring. Following my nose it led me to the head,
> the outlet there was warm to the touch ,did I mention the breaker had not
> tripped. I shut off the breaker pulled out the plug and found the positive
> wire had melted back from the plug for about two inches then melted the
> positive wire.
>      I have room for three more breakers in my new panel so I'm going to
> split up the circuits like I should have when I put in the new panel and
> main feed. I will also follow my own rules in the future.\
>
> Paul  Impulse
>
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