J. Landin
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2023
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- 1975 34’ Marine Trader Sedan
As promised I am working on the mess of wiring on my boat and am trying to get pictures as I go to document it.
I started by climbing into the fly bridge to access the situation up the. Attached are the before, after and pile of wires removed. It is hard to imagine what went through the POwners mind when running things the way they did.
Since I can’t trust that any of the wires or terminations are reliable it all has to go. I cut everything out of the fly bridge and pulled the wires through the wood steering tube into the main cabin. From there I traced down the upper wire termination points and cut them at their terminal strip or origin.
It was amazing to see 18awg 110v A/C secured to a terminal strip that has 80 % 12 v dc circuits on it. This 18 awful wire was powering the bilge 110v power for the battery charger. Conductor way undersized.
I started by climbing into the fly bridge to access the situation up the. Attached are the before, after and pile of wires removed. It is hard to imagine what went through the POwners mind when running things the way they did.
Since I can’t trust that any of the wires or terminations are reliable it all has to go. I cut everything out of the fly bridge and pulled the wires through the wood steering tube into the main cabin. From there I traced down the upper wire termination points and cut them at their terminal strip or origin.
It was amazing to see 18awg 110v A/C secured to a terminal strip that has 80 % 12 v dc circuits on it. This 18 awful wire was powering the bilge 110v power for the battery charger. Conductor way undersized.