I am reinstalling the engine down at the boat and since i pretty much redid everything else. I want to make sure i have all the bases covered.
I have included a bunch of photos ( hosted offsite on flikr ) and some notes. Based on that i have some questions regarding wires, voltemeter and the like.
Here are the notes:
### Background Information with photos/notes ###
* * Battery Box * *
# Large Reds from Perko switch, white wire on battery 1 from fusebox at instrument panel,
green wire on negative post of battery 1 i believe is a ground from the accessory bus. large black wire on battery one leads to engine compartment and i believe in the past was attached to rear housing of engine. other wires are for my guest battery charger
* * Cabin view of Perko switch/accessories * *
# Perko off/1/2/all switch plus, Ericson panel for accessories, and a bilge pump switch.
* * Bulkhead view of Perko switch/accessories * *
# accessories go to a box and then to individual devices. Bilge switch at top makes it way to battery 1.
# Perko red cables fort battery 1, battery 2, and finally engine compartment near starter.
* * Cockpit view of instrument panel * *
# Ammeter, oil pressure, Temperature, ignition switch, bilge switch , choke
* * Cockpit locker view of instrument panel * *
# Temperature and Oil pressure are daisy chained along with ignition to a fuse, which then connects directly to battery 1. Bilge switch also uses the fuse setup to get to battery 1 is standalone and not connected to ignition.
# Ammeter is there on far right, but appears to not be hooked up at all.
* * Engine compartment view * *
# Bilge Blower attached to its blue wire and apparently its grounded to the engine
# Battery 1 black cable grounded at aft housing
# Green wire at rear housing attaches to shaft brush grounding strap
# Red perko cable attaches to starter
# Alternator attaches to Starter
# green wire temp sender in head
# red wire oil pressure sender
# white wire attaches to starter
# black wire attaches to positive coil
####### Questions ################
1. Is it safe to say i should replace the current wire going from ignition to positive lead of coil with the 12 gauge yellow/red wire that i read about ?
2. If i replace my existing ammeter gauge in the instrument panel ( which i am going to do ). What will then be the wiring for the voltemeter ? one lead goes to battery for power and the other ?
3. That current bilge blower just seems to go to the switch at intrument panel, and then just ground off at the engine. is that normal ? what color and gauge wire for bilge blower ?
4. There is no 40 amp fuse on the existing red wire coming from perko switch to the engine compartment near starter lug. Where do i get those and can i attach it to existing wire ?
5. Do any of you have the grounding strap attached to the prop shaft as I do ? What is its main purpose ?
6. What items should be directly grounded to the engine ? it looks like in my setup only battery 1 has a ground going to engine.
7. it seems at most of my thru-hulls there are some wires attached to the bronze with a steel strap. Are these just good places to ground certain devices ? i notice at my main thru hull by my sink there are a few wires strapped there.
8. What gauge wire should i use to connect the alternator ( i have the 55 amp one that Moyer sells ) to the starter solenoid ?
Those are my initial questions. One more thing i have a proper crimp tool and if you have any reccomendations on perhaps bettter connections to some of these fittings let me know.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long thread. But i wanted to have my ducks in a row and proper documentation before i posed my questions.
Patrick
I have included a bunch of photos ( hosted offsite on flikr ) and some notes. Based on that i have some questions regarding wires, voltemeter and the like.
Here are the notes:
### Background Information with photos/notes ###
* * Battery Box * *
# Large Reds from Perko switch, white wire on battery 1 from fusebox at instrument panel,
green wire on negative post of battery 1 i believe is a ground from the accessory bus. large black wire on battery one leads to engine compartment and i believe in the past was attached to rear housing of engine. other wires are for my guest battery charger
* * Cabin view of Perko switch/accessories * *
# Perko off/1/2/all switch plus, Ericson panel for accessories, and a bilge pump switch.
* * Bulkhead view of Perko switch/accessories * *
# accessories go to a box and then to individual devices. Bilge switch at top makes it way to battery 1.
# Perko red cables fort battery 1, battery 2, and finally engine compartment near starter.
* * Cockpit view of instrument panel * *
# Ammeter, oil pressure, Temperature, ignition switch, bilge switch , choke
* * Cockpit locker view of instrument panel * *
# Temperature and Oil pressure are daisy chained along with ignition to a fuse, which then connects directly to battery 1. Bilge switch also uses the fuse setup to get to battery 1 is standalone and not connected to ignition.
# Ammeter is there on far right, but appears to not be hooked up at all.
* * Engine compartment view * *
# Bilge Blower attached to its blue wire and apparently its grounded to the engine
# Battery 1 black cable grounded at aft housing
# Green wire at rear housing attaches to shaft brush grounding strap
# Red perko cable attaches to starter
# Alternator attaches to Starter
# green wire temp sender in head
# red wire oil pressure sender
# white wire attaches to starter
# black wire attaches to positive coil
####### Questions ################
1. Is it safe to say i should replace the current wire going from ignition to positive lead of coil with the 12 gauge yellow/red wire that i read about ?
2. If i replace my existing ammeter gauge in the instrument panel ( which i am going to do ). What will then be the wiring for the voltemeter ? one lead goes to battery for power and the other ?
3. That current bilge blower just seems to go to the switch at intrument panel, and then just ground off at the engine. is that normal ? what color and gauge wire for bilge blower ?
4. There is no 40 amp fuse on the existing red wire coming from perko switch to the engine compartment near starter lug. Where do i get those and can i attach it to existing wire ?
5. Do any of you have the grounding strap attached to the prop shaft as I do ? What is its main purpose ?
6. What items should be directly grounded to the engine ? it looks like in my setup only battery 1 has a ground going to engine.
7. it seems at most of my thru-hulls there are some wires attached to the bronze with a steel strap. Are these just good places to ground certain devices ? i notice at my main thru hull by my sink there are a few wires strapped there.
8. What gauge wire should i use to connect the alternator ( i have the 55 amp one that Moyer sells ) to the starter solenoid ?
Those are my initial questions. One more thing i have a proper crimp tool and if you have any reccomendations on perhaps bettter connections to some of these fittings let me know.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long thread. But i wanted to have my ducks in a row and proper documentation before i posed my questions.
Patrick
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