Sialia – Fall Projects (update)

I am finishing up Phase II of my ventilation and dry bilge projects. I’ve run 160 ft of wire fore to aft, and port and starboard. Switch box made to control 4 compartment fan circuits, and a midship bus installed to connect these and cabin fans to the main panel. I’m happy with the execution of the plan (which was in my head), and fortunate that my lack of measuring beforehand for the placement of the switch box did not interfere with the reinstallation of the below galley cabinet door. There is no accounting for dumb luck!

This is the area below the galley sink. To the left, is the compressor for the fridge/freezer. The grey pex-looking tubing is the hot and cold water lines. The mess of wires is a result of having snaked these to the various compartments that will house repurposed computer fans. The white duplex shown is 14 AWG that will connect to a “fan bus” adjacent to the main panel switch.
Same sub-galley compartment. On the far right is a board mounted that is home to both a pos and neg bus to connect switches from the “fan feed” from main panel, to this sub-switch panel.
14AWG duplex ready to route up behind the main panel. Much fishing has gone on here!
Sub-fan switch panel installed. I have marked the various circuits temporarily with labels. At some point, I will do something fancy.
Partial inventory of 120mm fans for compartments, and 60mm fans for inside fridge. The RAM mount arms have been repurposed from another project to mount the 140mm ventilation fans that will be in the aft quarterberths.
Assembling “made” compartment fan switch box.

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