Some more chores on the interior...

I found a 12V 32" flat screen TV for the interior.  It turns out the LG 32CS560 has a nice 12V connector that will fit well into boat's system.  The down side is the device draw 14W through it's power supply brick.  Hopefully the power brick is highly inefficient so it may draw less connected to the battery.  If not the device draws 1.1667Amps which isn't really bad.  A load resistance on the device is 10.28 Ohms.  Our house battery has a capacity of 180 Amp-hours, and the engine's bank another 140 Amp-hours.

The next step is to buy a swivel mount for the back, and mount it near the companion way.   The thought is we will be able to connect the navigation system to the device as well to use it as a chart plotter repeater screen.

A serendipitous event occurred when I turned on the TV the first time after tuning the channels, the first program that popped up was Hawaii 5-0.

Hawaii 5-0 on the new TV

It was serendipitous because the same day I sent over the registration for the USCG with our home port in Aiea, HI.

All the work wasn't as good when I broke the custom fitter AC-plug cover.  Two of the four AC outlets on the boat were missing their teak covers.  The one near the gas station needed customization because of the light mounted near it.  Charing made careful drawings of the outlet, and found a woodworker here locally to tailor one for us.  Of course the fit was perfect, but when I tried to tighten her down, the center collapsed and fractured.

Well, back to the drawing board.  Luckily I kept the drawings Charing made and may be able to get a new one made.

Sabbatical keeps going.....