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@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ <h1>charging electronics</h1><img src='../media/content/boat_projects/charging_e
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+	<li><a href='#dec2023'>2023.12.16</a></li>
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 <p>From 2016 to 2023, when at anchor we'd charge smaller electronics with USB ports, and larger ones(laptops) through a small 500W inverter connected to the batteries. This is simple, and fine, but an inverter is an extra layer that we hoped to one day to away with. Today's that day!</p>
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ <h3>Installation</h3>
 
 <p>If installing a charging port outside, it is necessary to apply some sealant around the rim of outlet to keep wetness out. Be aware that they will likely corrode overtime... such is the nature of electronics at sea. Keeping ports inside is a safer option.</p>
 
-<p>Both a USB and car charger outlet stick out quite a bit from the back, so depending on where you plan to put it, it is best to make sure that it can be protected. We repurposed an old 120V outlet cover for this purpose. The only issue with re-using this type of box is that they often rely on the outlet to be fixed onto a wall, they have 4 holes on the inside and none on the outside. We drilled holes in the box from the top so that we could insert long bolts to secure it to the inside of the wall. Depending on the box type, this may be difficult (ours was very thick-walled).</p>
+<p>USB and car charger outlets stick out quite a bit from the back, so depending on where you plan to put it, it is best to make sure that it can be protected. We repurposed an old 120V outlet cover for this purpose. The only issue with re-using this type of box is that they often rely on the outlet to be fixed onto a wall, they have 4 holes on the inside and none on the outside. We drilled holes in the box from the top so that we could insert long bolts to secure it to the inside of the wall. Depending on the box type, this may be difficult (ours was very thick-walled).</p>
 
 <img src='../media/content/boat_projects/charging_electronics05.jpg' alt='electric set up for usb and car charger outlet' loading='lazy'>
 
@@ -195,5 +196,25 @@ <h3>Circuit protection</h3>
 
 <p>We may be able to fix it, but for now we had to write the inverter back in so Devine could use the Thinkpad (we don't have a non-AC way of charging it at the moment). We saw there were car chargers available for it on ebay, we may get one this fall for next summer. By-passing the noisy inverter would be nice.</p>
 
-</main><footer><hr /><span style='float:right'>Edited on Sun Aug  6 09:03:23 2023
+<p><b><a id='dec2023'>2023.12.16</a></b></p>
+
+<p>The Pinebook has not recovered from last summer's ordeal, and so we decided to get a DC adapter(car charger) for the x250Thinkpad(again, to avoid having to use the inverter).</p>
+
+<img src='../media/content/boat_projects/charging_electronics11.jpg' alt='a dc car charger for Thinkpad' loading='lazy'>
+
+<p>This meant having to install yet another car charger outlet. Our plan was for Devine to use the outlet that was already installed, and to install another one to the left of Rek's working area in the saloon.</p>
+
+<p>We chose to put the outlet on the wall separating the head from the saloon, near Pino's <a href='woodstove.html' class='local'>woodstove</a>. The other outlet was installed in a way that wasn't ideal for Rek's laptop, the wire had to curve over the top of the machine to reach the outlet and everytime Rek wanted to get up, the laptop cable had to be unplugged. The new outlet was installed on that same side as charging port of the laptop(in a straight line), Rek won't have to unplug it to leave the port side settee.</p>
+
+<img src='../media/content/boat_projects/charging_electronics09.jpg' alt='a dc car charger outlet' loading='lazy'>
+
+<p>As mentioned in an earlier post we don't like having to install inline fuses, so we got a fuse box. Now the positives wires of the USB outlet and of the two DC car charger outlets are consolidated on a fuse box, with a single wire leading back to the main breaker panel, and the negatives of the 3 outlets meet on a terminal block with a single neg wire leading back to the main breaker panel.</p>
+
+<p>Now there are 3 red pos wires coming onto the fuse box (with 3 extra slots for other connections, the fuse boxes available at the store at a minimum of 6 slots), and 3 neg wires coming onto the terminal block.</p>
+
+<p><b>Note</b>. In the photo below, the third outlet had not yet been installed, the fuse box also has a clear cover(also not pictured).</p>
+
+<img src='../media/content/boat_projects/charging_electronics10.jpg' alt='a fuse box' loading='lazy'>
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