Managed to bolt the ballasts on. Not too difficult. Drilling 10mm holes with my new drill bit went relatively straight forwardly and mounting them was just an exercise in brute force to lift them and bolt them on at the same time (could do with 6 hands to be honest). But it went ok. I then placed the large plastic junction box in the appropriate place and ran all the cabling down one wall.
But to cut the cables at the right length I had to relabel them. And as usual, just when you need it, the tape ran out! So that was the end of that exercise.
Next up to the wheelhouse. Time to move the power supplies (battery chargers). I had tried already but they were simply too heavy to even move due to the VERY large transformers. So I stripped out the transformers ensuring I labeled the cables and photographed the layout. With these removed (I could just about lift one on my own it was so large) I could move the cabinets albeit not very far and certainly not down the stairs and off the boat. But they are now away from the wall so the brackets can be removed. It also freed up one of the portholes. I now have the choice to fit 2 more square portholes on that side. Decisions decisions.
The last bit of good news was that the mess hatch had been cut by Dave and he had filled most of the small holes. The hatch really does make a big difference to how open that space now feels. I was nervous about it but it turned out to be a good call.
The load ballasts now bolted to the wall.
Cabling now run down to the new junction box
Cabling starting to look a bit tidier. Time to get out the cable ties and then it will look a whole lot better.
The transformer layout in the power supplies
The chargers now free of the wall
Spent an hour removing the old fire systems.
Option to put back in a porthole or two
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