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Battery hold-downElectrical - GRAPEVINE (MacGregor 26S) - May 18, 2023Secure single point-of-release hold-down for batteries.
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Battery switch and chargerElectrical - GRAPEVINE (MacGregor 26S) - October 26, 2022An out-of the way solution to battery switch and charger installation. Switch and charger are mounted on a piece of 1/2" plywood mounted on hinges to allow them to swing up out of the way.
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compressor refrigerator positionElectrical - refrigerator (MacGregor 26X) - May 26, 2022living the boat, more than once I found myself on the ladder and every person of the crew asked me "While you are there ....". I realized at that moment that the best place for the fridge was right at the entrance
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Mac26X DC Electrical SystemElectrical - Shaped electrical panel (MacGregor 26X) - May 26, 2022Shaped electrical panel with dimmable light synoptic.
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3D Printed Mast CapElectrical - mast cap (MacGregor 26X) - April 4, 2022I needed a way to mount my new VHF antenna, wind indicator and anchor light. So I decided I would design and print one up. It's made from PETG that's pretty strong and UV resistance. I over sized it to make it strong as possible. Everything is screwe...
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Dual Batteries, Switch, & ChargerElectrical - (MacGregor 19) - October 11, 2021Finally finished the electrical installation: Dual Group-24 deep cycle batteries located in the v-berth hatch, BlueSea Systems 10A BatteryLink charger & battery switch located in the settee hatch just forward of the head, and a BlueSea ST Blade 6...
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Mac26X Wall Mounted/Removable Battery ChargerElectrical - Battery Charger (MacGregor 26X) - July 29, 2021Hi All A somewhat recent addition to our DC Electrical System Mod is this compact digital Battery Charger to replace our older “Godzilla” Start/Charger which is great and all but is 8x the volume! Yes there may be smaller ones out there but this suit...
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Mac26X DC Electrical System ModificationElectrical - DC Electrical (MacGregor 26X) - July 27, 2021We were asked to post what we accomplished for our modification of Over Easy’s Mac26X DC Electrical system to this section of the forum. While the existing DC electrical was adequate and functional we wanted to upgrade Over Easy to a DUAL BATTERY SYS...
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Dual Battery Select Charge & Use Control Switch System Modification On a Mac26XElectrical - Dual battery (MacGregor 26X) - July 23, 2021In preparing Over Easy for our anticipated cruising of the Atlantic ICW we modified our electrical system to incorporate a Dual Battery Select Charge & Use Control Switch System Modification. A complete description of this modification can be fou...
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Helm mounted bluetooth stereo installElectrical - (MacGregor 26M) - April 27, 2021I installed a Marine Bluetooth Stereo unit at the helm. BOSS Audio Systems MCKGB450W.6 Weatherproof Marine Gauge Receiver https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H1J4PNH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Also installed was a BOSS Audi...
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3D Printed West Marine Panel odElectrical - (MacGregor 26X) - August 7, 2020I have three West Marine power panels in my 26x right now. I had only one small 4-switch one initially, but my system and needs have grown with my recent revising of the electrical system. I have an issue with these simple and inexpensive panels. Old...
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Shore Power 120v AC panel 26MElectrical - Shore power (MacGregor 26M) - May 21, 2020Marinco Stainless inlet, Blue Sea Systems AC Panel 8101 and outlets on a 2007 26M The key to successful inlet placement when you have to cut the Large hole in the boat was to cut the panel hole first, remove all foam, make a template of the inlet siz...
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12V Plug, ScreenElectrical - - December 1, 2019This picture shows a 12V plug that I added just inside the companionway, above the head door. There is a convenient, out of the way place in the corner in the corner of the head for the inside part of the plug. The wiring runs above the head door, th...
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RewiringElectrical - - December 1, 2019(A) is the power cables coming from the VHF and the compass. (B) is a bus bar that I glued onto the wall in the battery compartment. Wires run from the battery to this, and then to other circuits in the boat. I put a new heavier marine-grade cable fr...
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RewiringElectrical - - December 1, 2019No wiring other than the VHF power cords (I didn't do it) and a short wire from the fan are exposed in the interior. With patience, everything can be run through the conduits. All along the conduits are plastic hole covers from where the factory need...
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RewiringElectrical - - December 1, 2019This shows a conduit above the galley on the port side which is used for bringing wires from the upper to the lower parts of the boat, or vice-versa. My first guess was to drill hole (A) which is a two-inch hole. I soon found that the center drill gu...
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AC/DC panel installElectrical - - December 1, 2019I added an AC electrical system with shore power inlet and a permanent Heart Interface 1000 Watt inverter/charger. In the large picture you can see the AC panel that I installed next to the original DC panel. I upgraded the four switch DC panel to si...
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Battery upgradeElectrical - - December 1, 2019I moved the original battery into the v-berth storage area and added a starter and an additional house battery. On the '99 Mac 26X models the area around the vent hole and splashguard is not level. I first installed a 2x4 on its edge along the aft pa...
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Lights & Electrical SystemElectrical - - December 1, 2019We put in two additional interior lights. One over the rear berth, and one in the head. both are white plastic from West Marine, and have both the white and red bulbs (red reduces the impact on your night vision when you turn in on). The one in the h...
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Solar panelsElectrical - - December 1, 2019I installed 2 SOLAREX MSX 30 LITE solar panels on the hatch. They fit perfectly and leave enough space on each side for a teak grab rail in the future. Right now the panels are oversized (from the power point of view) since I do not have any big cons...
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Electrical outlet near the dinetteElectrical - (MacGregor 26X) - December 1, 2019A power outlet in the corner headroom/aft dinett seat/hull for mobile phone and everything else you might use while sitting by the dinett. Published by: MS Classifieds
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Ham Radio AboardElectrical - - July 22, 2018Ham radio aboard a sailboat can be difficult because of the all fiberglass hull. Good grounding, that is a good electrical connection to the earth, is not easy while sitting in a body of water, especially in my case fresh water. Salt water conducts e...
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Generator MountElectrical - - April 8, 2018Built using plywood and Popsicle sticks for the framing. Published by: eodjedi
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Grounding for Ham or Marine sidebandElectrical - - February 21, 2018RF (radio frequency) grounding on a Mac can be very challenging. The full glass hull, no metal keel, minimum and poorly grounded engine, no grounding of metal parts on deck make the Mac a real challenge. I chose to try an approach that creates as muc...
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Electrical Connections BoardElectrical - - December 25, 2016In order to get all our electrical connections readily accessible, we put this board up to the aft of the galley. We only have one battery bank of 4 Trojan 105 batteries so the large red switch is a on/off switch for all DC power. The large red fuse ...
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Zip-on Solar Panels.Electrical - - November 22, 2016The straw that broke the camels back was the Raymarine EV1 Autopilot tiller. ...Spectre... has two 100ah batteries. After trying a 1000w generator, I thought I would try Solar Panels. (the generator was abandoned as it was too heavy and noisy) Some r...
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Power point outletsElectrical - - June 9, 2016Got pretty sick of cheaply made DC 12v PowerPoint sockets. I use them a lot. Finally made one out of teak to match the rest of my additions. This has three sockets, a switch and a light, but unlike the store bought ones, this also has a front facing ...
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Shore PowerElectrical - - July 9, 2015Added the shore power for water heater, Air Conditioner, battery charger and distributed outlets. All circuits are ground fault protected. Moved DC panel location to left. Used Blue Sea 6 position panel. Had to file a hole in the week fiberglass abov...
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Shore Power ContinuedElectrical - - July 9, 2015The galley has a USB combo outlet. Only the two #6 screws hold the outlets in place. No box behind the table outlet. Published by: vkmaynard
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All electrical wire replaceElectrical - - May 23, 2015all electric wire where replace with this Security Wire 22/2 Grey Stranded for all 12v led connections Published by: TaZ-n-Izzy
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Electrical ReworkElectrical - - May 21, 2015The first picture shows a "splice" found among the rats-nest of wires down aft of the port battery. Needless to say, all of it had to go and I mostly started from scratch with the wiring. most of the actual wire runs through out the hull were left in...
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Raymarine Autopilot tiller installationElectrical - - March 5, 2015After studied the posted mods on autopilot, I decided to get Raymarine EV1 autopilot with tiller. All the seatalk cables used comes with the package, I also followed Kadet's mod on tiller and installed the 2" tiller bracket, ordered from ebay. EV1 co...
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2X100W Semi Flexible Solar PanelElectrical - - January 7, 2015I bought these 100W semi flexible solar panels from ebay. There are light weight and flexible enough to put one over the bimini and the other on the mask support. With maximum 12A on charge, the 2X100W solar panels are able to sustain my 80L fridge/f...
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Venture 17 electronics ?Electrical - - June 27, 2014
Does anyone know where I can a manual or diagram for the electrical system. I would like to install a battery and get the running lights working ? ( at least the Coast Guard would like me to) Published by: bob947
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New electrical panelElectrical - - May 17, 2014I upgraded electrical system with 2 batteries Minn Kota 110A each and 130A solar panel mounted on the hatch. I installed another 4 fuses and breakers (I bought a stock panel) and I mounted it on a board of 2 mm aluminum sandwich with battery monitori...
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Solar Power - off the gridElectrical - - May 13, 2014This year we plan on slipping our boat on a lake which does not have power at the docks, so we needed a way to recover our batteries durring our weekend outings. Trying to keep it simple was the idea in this mod. The primary support structure is the ...
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circuit breaker panelsElectrical - - November 1, 2013Just finished installation of my new circuit breaker panels,also showing new G-Dek GME radio and GME VHF Published by: Hibbit
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Shore power inputElectrical - - October 25, 2013Didn't like having to drape an extension cord through the hatch to connect to my permanently mounted charger in the boat. Had to watch every time I closed the hatch not to catch the cord also not real happy about rain etc. and not protected connectio...
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easy Solar Panel fixation on ArchElectrical - - October 17, 2013as you can see in the photos two 50watt solar panels are fixed on the stock arch. To hold the panels I used plasic holders. During sailing and trailerin on thousends of miles - NO problems. No extra tube, no welding. Gives me enough power for an waec...
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Conduit to the Other Side.....P.2Electrical - - June 12, 2013Glamour Shots The first photo shows where the conduits terminate under the sink, after passing through the ledge at the back of the porta-potti The second photo shows the conduit installed up\down in the head with two 90 degree junction boxes install...
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Conduit to the Other Side.....P.1Electrical - - June 11, 2013As I had what looked to be lamp cord strung through the bilge, I decided to run all new wires and install conduit. Running the conduit went amazingly fast and was completed in a single afternoon. 1. I tied a rope to the end of the liquid-tite style c...
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Economical TV/DVD/Nav Station modElectrical - - March 15, 2013I was inspired to do this mod by seeing macr's "LED HD 19 inch TV with DVD and 12v DC plug" posting. I was amazed at how inexpensive Led TVs have become. The cost of all materials for this mod was less than $300. The Asus EeeBox PC was purchased used...
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Anchor light installation (Part 1)Electrical - - March 10, 2013I created a 32 feet long drill-set since I didn't know how much foam is in the mast. I used a 48" long flexible drill (3/8") from HF as starter and 7 each 3/16" steel rods (48" long) from HD and cut 10-24 treads for about 1" at each end. Then I made ...
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Anchor light installation (Part 2)Electrical - - March 10, 2013Once the drill was at the bottom of the mast, I attached the wires and an additional pull-cord for future use with electrical tape and pulled them to the top. After connecting and mounting the new LED anchor light I replaced the motoring light also w...
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Micro Wind Turbine Generator (Project in Progress)Electrical - - January 28, 2013I purchased Cyber 150 Micro Wind Turbine (150 Watts) in picture #1 from Ebay, which is designed to produce a maximum of 30vdc and 5 amps, includes blocking diode, has a 22" rotation diameter, weighs 3.5 pounds and requires a 3/4" mounting pole. Curre...
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sliding hatch solar panelElectrical - - December 29, 2012Custom made in China semi-flexible solar panel glued to the sliding hatch top Published by: bartmac
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Inverter, extra battery & isolator switchElectrical - - December 29, 2012230v 1700w inverter for the microwave. Extra battery dedicated to the inverter & 12v dc for fridge. Isolator switch with fusible link. All items installed under the dining seat next to the daggerboard trunk. There is room for another battery if requi...
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arch/solar panel mount/cockpit shadeElectrical - - December 28, 2012A ebay purchased radar arch,swept back in design.Cut in the middle to decrease width,new cockpit combing feet welded on and voila the original Mac bimini mounted within and 6 x 20watt solar panels on top of its curved upper frame.Wiring for the panel...
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Stantion Mounted Solar PanelsElectrical - - October 8, 2012
As part of our upgrade to take the boat to Exuma,I added 2 65W "skinny" solar panels to the stanchions. These panels are available from E Marine in FL. Since doing this mod,I lowered the panels about 6 inches to make ir easier to raise and lower the ...
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Electrical upgradesElectrical - - September 26, 2012I just purchased my used boat this spring with a very basic battery setup. I knew I wanted another battery, improved lighting and an entertainment system but with a budget in mind. I found a generic double din dvd/tv/ipod controller/bluetooth/fm ster...