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Hey Iboaters,
Just starting an electrical thread about some work I am doing on my buddy's boat...
Long story, short...
1993 Cape Craft, 21' Center Console, 200HP V-6 Mercury...
He bought it new back in '93...around 2008-2009 he had new stringers and transom done, make a note, less than 15 yr.old boat, stringers and transom rotted out...anyhow, got it done, went out with a couple of friends to Elliot Key for some fishing and frosties...
Guy who did the work seemed to have forgotten to install a valve on the drain/scupper? [I don't know all the details, since most of his explanation is in Spanish...I know quite a bit about boat terminology in English, but almost none in Spanish]...so he and his buddies are out having a good time until they notice water is up to their knees...next thing you know, glub, glub, glub...to the bottom it goes...
Another passing boat saved their skins and after a few days he had the boat salvaged...the Coast Guard gave him a hefty fine and was going to start charging more fines if he didn't get it out...
Sooo, he brings it home, let's it dry out, motor's shot...sits for a couple of years, gets a new, used motor {the Merc mentioned above}...find's out the electrical system is shot along with numerous other things that go bad when a boat has sunk and sat...
Last year he finds out that his son in Cuba is in line to get an exit visa and loves the water...fishing, free diving, etc...He gets all fired up to get his boat back in shape so when his son gets here, they can enjoy it...
Enter yours truly...everybody at the shop considers me the boat guru, so me and Pedro start talking about what has to be done to his boat to get it water ready...
Last week was a dead slow week at the shop so he asked permission to bring it to the shop so I could take a good look at things...
End of short, long story...
That was two weeks ago, since then I have gone through all of the wiring to find out what is salvageable, what needs replacing and what goes to what...
I have since traced most of the wiring to its respective uses and have begun making a new dash panel with some used gauges off of my current restoration that I won't be needing any longer and a couple of new ones I had purchased previously...
The new dash panels are made out of Starboard and will be set up for ease of maintenance using molex plugs, instead of being permanently mounted in the center console...which by the way is very difficult to crawl into to get at anything...
Still have a ways to go, but this is where I am at so far...
New Port dash panel cut, gauge holes cut and gauges installed...
Bunch of new and old electrical goodies all spread out and ready for selection and use...
Close up of the new rocker switch panel...
All the terminals are crimped, soldered and slathered with liquid electrical tape...{sort of like belts and suspenders type wiring}...
And this is the Port Gauge panel all wired up and ready for installation in the console...
More to come as things progress...
Just starting an electrical thread about some work I am doing on my buddy's boat...
Long story, short...
1993 Cape Craft, 21' Center Console, 200HP V-6 Mercury...
He bought it new back in '93...around 2008-2009 he had new stringers and transom done, make a note, less than 15 yr.old boat, stringers and transom rotted out...anyhow, got it done, went out with a couple of friends to Elliot Key for some fishing and frosties...
Guy who did the work seemed to have forgotten to install a valve on the drain/scupper? [I don't know all the details, since most of his explanation is in Spanish...I know quite a bit about boat terminology in English, but almost none in Spanish]...so he and his buddies are out having a good time until they notice water is up to their knees...next thing you know, glub, glub, glub...to the bottom it goes...
Another passing boat saved their skins and after a few days he had the boat salvaged...the Coast Guard gave him a hefty fine and was going to start charging more fines if he didn't get it out...
Sooo, he brings it home, let's it dry out, motor's shot...sits for a couple of years, gets a new, used motor {the Merc mentioned above}...find's out the electrical system is shot along with numerous other things that go bad when a boat has sunk and sat...
Last year he finds out that his son in Cuba is in line to get an exit visa and loves the water...fishing, free diving, etc...He gets all fired up to get his boat back in shape so when his son gets here, they can enjoy it...
Enter yours truly...everybody at the shop considers me the boat guru, so me and Pedro start talking about what has to be done to his boat to get it water ready...
Last week was a dead slow week at the shop so he asked permission to bring it to the shop so I could take a good look at things...
End of short, long story...
That was two weeks ago, since then I have gone through all of the wiring to find out what is salvageable, what needs replacing and what goes to what...
I have since traced most of the wiring to its respective uses and have begun making a new dash panel with some used gauges off of my current restoration that I won't be needing any longer and a couple of new ones I had purchased previously...
The new dash panels are made out of Starboard and will be set up for ease of maintenance using molex plugs, instead of being permanently mounted in the center console...which by the way is very difficult to crawl into to get at anything...
Still have a ways to go, but this is where I am at so far...
New Port dash panel cut, gauge holes cut and gauges installed...
Bunch of new and old electrical goodies all spread out and ready for selection and use...
Close up of the new rocker switch panel...
All the terminals are crimped, soldered and slathered with liquid electrical tape...{sort of like belts and suspenders type wiring}...
And this is the Port Gauge panel all wired up and ready for installation in the console...
More to come as things progress...
