So first, I don't know who else has had this problem, but from the factory the wires on my boat on the port and starboard, aft sides kept falling out of the tracks every time I trailered the boat. Like this:
and this:
To solve that problem I bought some 1" marine grade split loom made by anchor marine. Thinking I'd need about 40' I bought 100' since that was the way to get it cheapest. I solved it by running the wire through the loom like this:
And then jamming that up into the track. It now does not fall out, and an added beneft is no more worrying about the possiblity of wire chafing.
Next was to clean up the wiring along the bottom of the boat that runs from a fuse block, the engine, and the switchbox at the back of the boat to batteries in teh stock location. This is what it used to look like:
I had thought I'd need at least two runs for that much wire, but it turned out when I got the wires all lined up it fit perfect. So now I've got like 70 feet of split loom waiting for another project. Here's the result:
The fuse block is hanging on the ceiling of the starboard aft side behind the partition that covers the view of some of the steering hardware. Here's what it looked like before:
And now:
Of course, I really need to get around to putting labels on the fuses.
Those lines run up to a combiner and switch inside the box under the aft dinnette seat and then over to the stock battery location. I made a little shelf for it to mount to.
Drawback to that is that I have to lift the seat to turn off the boat. There's a valid reason for it though. I have a 18 month old who loves to throw switches, I needed it hidded from view., when he gets older I'll move it.
Also, I decided to clean up the lines running to the engine. Here's the before and after:
after:
Anyway was nice to get that out of the way. Its one of those things I should have done as it was installed, but was in a rush, and didn't have the right stuff to do it all purdy.
