That's a little early for me LOL. But at least you get the afternoons off! How far is your commute? Will you have your car up and running by then? I'd think that would make it a lot easier to commute.
I think that's a pretty neat job though! I know a little bit about marine electrical but nowhere as much as you probably will by the end of this job.
One thing that's always confused me is the whole neutral-to-ground bonding thing on boats. I've had multiple (marine and land-based electricians explain it to me but it goes right over my head. Same with 3-phase. I know how to join wires and know a decent amount about the electrical characteristics of many lamps/ballasts but not how the electricity "flows to ground".
One issue that's always perplexed me is the whole neutral-to-ground switching thing on boats. Years ago my dad had an inverter on his boat where that was somehow messed up. Here's how it basically works: It converts 12vDC from a battery bank into usable 120vAC, albeit in a "modified sine wave" which can sometimes cause issues and fry certain things...there's always the claim that you can't run a fluorescent light on MSW but I've been doing that for years now with everything from spiral CFLs all the way up to an 8ft slimline without any trouble whatsoever, though ballasts often are noisier than on "regular" power.
Anyhow, if running from batteries, that's how it converts the power. But when power is applied from an external AC source, for example a generator or plugging the unit into grid/city power, the unit switches functions and transfers the AC loads powered off the inverter to the incoming AC power and also the unit then charges the batteries. The transition between power sources is noticeable by either the unit making a "click" (transfer switch relay), a little "flicker" in the power output (enough that most digital clocks don't go to flashing 12:00 mode but enough that a HID lamp (in my case 400w MH or 175w MV) will go out and restrike, or sometimes even preheat fluorescents will go out and restart) or a change in the sound of a ballast/electric motor (they sound different on the MSW inverter output than they do on "normal" power) or a change in the brightness of lights (usually the inverter output/voltage is slightly "dimmer", especially with LPF rapid start fluorescents and incandescent lamps). The switchover from incoming AC to inverter is usually slightly longer than the inverter to AC switch is. (The latter usually isn't long enough to make a preheat florescent freak out but an HID lamp will go out and restrike).
Anyhow, the grounding issue (from what I understand) is this: The neutral/ground thing on boats (where this was designed to be used) is weird or whatever (I don't understand it) but when plugged into utility power the unit switches to the neutral (or ground if the marina/harbor is grounded, no idea if they are) the unit switches to that or something...anyhow there's also a way to disable the unit from doing this (I think the Canadian code prohibits it actually). Anyhow somehow there was an electrical "leak" somewhere. Also I'll mention here that on boats you have pieces of zinc under the waterline since there's electrolysis from the saltwater, dissimilar metals, etc...they're sacrificial and are "eaten" first...anyhow he was going through zincs at a crazy rate and we finally traced it to the inverter/charger, tried disconnecting it, and everything stopped.(The boat caught fish better, the electrolysis thing applies somehow there), the zincs lasted a lot longer, etc). Anyhow that same inverter now powers my house, where electrolysis and ground leakages aren't an issue, being that the neutral/ground are bonded in my breaker box and connected to the grounding stake of my house.
Another thing: for whatever reason you're not supposed to use a regular car battery charger on a boat in a marina, you'll cook everyone's zincs (for whatever reason).
Did that explanation make ANY sense? LOL.
Oh and remember the story I related some time ago about actually riding in a Deuce about 3 years ago now? Well today I was talking with that person and we were remembering that LOL. I was mentioning how in the space of the last month (2 1-week stints) I've gone probably at least 1000 mils in a car...I've spent entire YEARS with FAR less time in a car. The "Cars are overrated" comment of course came up LOL. Then I had to mention "Yeah, well I HAVE been driving in Port Alexander". Annoying thing is, I thought nothing of that experience at the time, then a few years later I develop an interest in owning a Deuce. Ha..irony always comes back to bite me in the butt LOL.
Oh and I was describing this thread to someone recently...don't even remember who but I do remember mentioning that my personal name for the thread is not "The Off Topic, Topic" but is instead "Diarrhea of the Keyboard". (Now over 100 pages of it but I still love this thread, posting in it almost every day, often multiple times a day. )