About ready to redo the wiring on the old boat. I first want to trace my panel main ground since this project appears to have some confusion under the cloak of sheathing. I don't have a multimeter, but have a cheap 12v tester from HFT.
Before I disassembled the old console panel, one black wire was jumped to the switches and not working fuel gauge(I have fuel diagram)
Nothing is connected to a battery yet. I first want to connect the engine red and black only. At that point, what do I need to do to check the black ground at the panel to see if this connection supplies my panel main grounding using this tester?
The tester is a CEN-TECH circuit tester, has a single probe and a cord with a clamp. The instructions ask to connect the clamp to the battery post(NEG in this case) and touch the wire(main black at panel) with the probe tip. If it lights up, then OK.
Sound right?
This is an old boat with some confusion, sheathed runs, unidentified wires, odd colors in odd places, and about every issue that requires tracing before connecting.
Please keep in mind this boat at the battery does not have a common place(buss) where a collection of grounds are obvious. Instead, the grounds for the bilge, fuel tank, and stern light disappear into a merging highway of cable and are probably spliced into the wire leading to the panel, I hope.
Funny thing, the bow light ground flows toward the panel, but disappears also into a cable run, so somewhere under cover is a collection of spliced grounds??
Before I disassembled the old console panel, one black wire was jumped to the switches and not working fuel gauge(I have fuel diagram)
Nothing is connected to a battery yet. I first want to connect the engine red and black only. At that point, what do I need to do to check the black ground at the panel to see if this connection supplies my panel main grounding using this tester?
The tester is a CEN-TECH circuit tester, has a single probe and a cord with a clamp. The instructions ask to connect the clamp to the battery post(NEG in this case) and touch the wire(main black at panel) with the probe tip. If it lights up, then OK.
Sound right?
This is an old boat with some confusion, sheathed runs, unidentified wires, odd colors in odd places, and about every issue that requires tracing before connecting.
Please keep in mind this boat at the battery does not have a common place(buss) where a collection of grounds are obvious. Instead, the grounds for the bilge, fuel tank, and stern light disappear into a merging highway of cable and are probably spliced into the wire leading to the panel, I hope.
Funny thing, the bow light ground flows toward the panel, but disappears also into a cable run, so somewhere under cover is a collection of spliced grounds??