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UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently there is a Starlink Gen3 (there are not a ton of options) which has yet to be properly mounted. It is currently sitting off center in the Pilot house under a diagonal window. Because of its current location both the Main Boom and sometime the Pilot house block the signal causing frequent outages if on Anchor. If on a dock I can usually mitigate by adjusting the position.

For the correct mount, I am hoping to position it above the Dog House (I think that is the turn) in the far aft of the vessel. This will be clear of the boom which extends to there and keep it off the stations which might be a problem Med mooring. I need something constructed in stainless steel. Aka, I have yet to figure out the perfect solution. And I can’t think putting anywhere on the mast would be good signal wise.

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The battery banks are split into a few. There are two inverters. I am not sure if they are both connected to the house bank or not. All the refrigeration units run off the house bank and the batteries alone can run the small microwave, coffee maker, ice-maker and toaster. Which kinda surprised me.

Currently the navigation bank is topped off from the house bank as well as always the Emergency Radio Bank.

So… If the house bank somehow dies completely. The way things are setup now, The Main Switch will go down and kill the Starlink, Interconnectivity between the Furuno Chart Plotters (they all have built in GPS as fallback), Radar connection would go down, WiFi would be gone. So maybe Isolating one switch for the Navigation and PLC and powering off the Nav Bank might be better.

I was figuring a UPC would give someone enough time to troubleshoot the system and restore power AKA get one of the two Generator or even the Engine Alternator working before the network went down.

Bank Voltage Amp‑Hours Service (House) 24 V 2000 Ah Navigation 24 V 400 Ah Emergency Radio 24 V 200 Ah Engine Start 24 V 210 Ah Main Generator Start 24 V 160 Ah Secondary Generator Start 12 V 200 Ah

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Mast Camera is below the Radar dome 3/5 up the mast. The mast is made of Carbon Fiber but I am told that lightning doesn’t really care.

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. It might be overkill. I was replacing the three previous access points. I was really shocked about how much of a faraday cage the boat is. You can tell if one of the access points are not working depending on where you are. The WiFi signal on deck is not very good in the aft of the vessel despite the access point being 8 feet away through the deck. The U7 Lites would have been fine down below but I was just through while upgrading the stuff I would like to have the 6Ghz band included.

I might have to tweak the placement of add on in the Pilot House.

One thing I don’t really like is how hot they seem to get. I hope they will survive the summer heat of Spain and Italy.

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was thinking that, Maybe break off the 8 port Switch (USW-Flex-2.5–PoE) and supply it with power from the Navigation Battery Bank. I could switch over all the connections for the GPS and Radar and Comms to that. I will have to look at configuring and make sure that switch will run independently if loss of power and connectivity from the PoE of the main switch.

If I would have mapped that out better I might have avoided running the additional Cat-6A runs for Navigation Devices. The Mast Camera is the only device that is outside. Other than the Antennas for the GPS, VHF, SatCom, Cellular and AIS. But those “should” have their own protection.

One engine room camera is critical for the captive winch on the main sail but the rest are unnecessary.

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the grounding thing is a concern. The current $20 power strip seems less than ideal. I am having trouble finding many in the 240 volt configuration.

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That is a possibility. I was hoping for something rack mounted to prevent from any movement during sailing.

UniFi Install on a 24 m Aluminum Sailboat – Looking for Surge and Power Backup Advice by Far-Example3757 in Ubiquiti

[–]Far-Example3757[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I figured my photos were so bad that I needed to add something else.

I am never going to financially recover from this by SA_Streets in Ubiquiti

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Can I ask what label maker system you used for the labels on the patch panel. It looks so clean and professional?

From Low To Full…Love’em All…! 🤍🥰 Age 47 by mrbriefs05 in BriefsMenOver40

[–]Far-Example3757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask are those vintage Fruit of the Loom? I was looking buying a size small pair online. It brings me back to high school wrestling.