Speaker templates

Hello all. My first post here. I'm wanting to install a new stereo\speakers on my boat. It's a '96 Wellcraft 195ccf. I want to install two speaker on either side of the center console, and I need to cut the holes for them. Does anyone know where I can find templates for flushmount 6 1/2" speakers? Any help would be appreciated.

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Do you already have the speakers? Usually when you buy them there is a cardboard type template included in the box.

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Yeah, I've already got them, but they aren't brand new. They are from a friend's old system, so there are no templates.

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Gosh -- make your own. Measure the diameter of the mounting surface on the back of the speaker. Use a compass set for 1/2 the diameter and draw a circle on a blank sheet of paper or cardboard. Cut it out and you have your template. Cut the hole, insert the speaker, mark the mounting holes and drill them. Done.

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Thanks, I was planning on doing that if there weren't any available.

I have another question. I've been reading about the yellow wire from the receiver provides a constant, unswitched 12 volt connection. The stereo that I aqcuired doesn't have a yellow wire, just the black/ground, red/power, blue/antenna, and the speaker wires. All of the electronics run through circuit breakers, not fuses. Would wiring directly to the battery with an inline circuit breaker/switch allow me to play the stereo with the boat turned off?

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Yes it would. The constant power supplied by the yellow wire would be what allows the stereo to save programmed stations and maintain the time... if yours doesn't have a yellow wire, it probably doesn't have a clock on it either, and I would guess it doesn't let you program in stations.

The best set up would be to run your black wire straight to a ground (either directly on the battery or tied into another ground line that runs to the battery), and run the red wire to a switch then from there to the battery. That way you can be certain the radio is OFF and not draining your battery when not in use. but so long as the switch were in the on position the radio would work (assuming the battery isn't dead)