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youstolemybeer
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Please stop wiring boats, and if you dont, could you please stop using the same wire colors for EVERYTHING. I have a hard enough time climbing down into the engine compartment, much less trying to figure out what wire goes where and what it does.
Now on to the previous owners of my boat. Please stop working on the boat when you are drunk and PLEASE repair the problems correctly. Twisting the wires together and using electric tape is not an approved repair. There is a new thing out called heat shrink, please learn how to use it and please start using it.. Also, wire connectors...... They have little pieces of plastic on them for a reason, START USING THEM. It gives a much cleaner look.
There is a thing called an amp. It is a unit of measure, more amps more power. Wire size is determined by amps. The more amps, more/thicker wire. How do you expect an bilge pump to work if you wire it with telephone wire? For that matter, how do you expect the stereo to work properly if you wire it to the bilge pump wire (no kidding he wired the stereo and the bilge on the same telephone wire)
There is a thing called a buss bar. Please save the next guy a headache. Use them
Thank you
Now on to the previous owners of my boat. Please stop working on the boat when you are drunk and PLEASE repair the problems correctly. Twisting the wires together and using electric tape is not an approved repair. There is a new thing out called heat shrink, please learn how to use it and please start using it.. Also, wire connectors...... They have little pieces of plastic on them for a reason, START USING THEM. It gives a much cleaner look.
There is a thing called an amp. It is a unit of measure, more amps more power. Wire size is determined by amps. The more amps, more/thicker wire. How do you expect an bilge pump to work if you wire it with telephone wire? For that matter, how do you expect the stereo to work properly if you wire it to the bilge pump wire (no kidding he wired the stereo and the bilge on the same telephone wire)
There is a thing called a buss bar. Please save the next guy a headache. Use them
Thank you
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Things not going to well we see?
All I've wanted was to just have fun.
For most boat owners, maintaining such a high level of ignorance would be hard work, but it just comes naturally for some people.
This boat has been cursed since I purchased it a little over a year ago. All sort of goofy electrical gremlins. Bad starter, fried fridge transformer, possessed stereo, 2 count them 2 bad battery switches and now a flakey water heater. Oh well, 1st world problems. I suppose I could have worse things to deal with