How not to wire a boat...

[RobsJonBoat]

At the ramp saw two guys with a 14 ft aluminum<br />jon boat. Owner had cut access holes in all the<br />seats and thrown out all the flotation to make<br />room for batteries, coolers, etc. Then put two<br />pedestal seats up too high, then put too large<br />a motor on it. But the most unsafe<br />thing he did was wire his boat..he had lights<br />everywhere and outlets everywhere. Now when I <br />say outlets i mean household electrical outlets! All of this junk was wired with cheap lamp cord. A white piece here, brown there parts and scraps of electrical cords! No covering to prevent chafing and not a fuse in there anywhere...

 

[Kenneth Brown]

Re: How not to wire a boat...

What are you doing in Texas and more importantly what are you doing looking at my boat?

 

[Winger Ed.]

Re: How not to wire a boat...

Whenever I see some mess like that, I like to keep those folks in sight. <br /><br />If you wait and watch long enough, they will always entertain you better than any TV show.

 

[Bigfun]

Re: How not to wire a boat...

Well, it is a jon boat and are'nt they supposed to look ugly.<br />I confess to removing about 25% of my foam.<br />After finding the price of 24 volt trolling motor marine plugs I decided to use what I had on hand which was a male/female 240 volt plug/outlet 18 years ago.<br />50 hp jet on a 16' jonny.<br />My pedestals are adjustable.<br />Fuses, yes.<br />Weld repairs, everywhere.<br />Ugly, yes, but I think she's beutifull.

 

[NYMINUTE]

Re: How not to wire a boat...

Another Einstein. Keep him in Ga. Enough winners here in the midwest.