After a much needed, and very relaxing weekend, where we accomplished exactly nothing, and enjoyed every minute of it, it was time to get back to work today :-)
We decided to set the fuel projects aside for now. We are going to try and sell our the majority of our diesel fuel at a discount to other boaters so we can do all the work necessary on the tank with it nearly empty. We'll keep the last 30ish gallons in the jerry cans we have, but the rest needs to go.
With that decision, we changed priorities today and started the electrical project. I decided to kick off the day by replacing one light in the saloon and to see how that went. I replaced the light with the broken switch first - I figured that way if it didn't work, we were no worse off than when we started. Thankfully, we had success! And that encouraged me to try another one - so we did the other light in the saloon, also successfully. Then we took a break, had some lunch and did general cleanup.
After lunch, I decided to try tackling one of the more difficult ones. The earlier ones were exact replacements - 5" dome light for 5" dome light - the new ones are led, and have a dual switch for red/white instead of just white. First, I looked at the area over the fridge, but that will be quite an undertaking, as it won't fit in the small shelf area (only about 3" wide), so it would have to go in the ceiling, and I don't know what is behind that ceiling, so I will need to take it apart. So, I moved on to the galley light - this one was a long, thin fluorescent light, and I realized after I cut the existing light from the wires, that I would need to pull apart the cabinets in order to drill the holes to ensure I wouldn't be damaging anything above.
So, I pulled out the pry bar and started pulling off the trim. Thankfully, it came off pretty clean and easy, and five screws after that, I could pull down on the facade material and see where the wires were going, and all that was above was styrofoam - and one metal beam across it. So Bean and I carefully measured to make sure the screws would not hit the metal beam, and made sure the wires were out of the way before drilling. Thankfully, this light was a success too, but our shoulders were quite tired from doing work above our heads all day - so we decided to call it a success and log off for the day!
Tomorrow we have to shift gears and do a little work on getting Michael back up here before the end the month, but we are hoping to put at least one more light in place - maybe in Bean's cabin. Wish us luck!
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