Running BIG boat cable is not easy! - Project Brupeg Ep.361

[@MorseB]

I like the part about going to the store. I like seeing other parts of the world, you have so much space and room to breath. I come from an area where 200ft trees are the standard and seeing these wide open spaces is kinda nice even if I love my trees.

[@allandent4067]

Using that much force to pull cables is a good way to wreck the conductors also confining data cables next to 230 ac must be avoided!

[@jamescostello6529]

Wise is the man that gives the wife credit every chance he gets!

[@dazzac2958]

Iay the cables neatly together as they enter the pipe to avoid them getting stuck. I would probably put a hatch on each bend of the pipe also to help pull them through, the bends is where they will bind.

[@kofeyh]

Remember the go-fund-me to do things properly? Am not sold on the whole water-proof box (that isn't really with giant holes) on the bulkhead so I'd really challenge the guys doing the electrical work to make sure they are okay with it. Conduit piping was presumably run for a reason previously. Pain or not, getting electrics right matters, once the special magic smoke escapes, real hard to get it back in. :)

[@brunomortensen5841]

The water-proof box may work for water, but melts quickly in case of fire in the engineroom. Please check with the electrical-guy, how to feed cables thru the bulkheads.

[@SteveGunnfl]

Very challenging pulling new cables in alongside existing ones especially when having to use lots of force, the danger of chafing or straining the other ones is high. I know it's a pain but it's usually better to take everything out and start again putting them all in together and run at least three spares at the same time. If you run each end to a junction box or cabinet for that area you have some flexibility to change things. As a rule for every cable you need run two more because you'll use them.

[@willwebbjr]

the lube is why we use to use 2 parts dish soap and 1 part water.

[@bobblack72]

When I used to pull a lot of cables through conduit, we used a lube called Yellow 77, but we affectionately referred to it as "elephant snot." You are correct, it IS disgusting stuff!

[@southforresttrxsweden7908]

Tack!

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Thank you so much!

[@Riprock296]

Not only does Jess give good engineering support, lets not forget her epic editing skills! 🙌

[@chrismorton9736]

There is a general rule of thumb when it comes to conduit regarding fill ratio which is 40% of the cross sectional area of the conduit. This is mainly to ensure there is sufficient cooling mainly for power cables. The other general rule is you never mix different voltages in the same conduit. Also the bend radius on the conduit is way to tight as another viewer commented. The plastic connection box was id say IP 56 but now it holds no IP rating at all.

[@jimcalver-oj4xf]

Yes, do not mix voltages in conduits or raceways. There are many codes all over the world about this.

[@Gin-toki]

Also bad to mix data cables with power cables, especially if the data cable is not properly shielded.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

That is true but it depends on application. Non of the data we have flowing g is critical. Packet loss is acceptable and we’ve been running like this for a few years now and have noticed zero issues. If it were a data centre. Absolutely agree with you but for this it’s not an issue

[@Gin-toki]

@@ProjectBrupeg Correct, it most likely wont be an issue for your application, also I doubt it's mission critical data that is sent through. It was more a general statement for others who might be reading along, that in general, it's not advisable to rund data and power together, even though there are plenty of examples of it not being an issue :)

[@robdeaton9910]

Most electricians use a cable grip kinda like a Chinese finger puzzle to grip the cables, and lots of lube. Pulling elbows help also.😊

[@jossmaxwell00]

Dame makes note to self "Don't forget the lube" It saves a tug-O-war with the cables. Got to say it was an epic battle, but you got there in the end. Thanks to Second engineer Jess.

[@ismzaxxon]

Segregation? Mains and 12v. LV mixed with SELV

[@rb2whrider9836]

Check continuity is Good? Pulled hard on Cables

[@primeusante7224]

For tools to make it easier to do electirical work!

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Thank you so much

[@christopherjacques9658]

Sometimes projects require the need to pause and give thought before proceeding, NOW would be the best time to pause, go back and run new proper conduit with conduit body connections at some of those turns along with some extra runs to properly divide similar voltage circuit runs in the proper manner.

[@jwb8335]

Very good advice…

[@brucefay5126]

I really don’t want to be a Sunday armchair electrician, but it looked to me like the 90 deg bends were way too tight given the size of cable being fed, although I understand that the ones going through bulkheads had to be that way. Damian identified all of the cables in that metal pipe that were surplus to requirements and needed to be removed, but it appears that they didn’t remove them prior to pulling the new/additional ones in. I’m with you regarding elbows with removable covers, I used a lot of pulling elbows in wiring my barn/workshop. A bit fiddly pulling wire to and out of an elbow and then feeding it back in for the run to the next section, but it “works a treat,” as I think I’ve heard someone say. And as always, they got it done.

[@57dent]

The problem with pulling elbows in this application is they are not suitable for pressurized water so will leak if a compartment floods, which is whole reason for conduit in the first place!

[@jamesread11]

@@57dentcould have panels with gaskets…

[@tas32engineering]

The electrician on the sub made a wooden jig to place bunched cables(which were replaced with wooden dowel & steel rod) to form the cable shape so a thin brass clamp with holes either end could be fabricated. After showing me all this the idea was for me to form these brackets. I was on a sub & thought there must be 100^s of these clamps that need to be made. But that's another story. The electrician has placed restrictions on creative licence. Rightly so with requirement of the electrical install. The nice thing about finally threading the eye of the needle. Is a cuppa from the galley & a seat to relax. Well done.

[@bobuncle8704]

I know it’s a whole heap of effort, but so worth it Dame. Jess, Thank you for all you do. We knew how much you were the driving force behind Brupeg. There’s no way Dame could have come up with this all on his own. 🤪 Love ya Dame.

[@barrygorst3613]

Your an incredible guy without you it would all collapse well done

[@esseelettronica8507]

Vi seguo dall'inizio della vostra avventura . Con continui sacrifici e improvvisazioni. Ma in questa occasione dovreste mettere un pò di attenzione nella posa dei cavi , non stressarli in vie cavo insufficienti creando un sicuro problema di induttanze tra la massa metallica della barca e i flussi di energia che corrono nei cavi. Cercate di separarli il più possibile per evitare surriscaldamenti e induzioni capaci di darvi qualche problema con gli apparati elettronici asserviti alla generazione dell'energia ed alla sua gestione. Inoltre con la forza esercitata sui cavi per l'infilaggio nei condotti stressate l'isolamento. Non voglio essere di insegnamento ma meglio prevenire che curare .Buon lavoro.

[@cliffstevenson5773]

Perfect episode. Go forward, is the theme, and I love it.

[@rictecilder]

Good to see all the wiring going in. Also love that all the ship build channels have boats in the water, Brupeg, SV Seeker, Tally Ho, and Yaba. Ship happens has never left the water cannot wait to see there ship moving.

[@GlennTillema]

@5:10 When I pulled electrical cable in college we had a special non-conductive grease to help it along. It was a mess but it eliminated friction! @9:10 I see you're using it so never mind about my first comment!

[@x_ph1l]

It is very important to have a large radius cable bends so that electrons won't fall off of the corner! Tight bends are electrons abuse!

[@dcallan812]

As long as its a lot more watertight than the Titanic's bulkheads. I spent many a happy hour pulling instrument cables into control panels in chemical plants. You know its always the bends that will feck you up. Also trying not to melt the insulation on the cables already in the conduit over long runs can be interesting.

[@thatdave86]

After all the concerns about which and how many cables go together and right hand bends etc will there be any changes to the wiring ,are those commenting correct?

[@ProjectBrupeg]

This wiring will stay as is indefinitely as the system has been designed holistically around the victron gear. The wiring etc is fairly set because of that and we just needed to make it fit to the boat, which is what we did. Nothing on any boat is ever perfect as it’s always balancing compromises etc. that all said we have lived with wiring very similar to this for a few years now onboard and had no issues come up from things like data cables running next to dc or ac cabling so we are happy to trade off is extremely minimal.

[@southforresttrxsweden7908]

I put in what I could afford this month it’s not much but hopefully it can help you get something you need. I have been a long time subscriber and just realized how much entertainment i get so i had to give some back. Thanks for your great show one KZbin

[@southforresttrxsweden7908]

I’m a Swede so if the spelling is awesome forget a but the wording say woohoo ya bastard 😂😂

[@ProjectBrupeg]

That’s brilliant thank you so much. Glad you enjoy it

[@ohkeydokey]

Hey Guys, remember that the Problem with the Problem is the Problem

[@angelineroberts8339]

We found tying a piece of wool to the cable and using the wet/ dry vac works a treat,the suction was enough to pull the wool through so we could pull the cable

[@richardsybrandy1]

All these comments ….. Damien has a lot of factors to consider. On the one hand, I think that those of us who over the years have seen a lot of ….. “making do”, want to see less of that with something so important as electrics. On the other hand, I think we should all trust that Damien and his knowledgeable advisors, have made the right compromises (it’s a boat).

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Yeah Jess and I work through all the options and find the best action possible.

[@davec5237]

Great work guys. 👍

[@stco2426]

Well done on the cable pulling. It puts into perspective me pulling through the various 2x0.75mm2 flex for kitchen lights. All the best!!

[@57dent]

Damien, probably too late but while that plastic box you used with its gasketed cover might be watertight for landlubber use, i seriously doubt it could resist seawater under pressure from a flooded compartment!

[@martinbrown2268]

I envy your passion.

[@toomasnelson4561]

I may have mentioned it some time ago, but I hope you are lightning proof! Recently we had big storms here in Lake Macquarie (near Newcastle) and five yachts in our marina were struck losing much of their electrical system and a neighbour of mine also on a mooring same as I am lost his self steering which was electrically operated. Lots of war stories to be told about lightning stikes but after all your work i hope you are safe.

[@dinsdalepiranah8759]

Great video

[@maxalford7758]

all this work and you will never get it passed to carry passengers because most things won't pass survey

[@ProjectBrupeg]

We are not interested in any commercial venture or paying passengers. It’s all good.

[@president2]

Love it so much keep it up as always 💘

[@fonhollohan2908]

Hey Damien I'd check to make sure that large cable you ran through to that sealant box looks like the cable might be having a chaffing issue on the lower side of the bulkhead. @t the 33.59 mark.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Thanks, I’ll have a look this morning

[@Sircraig7963]

G'day Crew, How fortunate are you to have so many expert opinions , after the work is completed . Wouldn't it be entertaining if we could have a weekly "Keel Hauling" or just a plain old "Walk the Plank" . On a lighter note , although already mentioned ,, I'm busting to see those STABILISERS fold down for the first time , im sure they will work fine , and look mega cool too. Could even be used for a substitute for walking the plank , just trying to be practical . Respect....!

[@Orchardman53]

Avoid running UTP ethernet cable in close parallel proximity to power cables, if possible keep a 30 cm separation between power and data. Otherwise you'll reduce effective data transmission rate.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

We have been running our data cables in this conduit for close to two years without any issues, its something we are happy to carry on with as the protection the stainless conduit offers far outweighs possible data issues (that we have not seen in our time running our system).

[@Orchardman53]

@@ProjectBrupeg Fair enough, but if you get erratic data errors when a heavy inductive load is on the co-located power cables, there may be EMF/RFI interference issue. IP protocols are good at handling most data errors, but that does slow transmission. Another tip is to avoid putting more than 25lb tension when pulling CAT6 as this can damage the cables . By way of explanation, I've been designing/building trading floor infrastructure around the globe since 1995, though nowadays we're trending to optical fibre rather than UTP.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Thanks we appreciate this info. Its lovely when facts are quantified like how much tension etc on cables

[@rolandtb3]

Some major upgrades: engine/gearbox, Duncan's soffware, Bruge solar panels, new genset, currently redesigning the electrical distribution systems. Gone from the 1970's to the 2100's. A transformation from a sunken fishing vessel to a capable modern day ship.

[@KSSilenceAU]

Hey Dame, With the 12v Feed from the Genset battery, Maybe worth having a change over switch there so you can pull from either the Genset battery OR the Main Engine Battery? That way if you are still steaming under main engine power, if both Main converters go you can just run Nav power from the Main engine. The 12v Charging circuit on the Genny likely isn't very big ampacity wise at all as its usually intended only for running the genset itself, so maybe you should consider Main Engine Feed first? If the Main Engine uses 24v for starting (I forget if its 12v or 24v start) you would need an extra converter there, but still worth considering. Come to think of it, those original Lithium Battery packs you are replacing with the Victrons, are any of them still actually serviceable? If so, and you can install them in a way that is To Code, Consider using one or more of them to serve as Emergency Batteries to power things like the Radios, and basic Navigation / Emergency lighting equipment, the idea being that if ALL ELSE fails, they will still allow you to communicate via radio, know where you are, and be seen. Thus they should be in their own air tight box, installed somewhere else, and have multiple charging sources via ISOLATED type DC-DC Converters / AC-DC chargers. Regarding the NMEA Cable, I would have considered leaving it in if possible. The NMEA-2000 data bus is incredibly versitile and could be useful to have a branch of it down in the engine room later on for future expansion use. Many Many marine systems leverage it, and YachtDevices make all kinds of additional modules to expand the capabilities of the network as well. Infact one of the devices they make is the "Engine Gateway" which allows you to pipe data from a Canbus enabled Engine Computer directly onto the NMEA 2000 network. That Genset you have? Well you might want to check if it's ECU has / supports Canbus, as you could possibly leverage that along with NMEA2000 to get live data to the bridge. They also have a whole range of Circuit Control and Monitoring blocks, and Autopilot block, and a whole ton of other sensors / gateway modules, all NMEA-2000 based. Some potentially useful modules: Autopilot Unit: YDAP-04 / Rudder Sensor: YDRA-01 Engine Gateways: YDEG-04 / YDES-04 / YDOG-01 (This one is designed for non computerized Engines, may be useful for the main engine) Circuit Control and monitoring: YDCC-04 / YDSC-04 / YDRI-04 All important Voyage recorder: YDVR-04 Tank Sensing: YDTA-01 / YDTA-04 Ethernet Gateway: YDEN-02 USB Gateway: YDNU-02 I wont include the URL because the filter wont like that, but just search "Yacht Devices" you'll find them. No this isn't an ad, and I dont work for them, but I Have looked at their products before, and they seem like pretty decent things.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

We actually have a few Yacht device kit on board but we have found it to be too limiting and the NMEA system was somthing that was a constant failure point for us. Its likely our gear wasnt good enough but if every we had a fault in the Brunet system it was normally something to do with NMEA. we ditched it a while ago and transitioned everything over to Ethernet and its much easier for us to integrate sensors and just build a more robust system. Also the boat will be going to air start so the system is designed to ignore the main start batteries as if they won’t be there. Genset is the only battery in the engine room long term

[@KSSilenceAU]

​@@ProjectBrupeg That's a rather interesting experience to have with the NMEA Stuff, well that explains things! Did you ever get to the bottom of why it wasn't reliable? Regarding the starting, Is it any more viable now than it was earlier to run Dual start, Ie Electric Plus air given you already have the electric starter? I'm just not sold on having purely a pneumatic starter without some semi reliable alternate means to crank the engine over (Without requiring some rather dodgy Jerry-rigging), not to mention that if you are doing maintenance and need to be able to bump the engine, or do repeated cranking (eg for priming), air starts to become rather limited, but a good set of batteries on a good starter should be able to crank continiously for quite a while. Depending on the cranking current requirements, the Lithiums may actually be able to handle that (Lithium start batteries are a thing! Get one with built in reserve for the Genny please!). If you can't feasibly have a normal electric starter with the air one (eg one on each side, i think that was touched on ages back), do you know if it would actually be feasible to use the Get Home motor to crank the engine? I Saw in another comment that you need oil pressure to engage the gearbox, but that you were also going to have an (electric?) oil pump for Lube purposes if using that Get home motor..... Makes me wonder if it's feasible to use that pump to get the required clutch engagement pressure and I'm sure the Get home motor has more than enough power to spin the engine, so its a matter of actually making that work? Regards!

[@ProjectBrupeg]

@KSSilenceAU we need to machine the bellhousing to accept a second starter. But our ultimate plan is to have air start on one side and spring start on the other without the need to hold and maintain lead acids. The air start can be fully rebuilt onboard if it ever fails and the air tanks can be fully recharged in around ten minutes and we should get roughly four starts per tank fill so we could in theory crank all day if we really need to with air

[@davidharding3058]

Good evening Damien & jess As in all strong relationships It dont matter if it's a house or a boat the wife has full control of the helms in both contents.. But i couldn't help noticing them big cables crossing the smaller cables. Heat transfer across them ummm... Dont think thats good. Your starter cable's should be away from the other cable. Also in larger boats/ships they call for steel cable ties . Because of vibration the weight of the cable could cause snapping and sagging cables. +if you have a fire they're kept in place and stop your free movement if you have a fire. As the plastic will melt. Cheers i love what your doing Just a few helpful words i hope. Not a criticism of what you have done over ten years . 👍🥂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@dennisash7221]

I think that any man has a pretty good idea of just how much Jess contributes, but it is good to be reminded now and again. Would be interesting to video some of those discussions so we can also see how that process works with you guys, we just need to see the highlights and "Ahha" moments in the discussions that would be fun to see. Wiring is something that take so much time, it's finnicky and often ends up with oops moments and sore fingers. You did a great job it's looking awesome. What did you do with the hole going into the engine room, I suggest getting a fire resistant foam to seal it off and help create a fire resistant barrier.

[@wilcoxmf]

How's your electrical engineer? OK the idea of putting in multiple voltages in one conduit. I would never mix AC or DC in any of my concoctions that I built over my life time.

[@JamesEdwards780]

Always a good idea to run Data and Power in separate conduit / runs.

[@christopherjacques9658]

On point! Where’s the electrical engineer ? Considering the budget at hand there should no reason to be performing a subpar installation.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

The go fund me budget covered the cabling, generator, victron parts and design of the system, it covered some of the physical connections (ie the AC board and connections being rebuilt, it will cover the last of the DC connections being completed but won’t cover the physical work like the running of cables and making parts. We do our best with the skills and resources we have. we often need to manage competing variables. We chose to run the DC, data and AC in this conduit as we don’t have critical data flowing so speed reduction or packet loss is not a concern and we have two years worth of data running this conduit with DC, AC & data in it without any issues. The AC is non critical as it’s just GPO’s in the engine room and the DC has not given any noticeable issues with fluctuations. As for cooling the conduit we would estimate to be around 20% full when looking at the area so cooling won’t be an issue as most of the cable is very small, low load and the large stuff is only used as the third line of redundancy for loss of navigation power so if it’s ever used, loss of data is irrelevant at that point. We understand the code would say keep them out of the same conduit and we agree but we don’t have enough room left in our in the path to run additional steel conduit and we are happy to sacrifice some data loss etc for much higher water tight integrity by having the single s/steel conduit.

[@ChrisWright7701]

Hope you are putting fuses at the battery ends.as a short at the other end would be devastating.

[@victorhatch776]

I know what lube is like so we used to use talc preferably johnson baby power cause you can blow out the excess...

[@roygould9454]

Girls can build boats?!? Whaaaaah?

[@ProjectBrupeg]

It does seem people struggle with this concept

[@walle226]

Love it guys! you are awesome.

[@intefixLoco]

I would recommend the ethernet cables not to follow the same root as you will be passing heavy loads of power that might interfere with the ethernet signal.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

We have been running a data cable in this conduit with the original power cables for the last year and haven’t seen any issues with the data etc. we u destined that they should be separated but we would rather put water tight security ahead of possible data loss. And in our experience running the equipment we have we haven’t seen any data issues so the compromise has been worth it for us

[@intefixLoco]

@@ProjectBrupeg what you say makes sense but do take into account that bigger cables = more power = more interference ;)

[@ProjectBrupeg]

yes thats true however the big cables we have in that conduit are likely never going to be used as they are the third layer of redundancy for the nav system, if we are done to them then some data loss is irrelevant at that point. The other cables are fairly small and run LED's and a few minor loads in the engine room

[@intefixLoco]

@@ProjectBrupeg got you are fine then continue as planned :P

[@finnsailing69]

ADHD case here too, i feel you bro!

[@jamesread11]

Love all the redundancy… would be good to test those different systems weekly or something to ensure if you need them you know they will work, nothing worse than backup systems not working because they never been used or tested

[@paulmach5]

Why didn’t you just use 2 more cable glands into the engine room bulkhead rather than the box and glands?? Would have been neater and more practical in my opinion 🍻

[@robm.4512]

I was thinking the same. A pair of steel or brass glands through the bulkhead would conform to all commercial marine codes for fire safety and maintenance of watertightness of a main engineroom bulkhead that I’m aware of and you’re right, they make a tidier job of it too. The one other small detail that bugged me professionally was zip-tying a short section of cable run to the flexible fuel line rather than ‘P’ clipping the two independently to the stringer with adequate separation. Before any of you “fanbois” start bitching about this post and the one I’m replying to, it’s not anything to do with “armchair quarterbacking” or “online haters,” it’s about having a modicum of professional knowledge about the subject and wishing, as everyone here should, for Jess and Damien to end up with a safe, efficient and serviceable vessel that is compliant with the commercial marine standards that she’ll need to meet in order to perform her intended function. Bringing Brupeg back from near her end to her present condition, on a shoestring, is a massive achievement for a couple working out in the boonies. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the pair of them. Cheers, R. (Marine Eng. Ret)

[@jamescostello6529]

Google wire pulling grip. Kind of like what we used to call Chinese finger handcuff when we were kids. Wish I could attach a picture but as soon as you see it you'll know what I'm talking about.

[@mySeaPrince_]

Funny... At this moment I am building a new battery box.. to comply with the latest regulations.. Then it's do the wiring... The thing you pull the wire through... Bella 🐈 knows... It's called a.... Mouse 🐁

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Apparently in Aussie box can be built out of any material (even ply). If we were doing this one again we would make it from alloy but make it from thicker plate as the frame and skin idea was a bloody nightmare to weld the edges of the skin to the frame. Plus it’s easy double the work of a full plate design

[@DawidKellerman]

I hear the Ethernet.. why not get armored fiber in there I am sure someone down there will splice it for you. No noise and a lot thinner and its an engine room More than enough bandwidth.

[@DawidKellerman]

Glad I was not the only one with the idea! Any IT Telecom people close to them that would be willing to give them a hand? I realize the budget thing but those no name 5-6 ports were sent from the hot place!

[@Lamboghini76]

Jess looks after you so she takes care of a lot haha

[@PhilGoldblum]

As Dame was pulling cable into the engine room counting 1, 2, 3, 4... i did hear The Count.... One... Ha Ha Ha...

[@paulmcgair5796]

St way to do it is to snake a draw rope all the way through it should pull with minimal issues Good luck ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦾

[@jerrydutra3225]

Yarrrr! Haul them cables ya swab !

[@EleanorPeterson]

If you had to walk the plank in Brupeg, it wouldn't be wood - Dame would have TIG welded it together from 18mm stainless...😁

[@ProjectBrupeg]

I feel seen. Dame

[@georgesaunders6362]

That's why I call it Owl Snot. Its super disgusting but works oh so well!

[@thomashudgins996]

No wire lube? Lol It is slimy but it evaporates. When you started I was screaming at my screen! Nothing like screaming muscles and the blood vessels in your head ready to burst that brings the thought, " Damn, did I forget the lube?"

[@aserta]

Damo, you should've gone with a larger tube, twice the size of what you're using at least. Cable pulling shouldn't be done like that, you're stressing the cables. jm2c.

[@MrGrimCarnage]

Out of curiosity, what do you plan to attach to the walls / ceilings to cover the foam insulation, and will having everthing p-clamped along the way make that process more difficult?

[@albertomoniz9051]

You guy's look great and some more progress. Hey what happened to your helpers from Europe ? Haven't seen him since you last picked him up not too long ago this year. Hope he didn't get hurt. Cheers from Canada

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Birk was with us for three months this and his visa ran out and the start of University was drawing close so he is now back in Europe organising himself for study

[@willjackson6407]

Conduit and running cable is always a nightmare. Good effort ❤ Will the sealant be strong enough to hold that IP enclosure on the wall when there’s water pressure behind it. In a worst case scenario and outside of the engine room floods. Idk if there would be enough water pressure but it did occur to me that might be an issue

[@captaindon2967]

When will you test the stabilizers?

[@dylanwebb421]

Someone asked me a question the other day about the Brupeg team: when did they last take a holiday (of any length)? Still I ponder.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Prior to 2014. Been something we have discussed many times once the electrics are in and the boat is functional enough to stay at anchor comfortably

[@AW-Services]

Running mains power and data / cat5, etc, isn't the best of ideas regardless of its braided shielding

[@reighbh13]

31mins, teen wolf 😅

[@finnsailing69]

btw, is the battery room ventilated?

[@WillPittenger]

Looks like Damien got his workout for the week. Now if he can run a marathon while doing that…

[@bartjohnson8139]

After all of the precautions taken, by running the 3” stainless conduit, running the primary power leads un-protected seems, sorry I’m saying this, but, amateurish. Why not a 2” EMT with proper pulls? I’m also wondering if your insurance underwriter don’t have a word or two to say.

[@tyzon00800]

No idea with your immature comments

[@ronaldharmon9891]

"A measuri-poo" LOL

[@stephen9518]

Just one little question please... In the event of having to use the 'get-you-home' system, how do you separate the engine from the propeller shaft? (ok I guess with a spanner? - or a torch?). You don't want to load the electric motor with a dead - or seized - engine as well as providing the only means of backup propulsion.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

So we still need to use the main gearbox as the thrust bearing so assuming the gearbox/main engine isn’t fixable at sea we do whatever is needed to get the gearbox into neutral. With this gearbox that’s fairly easy as it needs hydraulic pressure from being spun by the main engine to engage the clutch discs to go forward/reverse so it defaults to neutral etc. at that point t we can turn on an external oil pump to lube the bearings in the gearbox and start the electric get home to spin the prop. Its sounds convoluted when I write it down like this but it will be quite simple. Turn oil pump on, make sure prop can still spin, engage belts for the get home (via a simple lever) and start spinning the prop using the electric motor.

[@stephen9518]

@@ProjectBrupeg Brilliant, Many thanks for the explanation; fully understood. Wishing you many happy years sailing - motoring!

[@michelleschutte7181]

Me to ad 😂

[@dtreloar63]

The cable lube was there... But the level didn't appear to go down... Did you forget it? (And 2 seconds after I comment you go for the lube.. lol)

[@mark6205]

in a boat, if you have 3 - you have 2::: if you have 2 - you have 1::: if you have 1 you have 0 - do not do anything critical.......rules of the sea....

[@pauljohnson7538]

Video popped up 19 seconds after you downloaded it. I was the first viewer😎

[@brucemitchell5637]

Nope, I'm first!

[@josidasilva5515]

Supposed to leave 40% of conduit ID space free.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Yeah we would easily have that. It’s only hard to pull them because we have three 90 degree bends. There is actually plenty of room if you look at it from an area calculation.

[@christopherjacques9658]

@@ProjectBrupeg Why did you not utilize the appropriate conduit body connectors, it would have eliminated all the concerns with those sharp turns.

[@ProjectBrupeg]

Not an electrician. Don’t know what we don’t know and it’s often a case that we build things to solve a problem without knowing other solutions exist. Live and learn. Still the stainless conduit works, it protects cables very well and yes it’s a pain to pull cables through but that’s something we do maybe once every few years so a minor issue in the grand scheme of things

[@bilgerat711]

Woohooo...loving the progress, go Kiwi's go!!!!