JohngeorgeIV
Cadet
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- Apr 6, 2013
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First I am writing this because I need help as in I do Not know enough about electrical to do this myself. A lot of you guys have helped me ton with my rebuild so far so If you can offer any advice I would greatly appreciate. BUT....If You are interested in showing off your Boat brilliance and want to make some one feel dumb then please ignore my post.
I am rewiring my 16.5 ft smoker craft with 50 HP mercury with the following items. Boat Bilge, Livewell Bilge, 6 interior courtesy Led Lights, Bow light? Or anchor light Correct?, Stern or Navigation Light Correct? Fish finder, and Stereo with 2 or 4 speakers. Plus bowmount trolling motor. Please check my thoughts and see if I have this correct
2 Batteries in rear of boat. One for starting and one for accessories. Should both be deep cycle?
These will be on a battery switch connected to a Fuse panel.
1 Deep cycle in bow of boat just for trolling motor.
One aft bus bar for my bilge and live well pump to battery 1 negative
Negative from switch panel goes to negative of battery 2.
There would be positive and negative wires going to each one of my accessores that has a built in switch or on off button like Fishfinder, stereo, ciggarrette lighter.
One wire going to a switch panel that I could wire my interior lights too, my bilge pumps, and my navigation and Anchor lights? Is it law to also have a horn on a boat? I live in wisconsin if that matters.
How do you figure out what size or how many amp panel to get? If I just ran all the Accessories through one big switch panel that had 10 thru 25 amp fuses built into it can I just skip having the designated Fuse panel?
How do you know or decided what size wire for where?
Also, I had purchases some pvc electrical conduit thinking it would be nice to have all the wiring hidden. Alot of people doing this on their rebuilds? IS anyone doing this on their rebuilds?
Thank you very much for reading and I appreciate your help.
I am rewiring my 16.5 ft smoker craft with 50 HP mercury with the following items. Boat Bilge, Livewell Bilge, 6 interior courtesy Led Lights, Bow light? Or anchor light Correct?, Stern or Navigation Light Correct? Fish finder, and Stereo with 2 or 4 speakers. Plus bowmount trolling motor. Please check my thoughts and see if I have this correct
2 Batteries in rear of boat. One for starting and one for accessories. Should both be deep cycle?
These will be on a battery switch connected to a Fuse panel.
1 Deep cycle in bow of boat just for trolling motor.
One aft bus bar for my bilge and live well pump to battery 1 negative
Negative from switch panel goes to negative of battery 2.
There would be positive and negative wires going to each one of my accessores that has a built in switch or on off button like Fishfinder, stereo, ciggarrette lighter.
One wire going to a switch panel that I could wire my interior lights too, my bilge pumps, and my navigation and Anchor lights? Is it law to also have a horn on a boat? I live in wisconsin if that matters.
How do you figure out what size or how many amp panel to get? If I just ran all the Accessories through one big switch panel that had 10 thru 25 amp fuses built into it can I just skip having the designated Fuse panel?
How do you know or decided what size wire for where?
Also, I had purchases some pvc electrical conduit thinking it would be nice to have all the wiring hidden. Alot of people doing this on their rebuilds? IS anyone doing this on their rebuilds?
Thank you very much for reading and I appreciate your help.