Complete yacht wiring guide/book/website needed.

Also worth a Google for the actual regs for the 230V bit - they have been linked to on the forum a few times but I can't find them right now. I suspect someone else will have the link shortly though.
 
Also worth a Google for the actual regs for the 230V bit - they have been linked to on the forum a few times but I can't find them right now. I suspect someone else will have the link shortly though.

The relevant standard is ISO 13297. Google will find a link, or links, to the now obsolete 2nd edition. A new edition came into force about a year ago.

One important change is that the concession not to bond the shore power earth to the boat's internal earth system and rely solely on an RCD for protection has been removed. I don't know what other changes have been made.
 
Thank you Nigel for that link (for a second time!) I'm still trying to work out how to navigate around this site so I'm not quite with it at this stage.
Cheers
 
A previous thread pointed to
http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/

and their free application to make panel designs. Easy and very exact, and although it is meant to order from the shop, I easily managed to print a 57 cm wide 1:1 template to use for making a new instrument panel.

More of the same sort of apps on the web, if you like
 
Recently I bought some adhesive backed vinyl sheets (A4) on ebay from the UK which I can use in my Canon inkjet printer ...
For very small or panel signs I use the Brother as above.
For A5/A4 signs (VHF emergency procedure, how to use the heads) I print on normal paper and laminate it.
For smaller signs (Gas tap inside, lifejackets) I print on paper and use clear "Fablon" ("Sticky Back Plastic") which used to be called "Booklon", overlap the edge 3mm.
For large single colour signs, I've got a vinyl cutter.
 
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