Tag: Boat Upgrades
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Essential Steps for Installing Boat Thru-Hulls
We went into the boatyard in late June and spent 15 days living on the hard (in sailor speak, this means our boat was lifted out of the water, placed on jack stands, and we had to climb up and down tall stairs to get on/off the boat). Our list of boat projects was long,…
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Electrical System Upgrade on the 120V Side
After installing our lithium batteries over the winter, we also upgraded the 120V side of our electrical system. We started by upgrading to ELCI breakers (in the port lazarette) on shore power inlets. Then, we installed isolation transformers (in the starboard lazarette). Isolation transformers give us 2 advantages. First, they isolate the boat from marina…
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