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| I've ripped out my floors, and started on the boxes on the sides, most of the wires are exposed.
I'm not electrically inclined, how hard is it to rewire my boat? What would you rewire differently?
I have a lot of old wires cobbled about from old locators, etc. and I figure if my wood was dry rotted on the bottom of the boat the wires running through the bottom had to be exposed to the same water.
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | I wired up my jon boat with 2 depthfinders, navigation lights, leds, bilge pump, and trolling motor with little electrical experience. I did spent a lot of time on other websites looking at wiring diagrams though. It's not too hard if you have the time to research before hand. Ton boats . net has a forum on boat electronics you should check out. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | I would replace it all with THHN wire. I rewired my boat when i replaced all the wood and it took about 2 hours. I bundled all the wires in a plastic gas line so that they could be replaced easily if needed. Remember to allow a lot of room to pull new wires through if needed. Solder and heat shrink EVERYTHING. Splice caps are prone to corrosion. I ran both depth finders, the boat switch panel, and a 12v cigarette lighter socket to a bus bar connected to the battery. This alone cleaned up most of the stray wires I had in my boat from the previous owner. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | 1 - 1 1/2" plastic flexible hose for conduit and include a pull cord for future adds. |
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| Guys,
Thanks for the input. I will do my research and make sure to use the tubes to pull the wire through.
Nomad. |
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