Marine electrics & electronics

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Sailing yacht

Beneteau 40

Boat model
Beneteau 40

Boat type
Sailing yacht

Electrical standard
12v ISO 13297

Location
Sussex Yacht Club, Shoreham-by-Sea

Overview
Solar panel install.

Electrical work undertaken
The new owner of this Beneteau 40 sailing yacht was looking to keep the vessel on a floating mooring for extended periods. The owner wanted to ensure batteries were well maintained and contacted me as a marine electrician to complete a solar panel install.
I installed a 100W solar panel from Photonic Universe, combined with a Victron Energy MPPT controller and remote display. As part of the install, all three battery banks – leisure, start, and bow thruster – were upgraded to AGM batteries. This included increased Amp Hours for the leisure battery bank to ensure they were not cycled down below 50%.

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