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Rewiring
Any rough idea what a ball park figure would be to completly rewire a 23 cc seacraft. Stem to stern, basic electronics. from bilge pumps to nav lights. Thanks
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3 Six pack of Budweiser + $40.00 of Wire and 2 Long Days of cramped working conditions.
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I agree with the three six packs for me, but how much to have some one do the wiring?
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I'm just throwing this out from what I did.
As you may know I have built a piolethouse with 2 console's. There a 2 batteries in each console. I spent over $300 just for battery cable and end's. 2/0 cable. There are all kind's of diffrent system's on my boat. More than most for a 23ft boat. I spent aprox another $1200 on wire and end's. yes I have plenty left over, but I'm sure a job will come rolling in one day for me to use it. This stuff was NOT bought at a box store. It was bought thru Best Boat wire. http://bestboatwire.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=23 It would have been 3 to 5 times more thru a box store. One little neat tool I wiped out in an afternoon really help's http://www.classicmako.com/bobby/Wire%20Holder%202.JPG http://www.classicmako.com/bobby/Wire%20Holder%203.JPG I wire each circuit right out of my head. Then I make a little sketch and go inside to the computer. I use a program called "Smart Draw 7" It's fun to play with. Here's a couple of samples. http://www.classicmako.com/bobby/Bat...Wiring%201.jpg http://www.classicmako.com/bobby/Guage%20Light's1.jpg http://www.classicmako.com/bobby/Bil...p%20Wiring.gif |
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DA! Don't ask me why the pix's will not show?
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Slick work there Bobby !
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Hmmm I tried posting them for you Bobby but they wont show for me either [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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i redid my whole boat year before last- from new dash and new gages and everything in between. I quit counting after about 600$ d think i ended up spending around a grand. i did the wm and bw buying deal. i ended up using a lot more black and red wire though cause buying spools for 6 ft of one color wire got too expensive in a hurry. good luck ! its really kinda fun and you will feel good about it after you finish!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Another advantage to Best boat wire is they have 13 color's in their primary wire. Try to find that at a box store. You will be lucky to find 6 colors.
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Miles Offshore: to me re-wiring seems to be a can of worms...but I am willing to try it...would you suggest a book or manual that I can learn from? -- Thanks, aaf
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I have both of these + one more.
http://www.themotorbookstore.com/12-...for-boats.html http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846 |
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warthog5 thanks for leads. -- aaf
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Does anyone recommend the more expensive "tinned" wire.
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web page "The wire must be copper, but even copper corrodes in the marine environment, and corrosion is the primary cause of electrical failures on a boat. Plating each strand of the wire with a thin coat of tin-called tinning--dramatically improves corrosion resistance. The additional cost of tinned wire is nominal, the benefits substantial. Under normal circumstances use only tinned wire." |
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GOOD! That is what I have been using lately. It only costs a few cents more a foot and I get it for a reasonable price at Marine Surplus here in Sarasota.
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