A POWER-ful Adventure - The Electrical Refit Part 1
The electrical situation aboard Dulcinea was pretty sad. it was one of those things that gradually got added to over the course 37 years. Very much like a house that gets modified over the course of many years. It started out bad, then just got worse. The FIRST problem was the location of the electrical panels.... This is the aft bulkhead, right next to the galley. there weren't enough switches, so you had about 4 or 5 items on one switch in some cases. The Fuel gauge and engine hour meter? see those round dials WAAAAAY to the right in this picture? That's them! the only way to read them was to get on your toes, bend over the top of the stove and use a flashlight.... Oh! and the AC breakers? well, make that singular - Breaker! all of the outlets, including the refrigerator were on the same breaker.... not good. But I digress, I was talking about the location.... Why is it bad? well, that is because of what is on the other side of that bulkhead. Let's go s