Back in 2017 we redid the complete electrical installation on board Moonwave. What does this mean? All original cables were removed during the refit and the tech space was completely remodeled. The installation of the new hybrid system brought lots of changes with it but also it was time to start from a blank page and redo the electrical installation properly. This took lots of planning and hard work but the result is definitively worth it. A reliable electrical system with all cables labeled and straight cable runs, neat and clean. And we have proper drawings for the whole installation as well.
Moonwave is fitted with a Czone bus system - this means several of small fuse boxes in strategic places with a computer system to control and monitor instead of one huge panel to switch everything on and off. The DC [DC stands for direct current in our case 24V & AC for alternative current] fuse boxes still need power. Sebastien designed a three dimensional breaker panel for the tech space for this purpose.
The panel itself is made out of G10 [compressed fibreglass] as this is a good isolator and very solid. The panel has been painted black for a clean look. The switches and breakers have been used from the original installation. Before there were lots of big red cables hanging from the back of the panel - we have simplified this by using solid copper bars. So there is only one cable per breaker-switch.
Please have a look a the pictures and let us know in the comments if you have further questions. Also don't hesitate to contact us if you want further info on the electrical features of Moonwave and/or our use of Czone. There is also an article about the installation on the Moonwave blog - Electrical Installation - no rocket science [follow link]
And here is the final installation - photo credit to Flo Hagena:
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