Engineering plans for Autumn

This Autumn, I intend to redesign the shipboard electrical AC and DC systems:
1. Improve the DC power Sources:

• New battery Charger
• Xantrex TrueCharge 2 40A
• Remote operation panel
• Battery temperature monitoring
• Wires #8 or better
• if I use #14 wires, 14 feet long, their R is 38 mOhm, and the power loss is 60 watts!!!
• New alternator
• Electromaax 120
• Serpentine belt kit
• Alternator and battery temperature monitor
• External voltage regulator Balmar 614
• New wires #2 or better
• Automatic Crossconnect Relay (ACR) BlueSea 

2. Improve the wires:

• Connection between Battery and starter will be all #1 or better; probably should be #1/0
• Includes battery switch and ACR connections
• Automatic inverter transfer relay for the AC power outlets.

3. Improve circuit protection:

• Terminal fuses for batteries
• New breaker panel
• New wire barrier strips

4. Improve system Measurement

• Battery monitor
• Digital multimeters on the breaker panel for AC and DC
• Note that Blue Sea has a Vessel Systems Monitor, the VSM 422. It's not really as good as I'd like; it only monitors state of charge of one battery; it only handles 2 tanks; and it has a simple bilge sensor.  The Command Connect system seems another approach; but it requires a subscription.