Wiring question

[pelican]

Like I said - I'm sorry I posted the picture - it won't happen again I can promise you. For the sake of a group lesson, and in a boat that runs 6 days a week but is apparently wired wrong, I'm outta here...

apparently,you have very thin skin - i typed what i seen,just as you did - if you can't take some problems being pointed out,than so be it.man,what a sensative guy you are - the picture shows what it shows - sorry for pointing out faults...what has happened in this world ? christ,you point out something clearly wrong,and all the drama happens...grow up !

[Caymanboy]

My, it's a testy group out there today!!! Mus b d heat!!!
Aneway, my two cents, and I am sure a ABYC electrician may chime in.
My concern would be the supply wire size on both the positive and the grounds. Since the load wires appear to be the same gauge or maybe a gauge smaller if you add up the load amperage those are capable of, I am pretty sure the supply wires cannot carry the total load effectively if everything was turned on at the same time.
Everyone has there own personal preference on where things should be mounted. But from personnal experience, when a fuse blows on me, it is ususlly at night, then I am digging in a console, which has been stacked with everyhting I need to stay alive and is quite dark. I have used fuses, mounted next to my switches (made by Vector LED), (I coat the fuses in a dielectric grease) and that seems to have worked on my projects for years. But, like I say, different things work for different folks. The common ground is for us all to help each other, do what we can, with the tools and supplies we have, with what we want to spend.

[SBD]

As I understand it the gauges have no posts just wire pigtails coming out from them? Common solution is to butt connect them.

That is the situation, what I don't get is how do you butt connect multiple pigtails?

[NoBones]

Yo Ron, Do not take this bad!!
I get beat up all the time here and these
guys are my friends!!
Come on down to a Rotary meeting with me some time.
You have to have Rhino skin to put up with that group!!

Hate to see you bail out, always enjoyed your posts..

See ya, Ken

[Tarpun]

I worry when my friends stop picking on me.

[pelican]

I am sure a ABYC electrician may chime in.

one did -

[hermco]

The wires are probably 16 - 18 ga.? You can strip the sheathing and twist them and two will fit in a blue butt conn. Use the adhesive walled heat shrink type. You can also get butts that step down in size. I get them from Lewis Marine Supply but I am sure they are available elsewhere.

[SBD]

Hermco that is what I needed. There's just not enough of these on my skiff to justify a buss bar. I will post pics for future heckling.

[shana]

lets all get together and help each other life is short boys lets hear the love george

[strick]

Yo Ron, Do not take this bad!!
I get beat up all the time here and these
guys are my friends!! Hate to see you bail out, always enjoyed your posts..

Ditto on that. Anytime we post pictures it's open season..lord knows the mistakes I've posted over the years. I'm always open to constructive criticism. This site and especially Don Hermco have been a great help over the years. Now let us sing.

strick