Not directly applicable to our C&C original electrical systems, which seem to use either switches + glass fuses (like our 35-2), or early style breakers, but just to be aware that there are now breakers that look exactly like regular rocker switches, with or without an LED light inside. The newer BlueSea 4322 panels that I am using have these, and they are made by Carling, like most of the BlueSea breakers. They come only in 15A rating, but Carling does make other values as well, so one could swap them out. For the few circuits where the wire size does not support 15A (like the long masthead and bow light runs, where 15A would necessitate 12ga wire), I am will be wiring through a small ATO fuse block after the breakers to protect the wire.
This is the panel, and the individual breakers look like standard rocker switches. https://www.bluesea.com/products/4322/Water-Resistant_Circuit_Breaker_Switch_Panel_-_Gray_6_Positions This is the actual breaker used: https://www.mouser.ca/datasheet/2/65/C1005B_from_Thermal_Catalog-1776146.pdf -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:27 AM Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Depends. If they look like little "coffee pot" switches then they are > just switches. If they look more like a breaker and are mount with the > operator through a hole in the panel with 2 screws o either side then it > is a breaker. If it is a breaker then loosening the screws and removing > the unit will reveal an amperage marking. If it is a switch then the > breaker is elsewhere. My 37+ has a switch panel that makes a very clean > and compact power distribution panel. Behind the panel is a row of > breakers and terminal boards that provide the over current protection. > I'll share pics off list. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 12:19 David Knecht via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I always tell my students, “there are no dumb questions”, but this is >> one where I really should already know the answer. For some reason, I got >> it in my head that the switches on my panel were circuit breakers. I don’t >> think I have ever had one pop, and I realized the other day that none of >> them are labelled with an amperage. So now I am wondering if they are just >> on/off switches. I have looked online and see that you can buy similar >> panel switches that incorporate a circuit breaker and those are labelled >> with the amperage. So are these breakers or switches? If switches, how >> are the original panel circuits fused or maybe the question should be, how >> are they supposed to be fused? Thanks- Dave >> >> David Knecht >> S/V Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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