[PUP] Distributed Power Systems

[Adam Block]

John:

Have you read Nigel Calder's 2005 article in Professional Boatbuilder? I
think it is kind of the standard work on 3-wire. It mentions a builder that
is incorporating the technology (or perhaps "philosophy") into their boats,
and notes a 40% reduction in cable run distance.

I tried to get a major trawler builder to do 3-wire in a new boat and they
refused. I think the idea makes complete sense, though; electricity
distribution is an (another?) area in which the marine industry is quite
hidebound. All modern cars and airplanes use a 3-wire scheme.

/afb