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Delivery of Grimalkin aka FisherCat

Wife made black sun shades to cover the portlights and deadlights in the black accents on deck. We used black snaps so they would not be so obvious.

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The look of the original cabin…

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And the new one…

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Some more, out with the old…undersized fuse holder and wiring that melted the fuse holder/fuse. It was the wiring from the 40a solar charge controller to the battery. Installation was done by a previous owner and I did not start looking for the problem until we were on a mooring for 3 weeks in July and the solar panels were not charging and had to run the generator a couple times to keep the (2) 4D AGM's above 50% charged. At our slip we have shore power and the issue was not evident. Did not take long to find the issue once I started looking. Clue #1 was the wiring and fuse holder sizes, a #10 wire and a melted 30a fuse/holder for a potential 40a current from the controller.
The 30a fuse is melted, but did not blow, creating an intermittent connection that had me swearing at the different voltages between the boats voltmeter and the controllers meter. All good now.

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In with the new…I upgraded the wiring feed between the controller and battery as well as the ground to #6 stranded tin coated copper and put a 40a fuse and holder at the tie in to the battery.
Quite a difference in size, I don’t want the boat to catch fire from undersized wiring. The controller works now.

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