Another 4 hours spent today sorting out all of the remaining stuff. There was a massive amount of random wire that I went through and I disposed of anything that was not marine grade. I did keep one piece of what appears to be welding cable that I will use to ground the main mast in the event of a lightening strike.
I brought another load of stuff home, but the weather was not cooperating so I wasn’t able to bring a lot.
The new work lights that we purchased sure made a big difference and for $15 each, I think we need to get at least 2 more. We are heading back today to try to finish emptying out Akupara.
I am excited to get my tools to Akupara and to start the removal of all of the wood. Up until now I feel like we really have not accomplished a lot, which is not exactly true. We have cleaned, identified, sorted and removed a lot of stuff which will make the actual word a lot easier.
We have finally decided that this will be a complete rebuild/refit. Up until now, I have not been completely sure as to what extent we would take this, but based on what we have seen it is now a certainty that it needs to be complete. The shore power although functioning has a strange way of heating up and when you start to look at the masses of wires running in all directions, it only makes sense to completely gut it all and start from scratch. We would lose way too much time trying to trace wiring, as opposed to just replacing it. As well, the 110 volt wiring is all original, and probably does not comply with current ABYC electrical standards. A lot of the plumbing has already been removed when they changed to a composting head in the forward head, so we will just continue that and remove it all. As well, the original holding tank, that I gather from the Whitby Brewer website was located below the main companionway, was converted a long time ago to battery storage. Our thoughts so far are to have two completely independent systems for a couple of reasons. Sanitation hose as it gets older begins to develop a smell, so having 30 feet of it all connected to one big tank worries me a bit. And by having 2 separate systems, if one develops an issue and needs repair, we will still have the other. And if both some how develop an issue at the same time, we can always revert to the bucket and chuck it system. Redundancy, that’s what I like!
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