How did the machine shop fix your coupling? Did he weld the spigot first then machined after to correct size cant machine down without welding

Is the system to reliant on Duncan? What if something were to happen to him?

Ground loops are a real nightmare for electronics and every low voltage/current systems which are not designed to handle high currents. Fortunately, you figured out in which condition it happened and you were able to find solutions to prevent damages in the future. Great job 👍 I've been leaning a lot watching your videos. Even a relatively "small" boat like Brupeg (small compared to cruise ships for instance) is a very complex assembly. So many various systems involved, which are supposed to run together. Your knowledge must cover almost every technical domain. I'm impressed!

These guys have a teqnique for visualising vibrations that are otherwise not easily seen in running machinery. www.youtube.com/@VibrationDynamicsNoise

it sounds like the air pressure to low. My 3/4" air impact creames at around 150psi.

Deepest condolences at the family and especially Jess. I have lost my Dad a couple decades back and my beloved younger sister earlier this year. Please rest assured that it gets easier with time even though it hurts all again every time you get reminded of them.

Can you not turn off or disable 1 inverter when you are on shorepower ?

Jess clowning around on the bridge was the best part of this video. 🥰

So question the alternator is fully grounded to the engine as there is not drop of paint or anything between the two parts of metai as that can cause high resistancet.

Will Brepug be getting any hot windows on the bridge for winter conditions? To keep freeze spray from freezing on the windows and how much will it cost❔$❔$❔$❔

I was deeply saddened to hear about your loss Jess. My heart goes out to you and your family during this incredibly difficult time. Please know that you are in my thoughts, and I am sending you strength and comfort as you navigate through this period of grief.

Fiat?

A meltdown, some investigating, upgraded changes/programming/testing/verification/new data sets. Thanks Duncan and Donald (new drone donation). It's the little details.

Remember to derate wires carrying high current in bundles.

Like a Phoenix BruNet shell rise from the ashes Professor Duncan, Brupeg's personal neuroscientist Truly a master of his (and this) craft! Now that all the analogue gauges have been removed from the electrical box, would it be worthwhile running a small BruNet repeater screen in the engine room? Rather than blocking the tubes from the engine room to the wheelhouse you could turn them into speaker tubes like they used to have on old warships, with pop open brass lids. And because there's two tubes , you'll be able to talk in stereo! 😂 Here we go, next stop Gladstone As always Massive Respect!

What they have created there is a reliability nitemare. Such a simple engine now full of sensors and gauges etc etc. Totaly over the top and unnecessary

How good is it to have someone with Duncans expertise on the team. Good Work Duncan

Not for nothing, and I am a nitpicker. I notice the remote for the hoist on the bow is just swinging by the cord when you're underway. You might consider securing it to avoid chafing or excessive wear on the wire.

The Last 12 - 18 months have been amazing for you guys. The Go Fund Me programs were critical for your success. Keep up the good work.

I'm so happy for you guy's! Happy for all us fan's of this channel also! All the hard work that's been going on for the last 10 years has finally almost finished and Brupeg is ready to go. I agree with you, the best fan's ever. Have a great week and I'll see you on the next video. 👍

I'm glad you caught that wiring issue. That could've been really bad

Good on ya donald🎉🎉

You guys need to get a grip on keeping the boat organized how on earth do you find anything

You can protect the unused terminals on the new fuse blocks by installing blank insulated crimp connectors on all the open tabs. A bit of dielectric grease in each one will keep them clean and handy if you have to replace one of the existing ones...

Everybody forgets the scorpions!

Gday to u kiwis, congrats on winning the cup 👍

Hi guys - been casual follower for years. As an Electrical Engineer, can I recommend preparing a full schematic diagram for the electrical. Not a wiring diagram as such but a full schematic so that an unfamiliar tech can at least understand what you have! To make it a bit more diagnostic you can use wire number ferrules and put wire numbers on the schematic. Not urgent but probably important!

It's a really good principal to employ, to have isolated input buffers on every sensor this not only gives isolation from ground loops but also high voltage transients from lightening, power surges and radio interference. If the input buffers have adjustable gain you can calibrate them to a universal set of voltages for minimum or maximum readings.... As well as feeding the analogue to digital convertors, these can also feed a set of backup analog gauges for use in case of a network failure...

Two is one, one is none. Thanks Project Brupeg

CAT OVERBOARD!! When at anchor tie box to boat with rope ladder so she can climb all the way up the side of the boat!

15AMP PROBLEM !!! BUY VICTRON BATTERY CHARGER FOR SYSTEM. WHEN YOUR ON LIMITED SHORE POWER USE THE CHARGER ONLY, NOT INVERTER CHARGER. RUN BOAT OFF OF INVERTERS at dock. THE CHARGER WILL ALSO ACCEPT 50 OR 60 Hz which inverter charger will not. Solve 15amp problem and make boat shore power 50 or 60 Hz capable!.

Your electrical systems seem awesome. Just from experience on boats and dc power. Start with the grounding. Every problem I've ever encountered started from a grounding shortcoming.

That is some very cool electronics. And if I ever redo my boat I'm going to make sure I don't have any of that. I'm a firm believer of the K.I.S.S method. Call me archaic if you want but a mechanical gauge doesn't fail because I turned the light on in the head. 😂😂

ist possible this couple have Munchausen's Syndrome? Just saying...

Those solar cut off breakers are not rated correct. You need disconnect switches with much larger gaps to safely cutoff DC power from PV panels. I have seen videos of those catching fire after a couple times using. DC has a gap depending on voltage and current. That gap needs to be larger than the highest arc it can create. Disconnect switches have oversize gaps and those breakers do not. Just giving you heads up so you do not burn down your boat.

My 2 Growatt 5k all in one inverters do what you are trying to do. I can tell them to take 1 amp to 100 amps each from grid (that is your shore power) to charge batteries. I have mine setup so batteries power inverters and house 24/7 until my batteries get below 15% then they use grid to power all loads. Next day sun comes out and charges batteries to programmed amount (60%) then grid is not used and back on batteries. This only happens Nov-Jan. I also keep an eye on storms so if their is a chance of power outage from grid I have them fully charge my 60kw battery bank which gives me 3 days of power in winter and then set grid to charge at 2-5 amps per inverter to keep my batteries above 80% at night. Once they fully charge batteries inverters stop charging with PV and Grid. Now if I can do this with a Growatt than you should be able to with your fancy high priced Victron.

Your wiring chart will be impressive. I wonder if you bung up the those metal conduits to the wheelhouse. Add some mineral oil to dampen the sound transmission. Yes the sound of the Cummins engine coming alive is music to the ears. The best lullaby music.

Hi guys, hope you're all well. Great progress on the electrix, amazing to see the 'box' getting slimmer and slimmer. Love your picture of the late, great Jacques Cousteau, one of my heroes. As a wee boy I loved watching his fascinating tv programmes which prompted me to take up scuba diving. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the awesome work. Peace. 🧔👍✌

What is the software used to generate the dashboard for all the sensor data? Very cool and flexible.

Hi are you able to put a smoke alarm just above that Electrical Box I know you would get a bit of smoke in the room as we all know 9x out of 10 fires are cause by electrical so some sort of early warning like a main shut down switch so when it's push everything in the Engine room shuts down ?

If that power regulator in the brunet box is one of the ones off of amazon, carry spares AND put some active cooling on it. They get pretty hot over time and the bottom potting gets soft/starts burning. I have a couple 24-->12v ones just like this that have burn marks on the label underneath. They both still work, but their output power is severely limited now. I wouldn't trust them out on the water. That said, I have one of these that I've had actively cooled (80mm PC fan with thermistor control) for years now, even in the summer heat and it's still rockin' Just my 2cents, but I'd rather have you spend another 30 bucks or whatever and be safe than have everything die in the middle of the ocean.

Damo, if you start the engine remotely from the bridge and then shut it down locally at the engine does nothing have to be reset before the next start or is everything good and when it’s done visa versa

When are you going to hook up the back up power for main engine, you bought the electric motor way back when you got the money to rebuild main Cummins

I wish I could get my head around electrical systems so that I could appreciate Duncan’s enormous input into the Brupeg restoration. Not only is he a very clever person I think to donate his time, energy and know how and be a very decent human being at the same time is a real asset and credit to the man, I think he’s a real life hero. It’s great that you are removing old systems completely, it’s the best way once they become redundant I think and has to help trouble shooting down the track when some of this all becomes a little hazy. Jess, you are growing stronger week by week, you go girl.

When are you going to put in the mini heli-pad for the drone to land on? };->

A little rockwool insulation would stop the sound and it wont burn.

Nice work finding the cause of the melted wires! A suggestion is to support the wire looms coming out of the big junction box on the engine as these cables come out sideways and should be supported vertically.

Great to see all the no longer needed Brunet components go away. It looks mighty spiffy now. Many thanks to Donald for the new drone!

That was a really interesting hurricane map. Do you have a link to it?

Hi Guys, have you heard about the platform "Sea People" it's a stunning app for sailors and want to be sailors, Have a butchers and see if you would find it useful. Kudos to Donald for the new drone, awesome to see people chip in where they can to help you guys. Looks like the electrics have been nicely upgraded and you guys have managed to take Brupeg to the next level of safety and comfort. Actually a lot of work since the last episode, painting, electrics etc. Ready for the next adventure