Dave/David,
I have a copy of David’s prints, as well as several others. I put my
request in here maybe 6-7 years ago when I felt my not quite complete
paper copy I got with the boat wasn’t holding up. What the factory told me
at that time was the prints for my hull range were on off-site storage and
“not accessible”. I sincerely appreciated everyone’s help here with that..
For my own working copy on my boat (for 42-069) going forward, I saw
David’s set of prints conformed most to checks I could make against both
actual physical wiring and that showed on my inherited prints. Obviously as
you get further away in hull numbering, others are more likely to be more
useful.
When I finally got my prints for how the thruster upgrades were performed
on my boat, I chose to add those to my prints from David also. I seem to
recall correcting something or two on some set of prints I was using, say
just before covid. Unlikely I’ll be able to remember now, but my point is I
would expect mistakes in prints for a product that can be altered on a unit
by unit basis.
There was a second thing I liked about the organization of the prints I got
from one of the people who made digital copies of their prints for me.. how
the hierarchy and division of systems was conveyed. There was more
adherence to industry best practices for multi-page hierarchical circuit
drawings. Not perfect but very useful. The styles in use across the
drawings across different hulls I was sent showed a definite variation
which I attributed at the time to stylistic difference across various
draftsmen... I’m used to the drawing practices I’ve seen on prints from
numerous high-speed digital electronics systems/devices and industrial
machinery (of course, those go together) I've seen over the last ~45 yr,
and what I see for boats is neither. Maybe that plays an outsized role in
my own preferences. But whatever.. what I would urge to anyone looking for
copies of wiring diagrams from other hulls is this... I found GIANT value
in having a number of diverse print sets FROM DIFFERENT HULLS because,
especially if you aren’t a fluent/experienced electrical/electronic problem
solver, a set of perspectives on the same thing... drawn/organized
differently.. might get you to an aha moment faster. I think you’re in a
stronger position if you accept everything anyone will give you.. and then
pick your primary set by comparing with what you can see, but still keeping
all of them. Voltage probes with long wires are your friend:)
Second point about these.. My boat is finally up for sale for real now that
I have repaired a generator leak and the idiot design flaw that caused it.
One of the tasks on my punch list is to take the entire electronic library
of manuals, prints, procedures, photos of every inch and best practices I
assembled, put it on a DVD drive, and give it to the new owner. It was
massively convenient to be able to call up whatever I needed to see on my
laptop, or before Evernote shot themselves in the head, on my phone.
Especially when I was 120 miles away and needed to get or make a part or
tool. Always maintain your own local copy of the library as you can be
caught with your pants down as various tech companies flake out and wall
you off from your stuff, especially as 4 companies (so far) have done to my
stuff.
Dave C... might you be the algorithms guy who worked at the NCSA?
Self-serving departing comment – The thing called “Option 2 pricing” for my
boat has been brought back.. someone from my boating life reminded me I had
actually done that before... hating getting old. The two blogs for that
when it was first offered were the two most visited blogs by a full order
of magnitude and generated the most emails not just initially but also
significantly since. The instrumentation on the web site showed the largest
initial traffic coming from here and one other forum.
Safe sailing,
Miguel,
www.clockwork-usa.com - Option 2 pricing in one of the first blogs
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:00:08 -0400
Subject: [Sentoa] Re: Electronic Versions of NT42 drawings
Dave,
I have them for my 2005 Nordic Tug, hull 73. Let me know if you want them
and send me an email address to use.
David Boyuka
NT42-73
"Tina Marie"
----Original Message-----
From: David Carlson via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 9:54 AM
Does anyone have electronic (pdf) copies of any of the schematics for a 2007
vintage NT42.
My hull is 92 but anything within a few years is better than nothing.
Thanks
Dave Carlson
NT42-92