Hello everyone, I thought I sent this inquiry out last week but when I got no replies to what I think is a scintillating question, I second-guessed myself and am now reposting. Apologies if it's already been sent and nobody chimed in. In any event... I’m going to be running the wires from my solar panels this spring. Last year I temporarily installed them with the wires running down the cabin sides and into the engine room through the air intake openings. Not ideal. Before I start I am hoping someone can explain how the wires get from the wiring conduit in the forward starboard corner of the pilothouse down to the engine room. I understand the path down through the fakestack, along the pilothouse ceiling, and to that conduit. But from there it is a mystery to me how wires make their way to the engine room where the batteries live. For bonus points, I’d love to hear how the wires from the 12v breaker panel get down to the engine room as well. Thanks, -Jonathan NT 37-137 Cyclops Freeport, Maine

HI Jonathan, You can run the wires through the roof (use clams to seal the wire entry point) to the FWD STB pillar and down through the helm station and into the engine room from there. It’s a bit of work and fishing wire is no fun but quite do-able. -Evan NT 37-148 TUGAWAY > On Mar 21, 2024, at 10:47, Jonathan Handelman via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I thought I sent this inquiry out last week but when I got no replies to what I think is a scintillating question, I second-guessed myself and am now reposting. Apologies if it's already been sent and nobody chimed in. > > In any event... > > I’m going to be running the wires from my solar panels this spring. Last year I temporarily installed them with the wires running down the cabin sides and into the engine room through the air intake openings. Not ideal. > > Before I start I am hoping someone can explain how the wires get from the wiring conduit in the forward starboard corner of the pilothouse down to the engine room. I understand the path down through the fakestack, along the pilothouse ceiling, and to that conduit. But from there it is a mystery to me how wires make their way to the engine room where the batteries live. > > For bonus points, I’d love to hear how the wires from the 12v breaker panel get down to the engine room as well. > > Thanks, > > -Jonathan > > NT 37-137 > Cyclops > Freeport, Maine > _______________________________________________ > Sentoa mailing list -- sentoa@lists.sentoa.org > To unsubscribe send an email to sentoa-leave@lists.sentoa.org

Jonathan… If you take the DC panel off and look, you can see that the wire bundle drops down at the back of the compartment and emerges through the engine room ceiling… You don’t actually need to access that area if you are simply adding an MPPT controller etc. to feed the house bank with solar power. -Evan NT 37-148 TUGAWAY Victoria BC > On Mar 21, 2024, at 10:47, Jonathan Handelman via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote: > > For bonus points, I’d love to hear how the wires from the 12v breaker panel get down to the engine room as well.