Santa brought me a 14" Toshiba LCD/DVD combo. Were is the best place to mount it?

Ours is mounted over the mirror area

Same, over the mirror area. I used some aluminum bimini top rail and used the same holes as the mirror. Had it one year and the plastic on the Sharp cracked but it still works.

I was thinking about maybe using clip-in mounts to have the fexibilty to mount it on the dash to watch in the evening, then have different mounts to watch from the v-berth and maybe another on the first bulkhead as you walk into the cabin. I also saw a factory installation, where they corner mounted it on the other side of the bathroom wall using a nice SST pivot mount.

Make sure you can mount it solid to where it can't move while runing if on a swivel mount. A buddy had his mounted on a swing arm, only to have it swing around and bang. No good now.

Itilldo, where did you install the outlet?

I am going to install shore power, ac, a 3-bank charger and the tv at the same time. I just looked at the boat and it looks like it will mount nicely flat against the bathroom wall next to the mirror on my 38.

I installed shore power, on-board charger hard wired in, and an outlet last winter. What a great upgrade!

Itilldo, where did you install the outlet?[/QUOTE]


Their is no outlet persay, the actual mirror is gone and the wiring is run thru the hole. The mirror frame itself is still present.


Just for an FYI, our boat is a 29 ft so the actual mounting location will most likely be different.

How hard was it to install shore power and a charger. How expensive? What components did you use. I would love to have shore power and a on board charger. I imagine it not to be to hard. If I did it I would want it to look as if it came from fountain as an option.

Peice of cake. Hardest part was drilling the hole in the side for the plug.

1) model 2611 dual battery, full automatic Guest Charger from WM $100 (last spring, in store price)mounted in bilge.
2) SSMarinco plug from WM $100
3)Wiring from WM $70 marine grade wiring, not household from lowes.
4) Paneltronics Shorepanel from Boatersworld $130
It came in black, I painted it white. This is the cheapest price I found anywhere. It has the same breakers as the more expensive,reverse polarity protection, and meter.
The outlet is on the back side facing the sink, just like factory.

Paneltronics panel $130
http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/w...47#description

Blue Seas Panel $230 (more cha ching for samething)
http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/w...0029%3Bc342247

Marinco 30 amp plug #147421 $98
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...0001/311/310/9

Charger #2611
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...0001/683/544/9