Laying out of electrical panel
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twistedtree
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Impressive. Can you give us a walk through?
Absolutely. I have also uploaded a block diagram of this.
Basically it takes the input and the breakers operate normally, but the out ouput is either controlled by a contactor, essentially a large current relay, or a normal type relay.
The relays and contactors are controlled by smart controllers. The buttons go in the control panel to control each output from the panel. Then there is a keypad that goes in the helm. But the whole system can also be controlled by any tablet or phone as well.
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Hyperion
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Are you using shellys? I'm redesigning mine with them.
twistedtree
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I'm afraid the image is illegible, probably due to down-sizing by TF. Maybe attach a PDF?
So it's intended to be like a CZone or Octopus system for lighting and other switch control?
So it's intended to be like a CZone or Octopus system for lighting and other switch control?
Iggy
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I would love to do the same. But I am thinking it would take me weeks or months to do the whole job. Going from a analog panel to a digital one. Bring my boat unusable during that time.
CZone was very pricy too.
CZone was very pricy too.
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Where will you find room enough to mount all of that?
I do not know what shellys are, if you could elaborate please.
This should work, pdf of it.
I looked at doing something similar, but was turning into a massive hassle, maybe in the future I will, but currently, this is just turning the power on/off to the different systems.
Looking at a control panel of 48" x 48" in the engine room. The engine room is around 14' x 14'. Currently housing two engines and two gensets. Gutted everything else. Will have the control panel, ~110kwh of lithium, 20kw of inverters, a water maker, and a scuba tank compressor.
Looks pretty similar to the industrial control panels I build for custom equipment. If I were starting from scratch I’d be doing something similar, but not with pre-packaged touch panels. I like to build my own stuff though.
With distributed i/o and high speed coms you can get pretty creative.
With distributed i/o and high speed coms you can get pretty creative.
That is exactly what I was thinking of. Figured it would make it easier and more robust.
