On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:03:39 -0500, Brian Lawson
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:35:49 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

My friend's boat wiring is FUBAR. Its a 25 year old salt water unit
with a Cummins diesel and single screw. There is what's left of a
system to switch from Bat A to Bat B or both. Its been through a
couple 'canes and had salt water up to the deck a couple times. Plus
25 years of hack electrical repairs.

Anyway, I'd like to start with some sort of load center to handle the
winch, starter, alternator and bat A /bat B systems, and a whole bunch
of small breakers for all the small loads. Anyone know of such a unit
for salt water boats?

We have a crew of four willing to attack this problem on windy days
over the next three months. But we need her to sail when the wind goes
down.

Karl


http://www.westmarine.com

Great website, thanks.

Everybody else, thanks for the suggestions. I'm off to the bookstores
and library for books on this. This is more in depth and expensive
than I thought. Easy to make a newbie mistake on a
project like this.

Karl