Feb 22 - Fun with a Multi Meter (boat work day)

Trip dates: 
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Sail
  • Original JENSEN MARINE switchers
  • Lunch with a meter

Maybe this is day 7 of boat work...I've lost track. 

Anyway, I posted some shots of the way the DC wires are arranged on the boat (on my favorite, very tiny sailing forum) and boy did I hear back! 

But first was just to get the lay of the land and start labeling wires.  God I hate DC.  At least AC just wants to go to ground. Running wires back to a bus creates a nightmarish snarl.  But at least it doesn't electocute you when you F up (unless there's a coil or a bigass capacitor nearby, in which case all bets are off). 

I got somewhere and then I decided to eat lunch and dwell on matters....