Generator updates

So I needed to move a 200# generator into the lazertte. I racked my brain how I might do this. Finally one day I said, "don't I own a crane?". So I removed the sail from the main boom. I got the old boomvang from the cabinet, and rigged it to the boom via a line. I pulled and pulled, and it would not rise up. :P It was caught under the lip of the hatch. LOL. Once free it rose right up, and I slowly lowered it down, as I climbed down into the lazerette. I love the size 70 hatch.

Now that it was down I had to slide it to the new home.

A week ago I rode a bike home from Home Depot. Under my arm was a 4'x2' sheet of hardwood plywood.

It took a few days to paint it with bilgecoat paint. Then today I drilled holes and installed lag bolts with 5200 so they were sealed, and will not come out.

It looked great. The 3/4" plywood should stand up for longer then we will ever own the boat, maybe 20 years :) When we do sell her in 3-5 years and build our larger boat, the new owner will have an awesome generator setup.

Out with the old

In with the new

Whats left to do? A LOT. First I must somehow get the 1" exhaust adapted to 1.25". Then I can connect it to the water lift muffler. The intake for the raw water pump is 5/8" the hose coming from the strainer is 5/16" so another adapter. Then I must supply fuel. I will change the racor filter out for a 2 micron, and that will be an easy hookup. I must plug in the wires for the harness, mount the new battery. Connect 12 volt power to the unit. Then hook up a charging line so the battery stays charged. I need to secure the unit to the plywood. I need to install the copper strapping to keep the unit in the zinc protection of the rest of the boat. THEN... I need to install a filter system, That must be built from scratch, so I can filter the oil and not change it every 10 hours. I must sound proof 3 sides, building a door so I can check and add oil as needed. I must install the blower to cool the generator when the sound proof enclosure is on. I must run a new power wire from the unit to a new power selector  switch. This will then be run into the new inverter when I buy it. Whew, thats all. So expect at least 4 more updates. For now the aft deck is less cluttered, and the unit is protected from the rain.