Boat House wiring

The boat house was rewired during the summer 2018.

boat house panel

(old picture, replace)

During construction the outside power distibution panel was added, providing 220v. There are four wires coming from the breaker panel in the house.  As a result there is not requirement for an embedded ground as the panel shares the power, neutral and ground from the house.

There are three circuits. 

  1. The outlets and lights are powered by a 20 amp circuit.  There is a GFI protecting all the circuits at the entrance to the boathouse. 
  2. The winch is currently powered by 110v and should be converted to 220v
  3. Irrigation.  Currently there is nothing connected, the wire goes out to the jet pump that gets water from the lake.

The irrigation power is not connected but is available.  The timers for the irrigation and the replay that turns on the pumpare not connected.  The powered switch allows the irrigation pump to be turned on by the low voltage irrigation timer.  (There is no water pickup.  See a diagram for how the irrigation used to work.

I was going to convert to a submersible pump due to the ease of priming.  However this greatly increases the risk of electrocution of a swimmer so we will retain the jet pump in the well next to the boat house.  The pickup needs to be placed in the water , attached to the pier of the dock.  There is a foot valve that prevents the pump from losing the prime.