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Items for Purchase at The Museum
Oundle Museum has various books and leaflets for sale on local history. Many have been published by the Museum and all the profit from sales is ploughed back into the Museum.
BOOKS FOR SALE IN THE MUSEUM
OUNDLE'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS
A new unique book is now on sale exclusively in the Museum
'Oundle's Historic Buildings - A brief study of Oundle's Architectural Heritage' by David Parker
Cost £18.50 - all proceeds to Oundle Museum Trust and we can post out copies if you can't get to the Museum.
LIFE IN A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MARKET TOWN DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
The Diary of John Coleman Binder, Grocer, Baker and Town Councillor in Oundle
John Coleman Binder records very vividly the day to day impact of the war. He writes in detail of his own experience, of information from local people, from the newspapers and official telegrams displayed in the Post Office window. He tells of the arrival in Oundle of Belgian refugees, the recruitment of men to the forces, Zeppelin raids, the use of aeroplanes and the capture of spies. He is concerned with food shortages, rising food prices and the introduction of rationing. He is worried about the frequent sinking of ships and the call-up of so many farm workers. He is often critical of Government regulations and followed the debates in Parliament with interest. He served as a special constable, out at night to check that no lights were showing when there were air raid warnings. He was a member of the local tribunal which had to decide on appeals for exemption from military service. His diary shows hopes and fears rising and falling as the months go by and still the war rages on, until at last the end comes, and he lays down his pen with great relief and rejoicing.
The diary, written a hundred years ago, has now been transcribed by Alice Thomas, who is a committee member of the Museum and is published by Oundle Museum Trust.
Price: £9.90 pp £2.30 Total £ 12.20
RICHARD CREED'S JOURNAL OF THE GRAND TOUR 1699 - 1700
This transcription of the journal of his tour to Rome with the Earl of Exeter.
Price: £6.50 pp £2.00 Total £8.50.
ISBN 0-9537318-4-7
RELIGIOUS DISSENT IN OUNDLE
From the Reformation to the Early Twentieth Century By Julia Moss
This is an account of the Nonconformist congregations which came into being: Independent, (later called Congregational) Methodist, Baptist and Quaker and Roman Catholic.
Price: £6.50 pp £2.00 Total £8.50
If you would like to order any of the above books please send an email or telephone us using the details on the Contact Page.
BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE MUSEUM
OUNDLE WILLS AND HEADSTONES
by David Parker
This book is about Oundle in the nineteenth Century as seen through the eyes of some 70 individuals whose wills are studied in detail. Life and events in and around Oundle are recorded in an interesting way using a wide range of supporting source material such as headstones, parish registers, census returns, trade directories, local newspapers, militia list entries and background extracts from John Clifton's day books. The book has 98 pages of text and analysis, over 100 pages of transcribed copy wills, some 90 plates/illustrations and a comprehensive index.
Printed and published by Peter Spiegl, Stamford.
Price: £16.50, softback.
THE LATHAM STORY
by Ann Gwillim Parker
The extraordinary lives of Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim and John Graves Simcoe by Ann Gwillim Parker - A hero in Canada but largely unknown in Britain John Simcoe was a man of valour integrity and vision. As first lieutenant Governor of Canada he founded the city of Toronto. His wife Elizabeth was no less extraordinary as his constant companion in the most inhospitable of terrains as mother, painter, mapmaker and benefactress.
SHADOWS FROM THE PAST - THE OUNDLE WAR MEMORIAL MEN
by Ray Rundle
LADY LILFORD'S TRIUMPH
A history of the Oundle Festival of music and drama 1909-1992 by Tony Hounsome
A WALKERS DIARY
by Robin Moore - an account of Robin walking Great Britain in the final years of the 20th Century
Price: £11.99.
POLEBROOK'S PROUD PAST REVISITED
by Margaret Winham
PETERBOROUGH TO PENNSYLVANIA
Henry Penn bellfounder by Michael Lee
HEMINGTON - 'STILL HERE'
The history of a small Northamptonshire village by Joan M Welch
BOOKLETS AVAILABLE IN THE MUSEUM
Cotterstock Hall by BM Freeman - £2
Oundle in the Georgian age by Alice Thomas - £2
Early Nineteenth Century Oundle and the Improvement act of 1825 by Alice Thomas - £2
The Latham Story, an account of Latham's charities of Barnwell and Oundle and of his schools by B. Rowbottom - £6.99
Memories of Childhood in Oundle - £2
More Memories of Childhood in Oundle - £2
John Dryden a tercentenary literary guide delivered in the year 2000 in the fours villages in Northamptonshire connected with Dryden by David Dew - £1.50
Sewers and Water Supply in 19th Century Oundle Local government initiatives and central government directives by Ioan Thomas - £2.50
Education in Oundle by Julia Moss - £2.50
The Windows of St. Peters Church Oundle An architectural guide by Robin Rowe - £3.95
POST CARDS & PAMPHLETS
A range of Post Cards and Pamphlets are also available within the Museum for purchase a low cost.


Why Prince William and Kate don't call Princess Charlotte by her actual name
1. Duchess Kate's nickname for daughter Princess Charlotte: "Lottie"
2. Prince George's nickname for Prince William: "Pops". Photo credit: Instagram @chrisjacksongetty
3. Prince George's nickname for Prince Charles: "Grandpa Wales". Photo credit: Instagram @chrisjacksongetty
4. Duchess Meghan's nickname for Prince Harry: "My love"
5. Prince William's nickname for The Queen: "Gary!"
6. Prince George and his nickname for The Queen: "Gan-Gan"
7. Prince Harry's name for Duchess Meghan: "Meg!". Photo credit: Instagram @chrisjacksongetty
8. Prince Philip's nickname for Queen Elizabeth: "Cabbage"
9. Prince Harry's nickname for Duchess Kate: "Cath"
10. Prince Charles' nickname for Duchess Meghan: "Tungsten"
Affectionate nicknames are the norm within loving families. The British Royal family are no exception and no strangers to nicknames, although they might be a bit different to the ones you're used to hearing.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's children have some pretty cute nicknames for their parents, and it goes both ways!
Duchess Kate's nickname for daughter Princess Charlotte
As is the case with royal families, they often opt for more traditional names, hence the choosing of "Charlotte". However, Duchess Kate revealed to blogger Laura-Ann in Belfast that she has a much more informal nickname for her daughter: Lottie.
Prince George's nickname for Prince William
Prince George reportedly doesn't call Prince William "Dad". Duchess Kate spoke to a member of the crowd who later told reporters the following story:
"Kate said that William was playing football with the children last night and one of them said, I think it was George, 'Are you playing football tomorrow, Pops?'"
Pops! How sweet (or cheeky, depending how you look at it!)
Prince George's nickname for Prince Charles
Seems like Prince George has no issues calling his grandfather anything he wants, especially considering he's next in line to the throne.
The Daily Mail reported that Prince George affectionately calls his grandfather "Grandpa Wales".
Duchess Meghan's nickname for Prince Harry
This one is a sweet one as well. After seeing Hamilton at London's West End, the duo got a photograph with the cast. Wanting to make sure that Prince Harry was in the photo, Duchess Meghan turned to him and asked, "Can you see my love?"
The entire cast heard and reacted accordingly.
Prince William's nickname for The Queen
Prince William and Prince Harry can get away with a bit more than the rest of us. After all, she is their grandmother.
However, it appears that Prince William took a bit of time to get the hang of the word "granny". According to Daily Mail royal correspondent Richard Kay, this resulted in a hilarious incident. Prince William had fallen over and was calling out "Gary! Gary!"
"A guest who went to help asked who Gary was, assuming it must be a member of the royal household. 'I'm Gary,' explained the Queen, as she scooped him up. 'He hasn't learned to say Granny yet.'"
Prince George and his nickname for The Queen
Like father, like son. Turns out Prince George has a sweet nickname for The Queen as well. In an interview with ITV, Duchess Kate revealed a sweet detail about the relationship between her son and his great grandmother.
"George is only two-and-a-half and he calls her Gan-Gan," Kate said.
They're just as sweet to each other though.
"She [The Queen] always leaves a little gift or something in their room when we go and stay and that just shows her love for the family,"
Prince Harry's name for Duchess Meghan
These two have led a busy life since marrying in May 2017 and and Duchess Meghan's baby is due sometime this late April, but despite their hectic schedules, they have still found the time to call each other pet names.
Although it might not be as sweet as Duchess Meghan's "my love", it does the job. Prince Harry prefers "Meg" according to this video from an Invictus Games Reception. Short, sharp and sweet.
Prince Philip's nickname for Queen Elizabeth
This famous duo have been married for an insane 71 years, so it makes sense that they would have a nickname for each other. According to royal biographer Robert Lacey, he says that Prince Philip calls the Queen "Cabbage".
Lacey told The Sunday Times in 2006, "Yes, I've heard that is how he will sometimes refer to her."
Prince Harry's nickname for Duchess Kate
The trio of Prince Harry, Prince William and Duchess Kate were close for many years, so it's not surprising that Prince Harry has a nickname for his sister-in-law.
After hearing on a podcast that Prince Harry had nicknamed Duchess Kate "Cath", radio presenter Scott Mills thought he'd give it a go.
"I'm not sure, I'm not that familiar with it," Duchess Kate told Scott Mills, adding: "But I will answer to most things."
Prince Charles' nickname for Duchess Meghan
Duchess Meghan is currently undergoing family turmoil, so it's sweet to see that Prince Charles is able to be that father figure for her at this point in time.
According to an insider from The Daily Mail, Prince Charles has a huge amount of admiration for Duchess Meghan and affectionately calls her "Tungsten".
"Prince Charles admires Meghan for her strength and the backbone she gives Harry, who needs a tungsten-type figure in his life as he can be a bit of a softy."
Do you have any nicknames for your kids or grandkids? Let us know in the comments.
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Child of Light is coming to the PS Vita
By thom edwards May 22, 2014 0
Child of Light was recently released on consoles and PC and so far it has received great reviews from gamer and critics alike. Well now you'll be able to enjoy the game on the PS Vita since Ubisoft have just announced that the game is due to be released on the handheld on July 1st in North America and July 2nd in Europe.
A digital version of the game will be available for $15.99.£11.99 plus there will also be a retail edition that will include all the DLC plus a bonus quest, character, and collectables.
Source: IGN
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Week 30 of the Edinburgh League saw the Club's outstanding league fixtures completed with two derby battles at Ladywood.
Greig McDonell was looking to avoid playing Team 2 and had called up Ian Hislop to join David Melrose and Iain Johnstone in their Division 1 derby. Gary McDougal, Charlie Brindley and Krzysztof Laszkiewicz were looking forward to making things awkward for their Team 1 opponents. Hold on, drama before the match even started as David seemingly had a bit of a sniffle and wasn't going to make it! Oh dear, Greig had to face that awkward trio after all! This was a classic intra-club fixture - no love lost, a real desire to win, bad language, bad tempers, unsporting behaviour, bitterness at every edge or net that went to the opponent - and all of that was just from Charlie! Oh, if only David had been there - this could have turned really ugly! As it was, Iain J started the match off with a 4-end win v Charlie, the third end of which was crucial and accordingly to Charlie, Iain had about 13 edges and nets in his 11-9 win. Greig comfortably dispatched Krzysztof before Gary came back from the dead to win 12-10 in the fifth v Ian H. Match 4 could have gone either way - Greig was nice and relaxed in the first end but when Charlie sneaked it for a 14-12 win things got interesting. Charlie, buoyed by that, took a 6-0 lead in the 2nd end and Greig appeared to be stuck in 1st gear - he couldn't even seem to motivate himself as he remained calm and quiet - that was until an edge was greeted with a despairing grunt from Charlie - the first David Melrose style "Good Boy" of the night wasn't received well by Charlie who was left even more annoyed by Greig's retort that the "Good Boy" was merited as a result of the shot's perfect length! Oh my - aren't we from the same Club?? Greig ultimately took a 2-1 lead before Charlie stuck at it and clawed back with a 12-10 fourth end win! In the 5th, Greig decided that pushing wasn't going to win this match and suddenly decided to "just go for it". A good tactical decision as he won the 5th end 11-1. Had Charlie managed to secure victory there, this could have become a very interesting match, however, that was as close as Team 2 got to levelling the scores, their only other win coming in match 9 as Charlie defeated Ian H. In the end an 8-2 victory for Team 1 probably flattered the Division 1 Champions.
Meanwhile, Team 6 hosted Team 7 in the last fixture of Division 4. As a result of Greig's late call up to Team 1, he returned direct from Glasgow with daughter, Hannah, in tow giving Team 7 the opportunity of "pulling a fast one" by turning up with 3 players as opposed to Team 6's two! All's fair in love and war isn't it? Hannah was joined by Kristian Skotzen and Phil Daly (still recovering from eye surgery) as they took on Team 6's Louis McLeod and Craig Linton. This derby match wasn't quite as fiery as the 1v2 game but had its moments - Kristian can be really bad tempered at times - has anyone noticed that?? And as for that Hannah....
Louis again proved his worth to Team 6, an undefeated night for him in which he only lost 1 end (to Hannah) and a win in the doubles secured 4 wins for Team 6. Fortunately, Mr Walkover hadn't performed too well for Team 6 so that made it 4-3. When Hannah and Kristian both recorded wins over Craig, Team 7 were 5-4 up. The last match of the night was to prove decisive - Craig v Phil. As Craig took the first two ends comfortably (11-5, 11-6) he looked in complete control - credit to Phil, however, as he came back with an 11-7 win in set 3 to make the game interesting. In the end, however, Craig proved too strong and given Team 7's shenanigans it was probably fair that Craig secured the 5th win for Team 6 as the spoils were shared with a 5-5 draw.
Away from the League, Abby Wighton, Sonny Taylor and George Wilson took on Corstorphine in the first semi-final of the Handicap Cup. When Sonny (previously undefeated in the competition) lost the first match of the night the writing was on the wall for the Penicuik trio. They battled back however and with time running out they found themselves 4-3 down. As George was losing Match 8, the decision was taken to get match 9 started on another table (just in case). As Abby won the first end of Match 9, George was involved in an epic battle in end 4 of his match. At various points he found himself match point down but battled hard to somehow win that 4th end and take the game to a decider. League teammate, Hannah, commented that she'd never seen George looking so nervous as he pushed ball after ball that were almost above head height - that's the beauty of the Handicap Cup - it makes us all play some ridiculous games at times! Talk about nerves - with a big crowd looking on, George's screech of delight (more like relief) was heard as he levelled the match score at 4-4. No pressure then Abby! As all of the nervousness of George's match had been going on, she lost end 2 and was embroiled in her own epic third end. Giving away a 6 point start in a race to 13, she had comfortably caught her opponent before the end of the game, but then, as seems to regularly happen in these matches, the players started trading points - after 7 deuces, Abby agonisingly lost the 3rd end and that was to prove crucial - a great effort but she fell to a 3-1 defeat and Corstorphine progressed to the final - a terrific match to end the night.
The week wasn't over there though for the Club as the next night saw the final quarter final take place between Murrayfield and Penicuik. David was unavailable (work seemingly rather than his sniffle from the previous night), and so he was replaced by Craig Linton, making his debut in the Competition as he joined regulars Gary McDougal and Louis McLeod. A terrific 5-2 win followed for the Midlothian trio and the only question at the end of the night was will David be able to claim his place back in the team for the semi-final - unlikely seemed to be the answer from that harsh Team Captain, Gary, who was still annoyed at David for having avoided the derby game the previous night!
And so, to our Player of the Week Award for Week 30. This week's undefeated players were Greig and Iain from Team 1 and Louis from Team 6. Louis got a good mention last week and so he's out of the running this week! Greig and Iain also won the doubles together - how can we split them? Surely the man who gave up his plans at the last minute, rushed back from the West through rush hour traffic and at the same time managed to bring Team 7 a third player deserves this week's award? But wait, Team 2 for some bizarre reasoning appear to have awarded the POTM award to Iain J - oh well - dubious though it is, this week's winner (kind of deserved) is Iain J!
Controversial moments this week? We have to end on a happy note for a change. The League season is over, and it's been a good one for the Club - even with some outbursts in our Derby matches, everyone shook hands and had a laugh about it after the event. At the end of the night the Club spirit was there to be seen as everyone stayed around to support our team in the Handicap Cup Semi-Final. And that's what TT at our level should be about - be determined and always want to win on the table but be friendly and supportive of each other away from the table - a pat on the back to Penicuik TTC for continuing to have that "family friendly" feel about it.
And so on we go with one final matter still to be decided for the Club - another Handicap Cup Semi-Final, hopefully with a better outcome than the last one.....


Who's the NFL's Most Effective Linebacker? You Might Be Surprised
SourceComposite, Sean Culligan/OZY; Image, Getty
Football, basketball, soccer. Cricket, rugby, the X-games. And anything else you can dream up to make you sweat.
This job is harder than ever. That doesn't faze Baltimore's C.J. Mosley.
By Michelle Bruton
The Daily Dose NOV 15 2018
As he metaphorically brushed his shoulders off while working the press circuit during NFL Hall of Fame induction festivities in August  -  shoulders that would soon don a signature gold jacket  -  former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said something that turned a few heads.
That's not unusual for the outspoken former player turned broadcaster, but this time Lewis was singing a current Raven's praises. "I would love for you to show me a better middle linebacker in the game than C.J. Mosley," Lewis told ESPN that week.
The Carolina Panthers' Luke Kuechly and the Seattle Seahawks' Bobby Wagner  -  the Nos. 1 and 2 highest-paid inside linebackers in the league  -  would likely raise their hands. But, as it turns out, the numbers support Lewis' statement.
Since 2014, C.J. Mosley is the only NFL player with 500-plus tackles, 8-plus sacks, 8-plus interceptions and 6-plus forced fumbles.
The Ravens drafted Mosley out of Alabama at No. 17 overall in the 2014 NFL draft, and ever since, he's been challenging them to find an area of the field he can't cover. Middle linebackers' roles have become increasingly complicated in the NFL, as they're asked not only to defend the run and pressure quarterbacks but also to cover increasingly athletic tight ends and running backs built more like receivers.
You look at the numbers most of these players put up, and you see right away they excel mostly in one area. Maybe they have a nose for the ball, reflected in their high interception total. Or maybe they have a target fixed on the quarterback, racking up sacks as a result.
To understand Mosley's effectiveness is to understand how he improves the Ravens' defense simply by being on the field.
The league's best middle linebackers, however, can do it all. But does Mosley do it best? With a $2.1 million average annual salary, he's paid a fraction of what Kuechly ($12.3 million) and Wagner ($10.7 million) earn each year. But in the past five years, he's outperformed them in multiple categories. That's a general manager's dream  -  more production for less money. Thanks to a fast start this season, Kuechly has matched or surpassed Mosley's sack and interception totals, but he boasts fewer forced fumbles in the past five years. Wagner has only three picks and two forced fumbles since 2014. What we're looking for here is production all over the field, across all categories.
"What we're asking linebackers to do these days is everything," says Ravens linebackers coach Mike Macdonald. "It's hard to find. When you look at the landscape of the league, you see this guy is great at stopping the run, this guy is great at blitzing, this guy is great in coverage."
But when you have a player like Mosley, says Macdonald, "you just try not to get in his way."
Anyone can cherry-pick some stats and make an argument about a player's value based on them. It's frowned upon. To understand Mosley's effectiveness is to understand how he improves the Ravens defense simply by being on the field. Though he's only missed three of a possible 73 games in his career  -  rare in the rough-and-tumble NFL  -  the Ravens' defense has suffered in his absence. In Week 2 of this season, after Mosley left the game in the first quarter with a bone bruise, the Cincinnati Bengals orchestrated four straight touchdown drives. Those 28 first-half points were their best result since 2012.
When healthy, Mosley wears the communication headset for the Ravens' defense, playing the essential role of relaying play calls to his teammates and getting everyone set before the snap. Macdonald likens the process to decentralized command in the military  -  while coaches relay "the spirit of the call" to Mosley, they trust him to run with it from there. You can see, then, how a change in that orchestrator role would be jarring for the other defensive players on the field.
"Those guys play faster and with more confidence when he's out there," says Macdonald.
To be sure, Mosley's effectiveness and his current team-friendly contract are correlated. There are many reasons a player might do his best work during his rookie deal, from optimal health to a drive to prove he deserves a big payday come the next contract. Mosley is set to become a free agent in March, and the numbers clearly show he deserves to be one of the best-paid middle linebackers in the league. Whether or not he'll do so with the Ravens is a question only that team's front office can answer.
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Electrical & Engines
MIBS CZone tour, enabling the car-like boat
by Ben Ellison · March 18, 2013
In Miami Actuant Electrical invited a few boating writers like Ed Sherman, Steve D'Antonio and myself to tour several production boats that have chosen to use BEP CZone distributed power and digital switching systems. A highlight for me was getting to hear the founder of Scout Boats explain why he would do such a crazy thing. I joke of course  -  and there's an argument that you have to be a little nuts to build boats anyway  -  but Steve Potts (seen to the right of BEP's Jarrod Sagar above and interviewed here in Soundings) made a compelling case for why systems like CZone are critical to creating boats that truly satisfy modern customers...
A key feature of the Scout 320 LXF is that little BEP Wireless Remote hanging on the key chain above. Because it can integrate with CZone and because one section of the 320's CZone system is set up to stay on 24/7, the owner of this boat will be able to tap the remote while walking down the dock and the boat will be ready to go when he or she gets there. Which is probably similar to what he or she experiences when approaching their automobile or even their house. Potts said that many of his potential customers simply expect this level of automation and ease-of-use these days. (It's an expectation I too am acquiring; after putting 5,000 miles on my new and highly automated Ford Escape Titanium, I found myself annoyed last night when I realized that my rental economy car wasn't smart enough to turn off its headlights while I bought provisions in a Myrtle Beach supermarket 😉
On a more traditional boat, the user would probably need to mess with the main panel above at least before and after a session underway. But those are BEP motorized battery switches that can be managed in many ways by CZone, and often the owner might only visit here to dock an iPod or iPhone in that Fusion MS-IP700 (that I'm long testing on Gizmo). Note though that there are some normal mechanical circuit breakers for certain loads like the windlass, and also that this non-digital switching can be mixed neatly with all those buttons that mostly activate CZone circuits from the helm. In other words, a builder doesn't have to completely commit to CZone, though the commitment is major...
I took the shot above by sticking my camera through a transom access panel and it shows distributed power in action. You can see the red positive feed from the main panel and battery banks to two CZone switching modules, as well as the NMEA 2000 drop cables that control them. All those smaller positive DC feed wires and the neatly ganged yellow grounds represent cabling that is not going all the way to the main panel in the traditional fashion. So lots of wiring weight and hassle are avoided while those digital circuit breakers can be controlled in infinite ways and can also monitor the passing current (as can the Maretron DCR100 I just installed).
In fact, BEP claims that once a builder gets in the CZone groove, the total system and install cost is similar to conventional wiring systems and thus all the digital features become 'free'. But, wow, imagine what a change it is on the shop floor and what a huge headache it would be if such a system developed recurring issues and had to be entirely replaced. Which has happened with more than one distributed power scheme, at least according to the rumor mill. Ed and Steve naturally had lots of good questions about professional and owner troubleshooting; it's obviously harder but we were assured that these boats will have a manual identifying all the individual CZone circuits and how you can bypass the digital switch by simply moving a blade fuse.
At any rate, I found it impressive that BEP could show us not one but three CZone-using manufacturers who were exhibiting at the main MIBS location. That's the helm of a new, and quite sexy, Jupiter 41 Express above and, though I wasn't able to change the screens on those Simrad NSO monitors, I know that all sorts of CZone features like lighting modes are integrated in (as discussed before on Panbo). And while I didn't get any photos and the company doesn't say much about it on their web site, I did see several high-end YellowFin center consoles that were all touch screen and CZone. I also heard company president Wylie Nagler express deep commitment to the system...
Because I photographed the helm above on a separate visit to the Scout Boat exhibit, I don't know if it too has CZone (the boat was too busy for me to poke around). But digital switching certainly would go nicely with ease-of-use features I saw briefly on those new Garmin 8000 MFDs; SmartMode is the similarly activity-oriented equivalent of lighting modes, for instance. And I did get a chance to ask Jarrod Sagar if BEP was working with other MFD manufacturers besides Simrad; he was a bit reserved, saying that "We are working with Simrad for now, but as the integration between MFD's and digital switching becomes mainstream then both parties will need to look at other options. The technical challenge to get different systems working together is not insignificant." However that goes, CZone's apparent success with builders plus Raymarine's entry into digital switching makes me think that the technology has turned a corner.
Oh, and will there be a CZone app that brings its monitoring and switching abilities to smartphones and tablets (as N2KView does for Maretron/Octoplex systems)? You bet! We saw the demo below, boatbuilders will start working with it in May, and the finished app is scheduled to debut at next fall's IBEX show.
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Capt Bill says:
I agree that this is the future with regard to wiring production boats. My concern is what it does to the aftermarket business. Having done some installations on boats with switching systems, it can be difficult to integrate aftermarket devices into the system. If there are no available "spares" left in the factory system, You are stuck having to install an old school swtich or breaker, whether for electronics or additional DC circuits (underwater lights, for example).
I think builders need to consider the aftermarket "expandability" of these systems. Plus it sounds like one more system we installers will need to get training/certification in.
Dan Corcoran (b393capt) says:
I am curious about NMEA-2000 PGN standards for this, and if those standards extend to devices that are outside of the direct control of the digital circuits, say to products that draw power from the NMEA-2000 bus so that they can share the same user interface.
Or for that matter, does CZone support turning on products beyond its digital circuits? Do they support their products being controlled by all the other chart plotter brands?
Bill, that's a good point. While I don't think it's too hard to add another CZone switching module to a boat, what may be beyond most installers is modifying the CZone software to do the switching. But there is a Panbo reader (and electrical engineer) who has designed and programmed his own system and will be writing about it here eventually. I also have a simple CZone system partially installed on Gizmo and am hoping to program it myself some day.
Dan, there are some standard PGNs for switching but the major set of power PGNs has still not been released. I keep hearing that it's close, and almost made N2K V3, but...
So I believe that CZone and others are using proprietary PGNs, plus I'm not sure they'll adopt standard messages when available. After all, opening up control of things like main battery switches could be asking for trouble.
"Or for that matter, does CZone support turning on products beyond its digital circuits?"
I don't understand. What would that be? There is a CZone switching modules that can handle motors and also a solenoid-driven AC system.
"Do they support their products being controlled by all the other chart plotter brands?"
Like I wrote, their relationship with Simrad is apparently not exclusive. But then again incorporating full CZone support into an MFD does not look trivial.
Peter C. says:
People want the ease and convenience they experience with their land vehicle?
God forbid they have to go down below and turn a battery switch and maybe sniff the air for trouble.
With a car you can just pull over to the side,on a boat
you know this stuff will fail or even worse go intermittent at the worst of times in a storm far from port.
I will keep things more "robust" thankyou.
I like my toys but for power distribution I must say no.
Taniwha says:
I'm in the middle of implementing a C-zone system on our 31 year old 46ft cruising sailing boat. I have a couple of comments about some of the questions/comments above:
1) Like all electrical systems, expansion will be dictated more by how good the initial system design is than by limitations of the system.
With standard systems, expansion is often done haphazardly by simply finding a power line near the new equipment and tapping into that. That often leads to combined functions on the switch panel which aren't noted ("oh yeh", the owner tells new guests, "if you want to use those nice new led reading lights in your cabin, you have to turn on the deck wash pump switch"). And is it on any diagram? Of course (not) :). Sound familiar? It's the boat's next owner that has all the fun trying to figure it out (happened to us when we bought our boat - she was 18 then).
I've found that leaving a free output on each C-zone switching module was worthwhile for future expansion purposes. But also, it's very easy to just add a complete new module if really necessary. And the software that Ben talks about is very easy to modify - in my opinion any technically adept person should be able to figure the basics out, and I'd be very suspicious of any installers or dealers who can't learn the system inside-out.
Also, the system requires you to document all your circuits, and that's all held in easily viewed software.
2) All these distributed circuit systems are ahead of the N2K PGN development at this stage, so there's always a risk with an N2K network. But supposedly they're using proprietary PGNs that will not cause interference, and that future PGN standards will not have problems with. But, even if they do, because it's all s/w driven, they can be easily changed without requiring a re-wire.
I've taken the route of installing 2 N2K networks, with a data bridge. One for instruments, etc, and the other for C-zone. It doesn't require much more wiring, and is probably just good design practise.
3) As Ben says, you can get control modules for C-zone to control almost any type of load, so no issue controlling products beyond it's digital circuits. The C-zone system is just a logic & switch system. No devices controlled by C-zone get power from the N2K network: devices that do (such as instruments) don't need an individual C-zone switch circuit, they'd all be controlled by a single switch circuit for the N2K network main power.
4) Regarding more "robust" manual switching: I'd have to disagree with Peter here. Each C-zone switch can be physically over-ridden manually (as Ben noted in the article). So if anything goes wrong with the software, you always have the choice of a manual over-ride.
Of course, it's slightly different from a central switchboard, because the over-rides are on the switching modules, which are at various points around the boat. But as long as you've designed the system well, and labelled the boxes and where they are, it's certainly a usable backup in an emergency
It does require that the system designer has put the switch boxes where they are accessible, so I'm not sure that I like the photo Ben posted of some stuck in a transom access panel. Again, as in all electrical systems, the system designer plays a big part in ease of future use in the real world.
Also, I think the C-zone system is easier to troubleshoot than a central traditional system. In that system, if something goes wrong electrically, you have to trace wires (often not labelled) through the whole boat, and look for badly positioned butt connectors (for e.g.) that may have gone wrong. In my experience most problems come from poor connections. In a C-zone system, the wiring complexity is significantly reduced, with a lot fewer connections, making physical troubleshooting a lot easier.
Anyway, those are just a couple of points regarding this system.
There is no question that the capabilities of distributed power systems are pretty spectacular. I think the big concern is in the future of these systems. As you are well aware, marine electronics companies are notorious for dropping legacy products and support for them. What is going to happen in a few years when a power module is fried and they are no longer made and ,of course, the new, improved system is not backward compatible? I know I'll be able to buy a circuit breaker for another 20 years. (I did retire my oil lamp, though.)
Thanks, Paul! I for one am really looking forward to reading about how you designed your system and seeing how it came out.
Max, I agree in large part. I can't think of another type of boat system that is both as intriguing and as frightening as distributed power. For instance, a couple of years ago ED&D told owners of their E-Plex system to stock up on modules because they were shutting down in 30 days!

In fact, though, the system was taken over by another company and looks reasonably healthy now:

There may be a point when there are enough of a certain system out there that someone will at least keep service alive. But I'd certainly check out a company's overall business health.
I like, for instance, that BEP has already shown long term commitment to CZone and now as part of Actuant it is sibling to MasterVolt and Marinco. I didn't mention it here, or see it on these boats, but I know that integration of CZone and MasterVolt power products is happening as we talk.
I'm also confident that Maretron and Octoplex are in the game for the long haul, largely because they are under the wing of Carling Technologies which has been doing well since 1920 making...hold the beat...mechanical circuit breakers and switches:

Jeffrey Orling says:
Yachts unlike cars are built up from components from many manufacturers.. typically leaving the owner flexibility to fit out, alter and expand their on board systems. This is a double edged sword and clearly a challenge to marry all the components and systems together in one happy family... and of course aesthetics are a consideration as well. A proper yacht must be stunning to the eye.
When it comes to electronics this means there needs to be some sort of effective means to get these components to work together and do so optimally. But with so many features complexity is growing and presenting all manner of baffling decisions to produce that happy family.
All the data is useful... to a point.. and that point depends on the type of use the vessel serves. Look at the difference in the cockpit between a glider and a bowing - both planes! Both flying through the air... to get from here to there.
Bill Bishop says:
Max, I agree with you, but I think not twenty years, but with the explosive growth of technological advancement, it may be just 5 or 10 years, and I'm being optimistic. We had a near scare with Eplex. I am been involved with a large three year old very extensively computer controlled boat, and keeping it running reliably has been very challenging.
Software configuration management alone is a vast subject. Who owns the software on these boats? Do owners get a copy of it, along with the tools needed to use it? Can dealers really support these systems? Do the manufacturers keep good track of the software by hull? Is their a different version on every boat depending on options purchased? Hardware is one thing, but the software makes the toilet flush, and turns on the running lights and chartplotters.
Bill Bishop was way more eloquent than I was without typos to boot. The level of complexity and data / information may be reaching the point where it usefulness has exceeded the need to know. And we then become slaves to complex technology that requires esoteric knowledge to service and maintain. And to me that means messing about on boats slips from the very possible to the mostly implausible.
Too much black box stuff going on... mysteries that handicap and don't assist the person who has to deal with these systems.
I don't see thing changing and getting better... Only worse. Look at the phone... as an example.
Henning says:
A thought that crossed my mind when reading this: If you use your N2K bus to operate a CZone system, how do you control power to this bus? If you use a CZone circuit, how do you turn on that initial circuit with no bus power? Or are CZone controllers and switching modules providing their own power and only use the bus for data?
My boat was 8 years old when we bought it. The previous owner hadn't changed anything electrical but, in multiple sessions, some lasting weeks, I chased wires around every imaginable corner of the boat, made use of every last spare wire installed by the yard, ran upwards of 500 ft of new wires, used up all spare breaker positions, moved breakers between panels and found mounting space for more additional breakers and generally did all those things that would have been much easier with digital switching.
So I see the point. But my question is: what if someone like me buys a used boat 8 years from now that was made today and uses digital switching? I cursed a lot when upside down in some impossible position in some impossible space trying to pull or run wires but I always knew that it was just a matter of time and I would certainly accomplish what needed to be done. I never feared out of production modules, belly-up manufacturers, version incompatibilities, firmware upgrades that fix one problem and bring 5 more, non-existing upgrade paths and the like.
Maybe it's a little bit like electrical cars. 50% of the cost of these are batteries with a finite life a lot less than the life of the rest of the car. If I buy one today I do so knowing that I may have to junk it 5 years from now just because replacement batteries are no longer made or are uneconomical to buy.
I will follow this technology but when I wanted to control nav lights and deck floodlights from the cockpit as well as the nav station last winter, I bought a set of 10 pulse-operated relays and 10 double-action momentary switches and some wiring. For about USD 300 this gives me 10 circuits that can be controlled from 2 positions, that have manual override and that aren't going to give me any problems, now or 8 years from now.
Is digital switching going to make boats age faster (lose value quicker)?
Rick Sorenson says:
Ben, thanks for mentioning Carling and OctoPlex as being 'in for the long haul'; that certainly is the case. It appears that finally strong builder and consumer attention is being focused on the benefits of distributed power. It's also nice to see this happening during what appears to be a beginning recovery in the industry.
There definitely has been, and I'm sure will continue to be, issues regarding distributed power dependability; however, over time, painful as it is, problem systems get weeded out. Dependability is an aspect we are extremely cognizant of, as power can be a truly critical component of vessel safety. As a result, we direct tremendous efforts towards making distributed power components robust and dependable. Regretfully, problems that have occurred in the marketplace have served to delay greater implementation of distributed power. However, along with the inherent benefits of reduced vessel wiring and weight, the operator benefits can be extremely worthwhile, including: complete visibility and control of electrical load integrity at all times  -  including while off the vessel, remote control of components, monitoring of bilge and sump pumps 'ON' times, single entry activation of the vessel's electrical/electronic running systems, timed programming and variable power control, load shedding for DC on smaller vessels to protect against battery discharge, and totally automatic AC load shedding on larger vessels to prevent onboard and dockside breaker tripping.
We have received tremendous positive feedback from customers on their use of distributed power, in particular, every year at Viking's VIP show held at their Riviera Beach facility two weeks prior to the Miami Boat Show. As an indication of distributed power's staying power, Viking Yachts has been installing OctoPlex for six years, with the system being installed on every build 60 feet LOA and above. Ocean Yachts also installs the system on all builds over 60 feet LOA. Builders installing OctoPlex distributed power include: Bayliss Boatworks, Hargrave Custom Yachts, Horizon Yacht, Monte Fino Custom Yachts, Spencer Yachts, a number of military high-tech vessel builders, and others.
We've all experienced an unbelievable change in the use of everyday electronics over a very short number of years, with 'in touch and aware' seeming to be the central theme. Marine distributed power is definitely here to stay, and despite periodic headwinds, its prevalence will likely increase substantially over the next few years. There will also be new and exciting products to come.
Rick Sorenson
Carling Technologies, Inc.
I hear ya... 60′ plus is not only out of my price range... it's out of my *interest range* as a sailor. The market for this technology seems hardly a match for most sailors / boaters who mess about in the DIYer level... and there are some extremely competent engineers/mechanics who create amazing yachts.
The technology you are presenting DOES make sense for the big yachts and ships and I am sure development will continue.
Do you see this sort of technology coming to smaller vessels?
chriggel says:
I re-installed a CZone System on a new 52-foot Cruiser Racer (Haspa Hamburg) back in 2010. The original installer had clustered all the black boxes under one bunk - this was clearly not our's and not the manufacturer's intention. We decided to go with CZone mainly to save weight. On a 52-foot cruiser racer with not too many electric loads this might end up pretty equal in terms of weight. But a full on cruiser with at least 50 foot will definately benefit from eletronic power distribution. Compared to other systems that I know of (ETA PowerPlex) the CZone system is far more compact and simpler. It easily integrates with our Lowrance HDS Display and takes over all the tank display and battery status functionality. The robustness is great and we did not have any problems since we did the installation properly.
I have to admit that I spent about a year to fine-tune the programming - something an installer will never ever be capable of when he is not regularly sailing on that boat.
We did two modifications to the system: The motorized main switch is now controlled by a mechanical switch and not by the CZone system. Otherwise the bus would have to be powered 24/7 and drains about 1 Amp all the time when we are not onboard. Therefore we had to modify the meter interface - it is now powered directly by the battery and not any more from the NMEA200 bus. Prior to this the meter interface forgot the battery status whenever the bus was powered off.
The safety measures are quite advanced and clever in the CZone system. All the programming will be kept in all boxes and displays simultaneously. If you have to replace one of the black boxes, it will gather it's configuration from the adjacent box as soon as you connect the new box to the bus. The only thing you have to make sure is that the DIP-switch is set to the same address as on the old box.
All in all, this system has given me much less hassle compared to the LiFepo4 batteries which seem to have suffered quite a bit in three years.
Chriggel
Regarding the 3.4″-Display
HenryD says:
Thank you for posting this topic.
I am interested in the distributed power but wonder where the tipping point is for installing this on an existing boat.
How does this new model for wiring a boat compare with the tried and true model of the past on basic levels - cost? maintenance? upgradeability? interoperability? weight? and last support? If one of these Czone modules cracks, breaks, or just does not work - can I get them easily and is there someone who can work on/ trouble shoot them?
When I saw N2KView, and I didn't have a weather instrument on my boat, it was a solution to a problem I had. I had to add some additional NMEA cabling, ActiSense USB interface and a power T to make it work. If I wanted to put some new switches in the boat, is there a way to install the CZone to work with the existing wiring?
As I learned from the Maretron system, there is an expensive cost for the proprietary cables vs something standard like Cat5, and there is not enough market preasure to make licensing reasonable.
I would be very hesitant to install Czone unless the other distributed power vendors used an industry standard connectors, cabling, etc.
Every day I am disappointed by the Marine Electronic industry as the vendors battle each other at the expense of the consumers. If you want our ???? then you must use our displays or our cabling or what ever. It was nice to see a few years ago that the cell phone vendors agreed on a power plug standard - so when I change phones, I do not have to buy all new chargers. When I buy a DVD player or Tivo - I do not have to even think - will it work with my TV, but if i buy a Radar or transducer or AIS - I do have to worry - will it work with my Chartplotter.
Ben your web site continues to be a source for market trending and overview. Thank you.
Sorry, Henry, but I think a lot of those questions will have to wait until someone like Paul (above) details the design and install of his own distributed power system. But I do want to take exception to your inference that Maretron cables are proprietary.
NMEA 2000 cables and connectors are, in fact, just like Ethernet. They are built to an industry standard (Devicenet, which NMEA adopted) by many manufacturers. I think that they're more expensive than regular Ethernet cables because they are harder to make  -  the connectors are waterproof, for instance  -  and they're sold in much lower quantities.
Incidentally, NMEA is right now looking for an industrial style Ethernet cable and connector system to use with the coming OneNet standard. It will very likely cost more than regular CAT5 but it should mean that boaters will be able to change major systems without changing the broadband cabling, as is now true with N2K cabling.
Also, if the cell phone vendors really did agree on a power plug standard, they forgot to tell Apple. The Lightning connector they introduced last Sept. is entirely proprietary and they didn't even warn their vendors. Ask a Fusion Stereo owner or employee how they feel about that. I don't think Fusion has yet figured a way to adapt their iPhone/iPod docks to the Lightning.
In 2009, Apple, Nokia, Samsung, and most of the major vendors did agree on the micro-USB. Why Apple did not follow through is probably well documented.

As far as the questions concerning the distributed power vs the legacy wiring - Czone or others should be able to provide a comparison on cost, weight, interoperability. And provide the road map or product plan to address the other quesitons.
You are correct the reference to Maretron's cables as being proprietary is not the correct word. The point I was trying to make is the expense of installing a solution that uses specialized cabling that has limited manufacturers and limited sales opportunities. Marine rated wire is expensive enough, but add to it the waterproof connectors and the cabling adds up fast.
As Ben mentions, it's probably better to answer a lot of these questions in a separate article which describes an installation in some detail. I'm talking to Ben about doing something like that in the next few months, and it looks like there are a few people who'd be interested (and some of the questions are giving a guide on the type of things people would like to know).
However, I do have a few shorter comments for now on some of the posts.
Re Hennings' comment about initial buss power: because I've got a dedicated N2K network for the C-zone, I simply turn that network on when the main battery switch is powered on. So the C-zone network doesn't have a C-zone switch for itself.
Re the comment about lifespan: Who knows today - I'll address that one in 10 - 20 years (hopefully not sooner) in a Panbo entry when we're all a lot older :). In general though, I actually think that traditional boat wiring systems should be totally overhauled periodically also. The connections and wiring deteriorate, and additions become harder to track and trace. As Henning noted, he did a bunch of rewiring on his 8 year old boat. So I'm not sure that a distributed system will really require a lot more than what a conventional system should also have. Although a conventional system may be more able to be operated on the edge of failure for longer with band-aid style "patches". Again, only time will tell. The comment about longevity of suppliers is certainly valid for distributed systems - if it's based on proprietary technology then you're vulnerable to any shut-downs or direction changes in proprietary protocols. That's where standard PGNs for distributed power would add a lot of future security.
Re working with existing wiring: I wanted to rewire our boat totally anyway (it was worse than Ben's as detailed in his post a few weeks ago), and chose to go with the C-zone system instead of traditional rewiring. But if you just wanted to add a few new circuits, there's no reason why you couldn't install a distributed system just for those. It wouldn't interface with your existing wiring. It'd just be an addition. And I guess you could then add new elements to that network as you gradually find the need to replace old circuits. I'm not sure I'd choose that approach personally, but it'd work just fine. In fact I guess that's sort of what Ben is doing with both a Maretron switch controller, and the C-zone controller he's described in other posts: starting by controlling a few new things that need switching.
Jurjen says:
Ben,all,
Like Paul, I am also designing and installing a Czone system, in my case in a 55ft newly build bare hull motoryacht (Almarine 1700). I have given the system a lot of thought for over a year and have come up with my final design and just recently ordered all the Czone parts. In the beginning I still kept hanging on too much to the old traditional way of thinking about electronics and still had for example several old style switches in there.
In an effort to further simplify the system and therefore increase reliability, I radically took all the switches out the design as much as possible and decided I would use the Czone features to switch on whatever equipment through the software. In Czone you can also program modes and when for example getting ready to leave the harbour, I will press a software switch on my touchscreen under which I programmed the mode 'on the water' or something similar. Czone will know that with that mode my transducer, plotter, autopilot, AIS, VHF, etc. have to be switched on, therefore no need for any individual switches for that equipment. Numerous modes are possible, like 'back in the harbour' and by pressing one button on the screen everything is switched off.
To create sufficient safety I separated the electronics in the most essential necessary to drive the yacht, which includes the engine part and the electronic handle to operate the gearbox and throttle. This part is connected to the starter batteries (24 V). The second part is the navigation and Czone switching part, which is connected to the house bank. I had to overcome a problem here that I want all my equipment to be 24 V, but the NMEA2000 bus is 12 V, so I added a 24 to 12 V converter to power the NMEA2000 bus.
Another issue is that I did not want all of this 2nd part to be continuously powered while just docked in the harbour or at anchor. As I will be living on the yacht, there will be many days, the navigation equipment is not switched on. But when docked I still want to monitor my power connections, charging rates and tank levels. When preparing a next trip for example (and still in the harbour), I need to know if I need to refuel or get more water, or even when continuing docking my black water tank may have to be emptied.
In stead of having an additional amount of analogue meters to monitor the power, charging and tanks, I decided to spent my money only once and invest further in the Czone. I now created 3 NMEA networks all separate by a network bridge. Network 1 is continuously under power (from the house bank) and I will install NMEA2000 tank level monitors and have an VE-bus adaptor between my 8000 W Victron inverter/charger and the NMEA2000 network and will be able to monitor power and charging. The 2nd network will only switch the navigation equipment (all 24 V) and the 3rd network is to exchange the navigation data over NMEA2000 between the various pieces of navigation equipment. As Paul indicated earlier, good design principle would lead you to separate switching the Czone from the navigation data exchange.
I specifically choose to have 2 Simrad NSS displays as part of the system, as the Simrad is able to seamlessly work with the Czone digital switching. A 12 inch NSS is used on the flybridge mainly for displaying NMEA2000 information, possibly switching on/off equipment and displaying 4G broadband radar information. A 7 inch will be on the first network as monitor for the tank levels, power and charging.
For inland navigation I will use a PC with 2 touchscreens with software from Yachtcontrol () with navigation software that relies on the European River Information System (RIS) data. The Yachtcontrol software is also capable of configuring and managing the Czone equipment. This way I have 3 ways to control the Czone equipment; with the Czone software (running on the same PC), Yachtcontrol and Simrad, which should provide sufficient redundancy.
My intention is by reducing the amount of wiring and switches by using the Czone distributed switching, to simplify the electronics to a more robust and reliable system and make fault finding in the future easier. The design of the system can be viewed on my weblog (although written Dutch it has a Google translate button).
Jurjen Hoekstra
Motoryacht Xanthiona

As I have read about multiple busses only or partly in order to be able to power independently, let me remind you that you can have as many independently powered segments of the same bus as you want by adding "as many as you want" minus one power tees in the bus. You will probably need to use the power tees made by Actisense as those by Maretron change gender of the bus on every tee so, without the use of field attacheable connectors, you couldn't connect more than one Maretron power tee together. The Actisense tees don't change gender.
Each power tee has two separate power wires for the part of the bus to the left and to the right of the power tee. This feature can't be used when using multiple power tees on all except one of the tees (so you need to leave one wire pair unconnected).
Depending on where the devices to be powered independently are located along the bus, you may have to put the power tees in places that you would not have chosen as the best place installation-wise. I have run an exented power-cable for the power tees alongside the bus-cable forward to the mast step and aft to the helm area because of this.
I full agree that this is not "beautiful" but it's not exactly messy, either.
I think that in many cases (not all), this setup will compare favorably with the added complexity of another bus.
On my bus (without digital switching) I have 4 segements (3 power tees) and may have to add a 5th segment (4th power tee).
Also Jurjen, how do you turn on something simple such as the light in the bathroom?
I am not sure I quite follow your logic with the power tees. According to several NMEA2000 design guide lines it is sufficient to have only one powertee providing the power to a NMEA2000 network. The powertee with the double pair of wiring is to connect 2 power sources, so in case one source fails the network still remains under power from the other power source. There is a maximum of amps you can draw over the NMEA2000 wiring. When you use the mini-type it is 8 amps, using the micro-type wire it is 4 amps. When adding the powertee to the end of a micro cabled network, the max amps is 4 over the full network. When adding it to the middle you can provide 8 amps and it would distribute 4 amps to the left and 4 to the right. That way you could add more equipment. There are some good NMEA2000 network design guide lines out there (for example by Maretron). One also has to bear in mind that if a certain piece of navigation equipment pulls too much amps it will have a dedicated power connection and not draw it's power from the NMEA2000 bus. This is where Czone kicks in, you connect it to an output interface.
I choose to have 3 networks as explained in my earlier post, to make sure that I have just a small network under continous power to monitor tank levels, power and charging while docked. The 2nd and 3rd are to nicely seperate the Czone/switching part from the NMEA2000 data exchange for the navigation part, those networks are put under power with a main switch at the helm. Depending upon the mode that I choose on the touchscreen several pieces of navigation equipment will be switched on or off.Different networks need to be seperated by a network bridge.
I do not use 24 V for lights or other household equipment. Waterpressure, toilets, pumps for shower, kitchen appliances, lights, etc. all works on 230 Volts created through the 8000 W Victron inverter/charger that pulls it of a 24 V 1000 Ah battery bank. Part of the house equipment is connected to a home-automation system, so when going towards the stairs, the hall way or the bathrooms, the lights switch on automatically through sensors. They are so programmed that after a certain time they switch off by themselves.
Hallo Jurjen, leuk projekt!
Henning's way of using power tees is to use them as power L instead of T: the power only goes left, not both ways. Or right.
This works with the Actisense MPT-1 because the power tail contains separate cables for the left and right part.
I've used the same approach with an Actisense QNB-1 by removing one of two fuses.
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Glenn Hall says:
What a piece of junk the C Zone is. Just spent 10k rewiring
our 2016 Scout 320 LXF. Always a problem and after 4 calls to Scout with no return call we just trashe the complicated mess and had the system conventionally retired.
What were your specific issues, Glenn, because I've had very little trouble with the CZone gear I've used and it's now in all sorts of boats, many of which are as carefully and well built as Scouts? In fact, Sabre just announced a new 58 Salon Express that will "boast a fully-digital switching system from CZone" that will probably be almost as challenging as what I saw on two different 66-foot Dirigos:

An unreliable digital switching system could be an absolute disaster for a boatbuilder, so they do not install them casually.


Win Download Tickets & Meet Shinedown - Day 4
The awesome SHINEDOWN are about to conquer the world with their hugely anticipated brand new studio album, AMARYLLIS and we are very excited to be giving away TICKETS TO DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL in June to meet the band PLUS signed copies of the album.
We have everything you need to know about the band and the superb brand new album here.
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Shinedown are playing at this year's Download Festival - get the lowdown on who else is playing and get day or weekend tickets now
Shinedown's stunning new album is out now.
Once again the band have filled the record with killer hooks and big riffs and they do it in some style.
Not only does Amaryllis carry on where The Sound Of Madness left off, it sees the band evolve wtih a set of incredible songs that stay with you long after listening.
Here's the tracklist:
1. Adrenaline
2. Bully
3. Amaryllis
5. Enemies
6. I'm Not Alright
7. Nowhere Kids
9. I'll Follow You
10. For My Sake
11. My Name (Wearing Me Out)
12. Through The Ghost
Today's your penultimate chance to win a signed copy of Amaryllis on CD, and if you take part then you will also go into a grand prize draw for a pair of five day camping tickets to Download Festival where you will meet Shinedown.
At the end of the week one person who has entered one of the daily competitions will be randomly drawn to win our grand prize, which consists of the Download tickets, the Shinedown meet & greet and and a signed copy of the album.
To take part in today's signed CD prize draw, and to enter the grand prize draw simply answer the question below correctly, fill in the form and hit submit.


Over the past 25 years and through 15 core renditions, Princess Zelda's tale has earned its titular legendary status.
The franchise's legend was said to have started with game designer Shigeru Miyamoto's youthful explorations as a boy in the hillsides surrounding his childhood home in Japan. According to Miyamoto, he was wandering one day and came upon a cave entrance in the middle of a thickly forested wood. After a moment of apprehensive hesitation, he grabbed a lantern and began exploring the cave's dark depths - an adventure that became one of the most memorable experiences of his life.
That spelunking joy eventually translated to the dungeon-trolling, puzzle-solving, demon-bashing series of Zelda games that we now know so well. They started out with pixelated blocky heroes accompanied by primitive synthesizer beeps on the NES console, worked their way through handhelds and next-gens and now end up as a graphically vibrant animated title with lush, fully orchestrated underscores on the Nintendo Wii.
The Same Sword-Swinging Tale
To be truthful, all of the Zelda games contain pretty much the same story: The beautiful Zelda is in trouble and an elf-like, sleep-loving hero named Link quests his way to her rescue. It's Donkey Kong with swords. Only the dungeons, puzzles and game mechanics have really changed all that much over the years.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is officially labeled as a prequel - an exploration of how Link's Master Sword came to be - but as soon as the green-clad hero's love interest is snatched up into the sky by a mysterious magical twister, well, fans will slip into the action as comfortably as they would a favorite sweater ... or a well-worn bird saddle.
The big difference this time around is the Wii motion-controlled remote. Skyward Sword is designed to wring every bit of potential out of its technology. No button mashing required. Whether you're running pell-mell through forests or swooping in on the back of a giant bird mount, it's all point, wave and go. Showcasing the console's Motion-Plus add-on, the game mirrors players' every sword-flicking feint and flèche. (While playing the game for this review, my controller missed only a swipe or two.)
Of course, as with other recent Zelda games, some of that added detail can be a problem. This E10+ game thankfully avoids any real blood and mess in the sword-slashing and arrow-launching battles, but the stabbing, lunging and flailing Wii remote movements do put little Sally in the position of acting out the hacking up of onscreen foes.
The Legend's Ever-Badder Baddies
Back in the early blocky days, Link's slashing of a blobby goblin was a nondescript feat akin to Pac-Man ghosts swallowing you whole. But the newest graphic realism makes a big difference - even in Link and Zelda's fanciful land. The dungeon skirmishes can feel dark and dank, and the ghoulish skeletons, Bokoblins and demon creatures are creepy. Even some of the dialogue tossed out by enemies can be a bit rough. A demon lord croaks out things such as, "I'll drag you to everlasting torment," "You will deafen yourself with the sound of your screams," and, "The thread of fate that binds us will be soaked crimson with your blood!"
Then, of course, there's the franchise's general sense of fairy and demon spirituality that permeates most of this world's temple and dungeon pathways. A few examples:
Link's sword has a Tinkerbell-like spirit bound to its substance that pops up from time to time with advice. The demonic lord big boss repeatedly talks of extracting an imprisoned Zelda's soul to use for his fiendish goals. We find out Zelda is actually a goddess reborn in mortal form who must worship at various "goddess altars" in order to regain her past memories. Link can collect Evil Crystals that are said to be "pure crystallized monster malice." "Sacred flames" left behind by a goddess bear mystical powers that magically enhance Link's Skyward Sword. Players are instructed to "pray" to bird statues in order to save their progress throughout the game. Spells and curses are regularly bandied about.
This latest Legend, then, may appear to be the same story of a brave adventurer, but it's not at all the same fanciful stroll you experienced when you were a kid and Link looked like a flattened Keebler elf with a cute and teeny blade.
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In the first XCOM game (released in 2012), the situation was: Enemy Unknown. Now, in XCOM 2, it's 20 years later and our extraterrestrial adversaries are very familiar indeed. The alien invaders came, they conquered and they're now our, uh, friends - working side by side with us in an effort to create a peaceful, coexistent world.
At least that's what the government-approved video feeds say.
The truth of things is far different than the smiling, hopeful computer and TV images might suggest. Soylent Green? Nah, that ain't the half of it. These aliens have oodles of complicated, nasty plans in mind for their docile human "partners."
Fortunately, mankind isn't totally herd-like and hopeless. There's still a ragtag underground force of resistance fighters out there, led by ... you. You're the commander of an undermanned, undersupplied group of men and women who must gather what they can, develop new skills and weapons, and somehow take the fight to those unveracious UFO uglies. To help in that quest you've got a cool alien-designed airborne base that can keep you flying just out of the invader's gunsights and take you to any earthly place of interest.
It's Up to You, Commander
As with the original XCOM game, this is a strategy title that asks players to manage their ticking clock and dwindling assets while researching alien tech, building new facilities on a hovering fortress, coming up with new tools and weapons, and opening communication lines with other groups of human holdouts. You also must micromanage a series of earthbound battle missions.
Each 3/4 bird's-eye view mission consists of sending recruits to the surface to explore a given map, revealing and eliminating alien enemies. While doing that, they gather intelligence, rescue innocent civilians or sabotage enemy installations. And with success comes advancement: The rookie recruits get tougher, smarter and more well-armed. And the missions become more challenging, too. At the same time, the rescued scientists and engineers throw their skill sets into your save-the-world effort.
Strategy and Tragedy
Frankly, this game's action and challenges are all really fun, not to mention ever-changing. Unlike the original game, XCOM 2 throws in some replay curveballs with a new layer of mission randomness built into each level. So if you think you can go back and ace a quest with a memorized list of physical structures to hide behind or enemy locations to spy out, you'll soon find that things have been dematerialized and transported to new areas since your last go-round. (Those sneaky aliens!)
What the game thankfully doesn't include this time is an M rating. This entry's blood-spray quotient is reduced considerably, while the blade- or bullet-derived destruction of aliens is limited to pools of yellow goop. Even the game's campy alien autopsies aren't so splash-about messy, kept largely out of the camera's direct view. The ear-burning foul language has been all but eradicated as well. Your erstwhile troopers are hard-edged, but now they keep their hard language to themselves.
That doesn't mean there isn't any pain of war to be felt here. The yellow goop is still yellow goop. The blades and bullets are still lethal. You don't aim down a gun sight and squeeze a trigger, but there's still lots of battlefield deadliness in play. You spend time with your human soldiers, too, getting to know their names and personalities. So if you accidentally mishandle a move and leave some squad mate vulnerable, you feel the sting of your soldier's death, certainly.
Now, that's not always a bad thing, of course. Humanizing the realities of war is needful. And, true to life, there are no one-more-time do-overs here. Like an ongoing game of Russian Roulette, once your trooper goes down, he or she is gone for good.
The question, then, is whether needfulness is good enough for a game.
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Guest Blogger: Walls with texture. Touch effect wall-coverings
By Carolina Sánchez, interior designer and blogger of Comodoos Interiores
These days, the inside can come across as being a cold space, and it highlights the free-standing decoration parts, pieces of furniture, to count on transforming spaces with walls with texture, with volume that allows us to move to this "touch" effect, which makes us both want to caress and feel like these are also a part of the decoration.
Take a chance on something that sees beyond both wall paper and vinyl coverings, which transforms each room with regard to both size and shape, materials that are hard-wearing, imitation skirting board, along with other materials.A design that not only improves the inside as well as allowing us to feel it, but also provides us with different aspects and angles of light, which elevate us in each and every space, regardless of it being the kitchen, the bathroom or even the headboard cover.It is because of this that today, we will talk about the wall tile series from the Porcelanosa Group, which helps us to improve the atmosphere according to the different styles and collections, as well as the very latest modern-day trends.A Nordic design for warm and cosy interiors.
The spaces that are dominated by Wood, with naturalness and with an almost real effect, isThe par-ker Series from the Porcelanosa Group. A durable material that goes further than just being the floor or for moving to the walls, it is for believing in, as it has that real highest mountain like effect.With a large amount of both finishes and colours, we will be able to decorate our home with more options, like being more rustic, more minimalism and the cold Scandinavian design. It is, without a shadow of a doubt, an incredible piece.
Modern-day Vintage¿But who thinks that both style and fashion cannot come back in? Reinvented pieces, restyled and with combinations that would surprise us, when just a few years ago, we had forgotten about them. This also happens to us with regard to pieces with a vintage air to them. Hydraulic imitations and a mosaic that are both perfect for giving colour, personality, and essence to a wall. For this, the stone-ker series, Dover, will help us to achieve this effect.But we take it above and beyond both bathrooms or kitchens, and also put it in rooms and details that can be unique in our homes.ClassicsHowever, it is possible that the most classical style is overdone or formal. In a way, we have taken note of a lot of materials in order to bring them up to date and then, put them into practise by fitting them on both walls and floors.To feel the elegance, trendiness, and an added value in our decoration, you can get it with pieces like in the Calacata series from the Porcelanosa Group, which invades whatever type of interior with majesty, and at the same time, making each and every moment more elegant.I, without any doubt, am in love with her.¿What do you think about these materials? ¿Do we fancy letting the decoration with wall-coverings play the leading role at home?
4 seasons, 4 ceramic designs. Some ideas for the decor in your bathroom depending on the time of the year.
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Sam Robertson admits to watching Mike Baldwin in Classic Coronation Street for tips on playing Adam
He's been tuning into ITV3's repeats for inspiration
By Johnathon Hughes
Monday, 15th July 2019 at 9:58 am
Coronation Street heart-throb Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) is turning out to be a real chip off the old block, becoming more like his late father Mike Baldwin the older he gets, and there's a good reason why - the actor has been studying his on-screen parent in old episodes of the soap for inspiration.
Robertson has confessed to watching ITV3's Classic Coronation Street repeats, currently airing instalments from the early 1990s, and observing iconic factory boss Mike - played by Johnny Briggs between 1976 and 2006 - in his prime to inform his performance as the ladies' lingerie mogul's son and heir.
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"It's great watching those classic Corries because I'm seeing Mike doing his thing at the same time as I'm playing Adam," he told RadioTimes.com, "and I'm trying to find that balance where he's very confident and a bit smooth, but also show his fragility.
"At the moment ITV3 are showing Mike losing the factory and having to run the business from his front room. Alma is helping him out financially and he's really low - there's more fragility to Mike than what you remember. You kind of forget that, you imagine him as the cigar-smoking wheeler dealer, always with a flash car and a pretty girl.
"But I think there was more depth to him, and I'm lucky they're bringing that in with Adam now. Adam used to be very cocky but he's very up and down. He's had periods of real self-doubt, and seeing Mike all those years ago has definitely impacted on how I'm playing it - not being afraid to show his fragile side or push the arrogance. Just finding that nice balance for the character."
Robertson also noted current Corrie boss Iain MacLeod has given Adam a rival in the shape of bad boy builder Gary Windass to mirror the feud between Adam's dad Mike and arch-enemy Ken Barlow from back in the day - with Sarah Platt playing a modern-day Deirdre as the object of desire caught in the middle...
"The reality of that is Gary is much more sinister than Ken ever was," he explains. "I asked Iain if that gives me license to be more sinister than Mike Baldwin - and he just raised his eyebrows! Maybe we'll end up shooting each other like in Reservoir Dogs, who knows?!"
Being the offspring of one of the soap's most famous characters makes Adam Weatherfield royalty, and Robertson is relishing being at the centre of the action as the ladies' man lawyer waits for to catch out killer Gary as the net closes in leading to his confession to causing the factory collapse on Friday 19th July.
"The producers have given me great material and I feel like I've got my teeth into it. Going forward, the scope for this character is endless because of all the history, there are so many ways you can go. I'm keen to stay - wedding bells, babies, I'm up for it!"
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At Potter Rees Dolan, we have experienced lawyers who specialise in handling head injury compensation claims following. We are authorised members of Headway's personal injury solicitors list and comply with their Code of Conduct.
Thousands of people each year in the UK sustain a brain injury, leaving them permanently affected. A severe injury can lead to very significant physical and mental impairment, including:
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Recent case wins include:
Teenage cyclist is hit by a car and left with a skull fracture - £4.3 million
Young woman hit by a car is left with a brain injury - £1.65 million
University student who suffered severe brain injury needed large part of her skull replaced - £1 million
We know that a serious injury affects not only the individual but also their families and friends. To speak to our specialist, Manchester-based head injury lawyers today, call us on 0800 027 2557 or complete the online enquiry form on the side of this page.
At Potter Rees Dolan, we understand the devastating effect that a brain injury can have on all aspects of your life. Rehabilitation is vitally important, with the greatest progress often made in the first six months after injury. But it does not stop there. Improvements can still take place many months or even years after injury. We can help secure rehabilitation for you, and should you not fully recover, compensation can help to achieve financial security for individuals and families.
We understand that making a compensation claim after a head injury can appear a very confusing process. It can be a very difficult time for people after such a serious injury. We will:
Investigate the circumstances of your accident quickly and handle your claim efficiently
Keep our advice to you as clear and as straightforward as possible
Help to guide you through the practical problems that you are faced with immediately after your brain injury and as you progress
Compensation for such injuries often reaches millions of pounds. It is important that every area of your claim is properly investigated and valued. As well as your physical and mental impairments, we will investigate:
The cost of your future care
Your loss of future earnings
The cost of providing you with special equipment
Your welfare benefit entitlement
The cost of your future accommodation needs
What is a head injury?
Everything about us as individuals is controlled by the brain; how we talk, how we move, what we say and how we feel. It also enables us to express ourselves as it controls our emotions.
So what happens when the brain is injured? Whether it is through a road traffic accident or a knock to the head due to an assault, we deal with clients who have sustained a brain injury through a wide range of personal injury cases.
The brain could also be injured through the negligence of a medical professional during surgery, for example. There are many possible causes of a brain injury and the effects of the injury can be varied.
This can depend on the severity of the brain injury as well as the location of the injury on the brain.
This is the part of the brain that controls emotion, behaviour and tolerance. If this area is directly damaged, it can cause extreme emotional mood swings.
A person's ability to manage frustrations is often affected, so they can lash out and easily become angry over something minor
The frontal lobe controls our ability to monitor and adjust our behaviour accordingly. If this area of the brain is damaged, it could alter the individual's levels of empathy and sensitivity towards others are likely to be altered.
After a brain injury to the frontal lobe, a person may experience a lack of motivation and spontaneity in interacting with others. The ability to plan ahead can also be affected, which can lead to isolation particularly if this coincides with the lack of motivation to socialise.
Damage to the frontal lobe can also cause difficulty in planning and completing tasks in the right order (known as sequencing), reduce awareness that actions have been carried out already meaning they are repeated.
Parietal Lobes
These can be divided into two functional regions; one involves sensation and touch perception and the other controls visual perception. The parietal lobes focus on the manipulation of objects and voluntary movements.
This part of the brain receives and analyses information from the skin, such as temperature, pressure and pain. Our understanding of where we are in relation to our surroundings is also controlled by the parietal lobes, as well as our understanding of where our body parts are in relation to each other.
Damage to this part of the brain can impair reading and writing, as well as self-care abilities such as washing and dressing. The individual may also have poor hand-eye coordination and the inability to focus their attention.
Temporal Lobe
This part of the brain controls communication and long-term memory. The temporal lobe also handles functions of auditory perception (hearing) and some visual perception. Damage to this part of the brain can therefore affect a person's memory and understanding. They may find it hard to concentrate and difficult to understand language.
After damage to the temporal lobe, a person may also lose their sense of humour and notice a change in their sexual interests and behaviour. Other effects could include persistent talking and seizure disorders.
Occipital Lobes
As these lobes control the visual processing centre of our brain, damage to the occipital lobes can mean the individual may not be able to process visual signs correctly, causing visual confusion, even though the eyes themselves may be working normally.
If this part of the brain is damaged, an individual might experience difficulty recognising colours or a drawn object. Hallucinations and visual illusions may also occur, as well as word blindness.
Rehabilitation and Treatment
After a brain injury, rehabilitation is a key part of long term recovery. Unlike other cells in the body, brain cells are unable to regenerate when destroyed, so other areas of the brain try to take over the activities of the damaged part. This reorganisation of itself and establishing new nerve pathways is how the brain develops.
Recovery time after a serious brain injury can depend on the severity of the injury, as well as the individual. Usually, a clinical team will discuss the rehabilitation options with the person with the injury and their family. Funding for the rehab services can be sourced through the local authority, medical insurance or compensation claims.
Rehabilitation may be provided through a number of settings, such as inpatient rehabilitation, which involves specialist treatment in a neurological rehab centre, for example, for people who are not ready to return home after their stay in hospital.
Alternatively, some people are well enough to return home after a brain injury, and these receive outpatient rehabilitation sometimes from their local hospital.
Rehabilitation will be provided by nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and speech and language therapists working as a team usually under a medical consultant and co-ordinated by a case manager. We work very closely with all members of the Rehabilitation team to ensure our clients' needs are met.
Click here to learn more about brain injury, its causes and its effects.
University student awarded over £1million after being hit by car
Amy was 19 years old and studying at Manchester University when she was knocked over in 2007 suffering a brain injury.
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 At age 25, Caroline was hit by a car when crossing the road on a night out with friends. She was taken to hospital by ambulance and CT scans showed she suffered a severe brain injury.
If, as a result of a serious brain injury, you are left unable to manage your own affairs, it is likely a Deputy would be appointed by the Court of Protection to manage your finances for you. At Potter Rees Dolan, we specialise in Court of Protection matters.
At the conclusion of your claim, we will help you get proper financial advice so you can protect your compensation award for years to come.
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