Electrical Systems on Beatrix

Design and Philosophy (includes photos)

Available schematics and wiring diagrams:

Engine Control Schematic (RevI) (Adobe PDF File, 663.5 KB)
Engine Control Schematic (RevI) (Visio Drawing Document, 7.3 MB)
Ideal Main Battery Bank 615AH (Rev B) (Adobe PDF File, 313.3 KB)
Ideal Main Battery Bank 915AH (Rev B) (Adobe PDF File, 127.5 KB)
Network Schematic (RevL) (Adobe PDF File, 1 MB)
Network Schematic (RevL) (Visio Drawing Document, 7.5 MB)
Shore Power Schematic (Rev I) (Adobe PDF File, 1.1 MB)
Shore Power Schematic (Rev I) (Visio Drawing Document, 11.3 MB)
Current Main Battery Bank (RevB) (Adobe PDF File, 256.8 KB)
DC Wiring Schematic (RevG) (Adobe PDF File, 1.6 MB)
DC Wiring Schematic (RevG) (Visio Drawing Document, 12.6 MB)

Pictures and Diagrams

• High Current Fuse Box for Beatrix
• Engine Room High Current Wiring.  Logical wiring diagram
• Engine Stop-Start Schematic from Beatrix.  Logical wiring diagram including auto shutdown.
• Engine Control Wiring Diagram.  Actual wiring diagram
• Engine Gauge Wiring Diagram.  Actual wiring diagram
• Cockpit Control Panel Wiring Diagram. Actual wiring diagram.
• Electrical Control Cables.  Table of control cables, conductors, and functions used in above diagrams.
• Photos of Engine Room Wiring
• Optima 1000M starting battery and custom battery box in Engine Room.  Photos.

    View above schematics using Acrobat (PDF): Click Here (faster download, better image)

• Shore Power Schematic.  Shows isolation transformer set up for 120 or 220 VAC input.
• Wire Sizing Chart used to determine which AWG size to use.

Download package of all Scematics

• Visio Wiring Diagrams (ZIP File, 1.5 MB)
• PDF Wiring Diagrams (ZIP File, 4 MB)
• Electrical Designer's Reference - A very useful software tool for determining wire sizes, voltage drops and other things. Higher features cost, but the voltage drop calculator is free.

Last modified: December 27 2010 00:31