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I don’t have any input, but I was following the repair- really glad they got you fixed up, it looks really good!
I’m in the midst of redesigning our electrical setup-
Like Adam, we’re going with a Bioenno battery (but went with 40AH instead of 2x 20AH due to their note on not throwing them in serial)- we’re just going to run it off the included charger for the time being and will evaluate solar at a later point. The battery will feed a Blue Sea Systems fuse panel via a 60A fuse (battery is rated to 80A for 3 seconds- we should never hit anywhere near that so we split the difference). The fuse panel will protect each individual circuit which will be controlled by rocker switches like the ones in Adam’s photo above. We’ll feed 4x usb ports, LED lights and the fan, really pretty low power use.
Due to how we’re planning on camping, we’re starting off with a relatively low AH “solar generator”. The way we’re figuring it- we’re looking at charging phones, LED lighting and the fan- the fan being the biggest draw. For the most part we’ll have shore power, so the generator is really acting in UPS mode. Should work fine and we’ll be able to trade off for a real lithium battery setup if/when we need to.
Love the progress- A couple questions if you don’t mind taking the time.
– Now that you’ve had a couple months with the non-factory hinges, are you still happy with them? I love the look of the stainless steel vs the chunky wood kit hinges and would definitely consider going that route if they’re working well for you.
– With your passthroughs from the cabin to the galley, am I right in thinking you reinforced the cutouts with the boxes (they look filleted to the bulkhead?). I’m assuming there would be too much flex in the bulkhead panel with the gas struts and no additional reinforcement with that much material removed?
