[C38] Wiring Question

[Max Soto]

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Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica


2008/5/14, D. R. Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>:
>
> Steve: For a few hundred bucks (less?) you can replace all of those
> incandescent lights with LEDs and greatly decrease your power draw.
> don
>
> Steve Smolinske wrote:
>
>  I am getting ready to replace some of my wiring and my electrical
> panels.  I have been drawing up my schematics and would love some input on
> my calculations and assumptions.  I have based my assumptions on an all
> night sailing scenario with continous use of systems that would quickly draw
> down my batteries but conservation is another topic at this time Im more
> interested in determining proper wire size for peak usage.   Ive assumed
> that I would be using:  3 cabin lights (4.5 amps), Running Lights (2.5 amps)
> VHF (2 amps), Depth and Knot (2 amps), Wind (2 amps), Auto Pilot (1 Amp)
> Radar (8 amps) GPS (3 amps) Heater (8 amps) and Refrigeration (5 amps) for a
> total of 38 Amps multiplied by postive and negative wire run length of 15
> feet (Battery Cable to the batt switch then from there AWG 6-8 to the pos.
> bus and from the neg. bus back to the battery) which equals 570 Famps.
> Based on the wire charts for a 3% drop this puts me in the 6-8 AWG wire size
> to and from the batteries.   Any comments on any of these numbers is greatly
> appreciated.   Refrigeration, Heater and lights are  variables calculated on
> the high side just to be safe.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Steve
> Peregrine #312
>
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