Initial 'Livability' Refit

The initial refit is focused on bringing the shore power, and associated AC wiring up to code.  Establishing heating, DC lighting and basic cooking.

1. Energy management
   1. Victron Cerbo GX - purchased, installed
   2. Victron Smart Shunt - purchased, installed
   3. Victron IO Extender 150 - purchased, installed
2. Shore power (30A)
   1. Inlet - purchased
   2. Circuit Breaker / Emergency Cut-off - purchased, awaiting delivery
   3. Victron Multiplus - purchased
   4. 10awg main feed - purchased
   5. Victron galvanic isolator - purchased
3. House DC systems
   1. Lifepo4 battery bank (100ah placeholder) - purchased, installed
   2. Main fuse - purchased, installed
   3. Busbars - purchased, installed
   4. Raised distribution box - purchased, installation underway
4. House Solar
   1. Victron MPPT charge controller - purchased
   2. Wiring - purchased
   3. Placeholder 100watt solar panel - purchased
5. Heating
   1. Fuel cell - purchased, installation underway
   2. Port Heating
      1. Exhaust vent and thruhull fitting - purchased, installed
      2. DC power / distribution - purchased, installed
      3. Diesel 'parking' heater - purchased, installed
      4. Ducting - purchased, connected, final placement tbd
   3. Starboard Heating
      1. Exhaust vent and thruhull fitting - purchased
      2. DC power / distribution - purchased, installed
      3. Diesel 'parking' heater - purchased
      4. Ducting - purchased
6. Lighting
   1. Overhead LED strips in both hulls - planned
7. Insulation (Berths)
   1. Thermal insulating radiant barrier - purchased
   2. Foam wall liner - purchased
   3. Interior vinyl - purchased
8. Galley
   1. Alcohol stove - planned
   2. Dutch oven - purchased, installed

Longer term

Being a racing cat, there are almost no existing 'house' DC loads.  Instead, the house loads are almost exclusively serviced using (AC) shore power.

The solution for cruising is to install an independent 'house' bank (Lifepo4, 12V for now with 48v as the end goal) to power these house loads.  Lifepo4 well suited for providing constant current for extended periods of time, which is the nature of house loads.

Interior lighing, heating / cooling, entertainment, water, and cooking systems will be handled by the house DC bank.  Shore power will keep the systems charged at dock, and power a few AC outlets.

The existing DC battery bank (A pair of 12V AGM batteries) has been removed from the shore power charger.  The existing solar and the wind generator are more than sufficent to keep them charged, even when at sail.  These batteries do not see load while at dock.  They start the engines, and power systems such as the anchor windless, navigation instraments and external lighting.  

Later, a DC-DC charger will also provide charging capabilities from the house bank (and by extension, shore power).

A few of the existing DC loads will transition to the house bank.  For instance the interior lighting and fresh water pumps.