[Public-List] Wiring...

[Gordon Laco]

Thanks Kris… I’ve found commercially made ones that look right and have ordered a kit of them.  

If they’re not what they seem, I’ll write to you

Gordon Laco
www.gordonlaco.com
705-527-9612



> On Jul 29, 2023, at 12:26 AM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:
> 
> Those labels seem like the sort of thing that wouldn't be too hard to have custom made --- to the point where I almost custom made some myself for Candy Cane (since I have access to a CNC router and black-on-white acrylic laminate is easy enough to find).
> 
> -K
> 
> -- 
> Kris Coward
> https://unripe.melon.org/
> 
> 
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, July 27th, 2023 at 18:09, Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hello gang,
>> 
>> Way back in ’99 when I bought SURPRISE #426, one of the things on the refit list was rewiring her. The switch panel had the usual idiotic mislabeling. To switch on the Steaming light, one threw the Windshield Wiper switch, and so on. I marvelled that the previous owner had put up with that for 29 years.
>> 
>> Well I put up with it for 24 years.
>> 
>> Until this year, that is. Beginning last week I had a professional marine electrician rip out all the old crappy wiring, and replace it with new wiring of the correct colours and gauge. New switches, new wire, everything.
>> 
>> The one thing I kept was the old switch panel, mostly because I like the way the old 1960’s black panel looks. So at the moment, with the wiring job done, the last three switches are still idiotic, but that’s going to change as soon as I can get labels that read:
>> 
>> Steaming Light
>> 
>> GPS / VHF
>> 
>> Knotmeter
>> 
>> I hope it doesn’t take decades...
>> 
>> 
>> Gordon Laco
>> Surprise 426
>> 
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