wiring

nobass · 03-09-13, 06:56 PM

had fun afternoon the instrument wiring in boat was brittle and cracked kept shorting out(blowing fuses). had to remove old wires and pull all new ones of course old wires where cable tied to harness. thank god for fish tapes. took about 3 hours and a lot of cramps but all is working now. loading boat tommorrow .

bassfisher · 03-09-13, 07:15 PM

Well done, at least you were able to do it.

My old tried worn out back can't handle cramped position anymore.

bassboogieman · 03-09-13, 08:59 PM

Wiring is never fun, all those darn colors. But sounds like you got through it with no issues so you'll probably never have to do it again. Spring is comming, but still a few weeks away up here.

bamabassman · 03-09-13, 10:12 PM

come on down here don my friend, buddy of mine, ol pal. hahahahaa!!! i got 2 boats that need oyur expertise, i have a fish tape.

glad oyu got yours all straightened out man for real. i remember oyu working on either oyurs or someone elses at wheeler.

nobass · 03-09-13, 11:36 PM

just a phone call away. all it will cost is a trip to the mud hole and lisa's egg gravy

nofearengineer · 03-10-13, 12:15 AM

Donald, just remember that on a fiberglass boat, accidentally touching the wire to the hull won't melt anything.

nobass · 03-10-13, 07:44 AM

i know but i have a aluminun boat . big hunk of ground.

bassboogieman · 03-10-13, 09:32 AM

Seems there may be another story to be told, hummmmm? The Avalanche is Aluminium...

bamabassman · 03-10-13, 09:41 AM

hahaha, ya'll NEVER cease to make me laugh.

don, when i can afford it....you are WELCOME to come on down pal. lisa will make oyu a dozen biscuits so oyu can take em home too.egg gravy is all you want? ok. but she can fry up some MEAN chicken too. lol!!

nofearengineer · 03-10-13, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bassboogieman

Seems there may be another story to be told, hummmmm? The Avalanche is Aluminium...

Haha, just that I got damned close to burning a hole in my hull while switching my trolling motor receptacle over for the Terrova. Scared the crap out of me. It seems Tracker spared no expense in installing 0.005 inches of extra wire. Lucky it just touched one of the stringers.

bassboogieman · 03-10-13, 01:05 PM

LMAO, but as an Engineer - they over think EVERYTHING - why on earth did you not disconnect your wires from the battery when fooling with the recpetacle? OMG, I think I may have paid good money to have seen that one in person, but I'm certain I would have needed ear plugs. But yeah, drawing an arc like that will give you a jolt in more ways than one.

nofearengineer · 03-10-13, 02:48 PM

You're right, Bruce...obviously, I should have. But I stubbornly didn't on that occasion. As I have said many times before, my stupid battery compartment is a nightmare to work in. I took a chance, and it nearly screwed me big time.

bassfisher · 03-10-13, 10:44 PM

Speaker of wiring, the last time the wife and I went out, one of the livewells won't work. So today I got in the battery compartment, and found someone had messed with my pump wiring. (Now no one works on my boat but me and me dealer, and it wasn't me

) After fixing the mess they caused, my port side still wouldn't work, so I swithed the wiring around to make sure the pumps still worked, well lucky for me they did. So next (Had the wife get up under the dash

), and she found a loose connection on the port switch, pushed it back on, and it worked. I keep telling the wife I'm going to stop going there, because everytime I do, they screw something up. Well that's it, they won't be seeing me again, but I do plan on talking to the owner to let him see and know and why they won't be seeing me again.

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03-09-13, 06:56 PM	#1
nobass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: clarksville, tn, Posts: 1,690	wiring had fun afternoon the instrument wiring in boat was brittle and cracked kept shorting out(blowing fuses). had to remove old wires and pull all new ones of course old wires where cable tied to harness. thank god for fish tapes. took about 3 hours and a lot of cramps but all is working now. loading boat tommorrow . __________________ the only easy day was yesterday

03-09-13, 10:12 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	come on down here don my friend, buddy of mine, ol pal. hahahahaa!!! i got 2 boats that need oyur expertise, i have a fish tape. glad oyu got yours all straightened out man for real. i remember oyu working on either oyurs or someone elses at wheeler. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-09-13, 11:36 PM	#5
nobass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: clarksville, tn, Posts: 1,690	just a phone call away. all it will cost is a trip to the mud hole and lisa's egg gravy __________________ the only easy day was yesterday

03-10-13, 12:15 AM	#6
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Donald, just remember that on a fiberglass boat, accidentally touching the wire to the hull won't melt anything. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

03-09-13, 07:15 PM	#2
bassfisher BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nicholasville Ky Posts: 275	Well done, at least you were able to do it. My old tried worn out back can't handle cramped position anymore.

03-09-13, 08:59 PM	#3
bassboogieman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Parkesburg, Pa. Posts: 3,762	Wiring is never fun, all those darn colors. But sounds like you got through it with no issues so you'll probably never have to do it again. Spring is comming, but still a few weeks away up here.

03-10-13, 07:44 AM	#7
nobass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: clarksville, tn, Posts: 1,690	i know but i have a aluminun boat . big hunk of ground. __________________ the only easy day was yesterday

03-10-13, 09:32 AM	#8
bassboogieman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Parkesburg, Pa. Posts: 3,762	Seems there may be another story to be told, hummmmm? The Avalanche is Aluminium...

03-10-13, 09:41 AM	#9
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	hahaha, ya'll NEVER cease to make me laugh. don, when i can afford it....you are WELCOME to come on down pal. lisa will make oyu a dozen biscuits so oyu can take em home too.egg gravy is all you want? ok. but she can fry up some MEAN chicken too. lol!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-10-13, 01:05 PM	#11
bassboogieman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Parkesburg, Pa. Posts: 3,762	LMAO, but as an Engineer - they over think EVERYTHING - why on earth did you not disconnect your wires from the battery when fooling with the recpetacle? OMG, I think I may have paid good money to have seen that one in person, but I'm certain I would have needed ear plugs. But yeah, drawing an arc like that will give you a jolt in more ways than one.

03-10-13, 02:48 PM	#12
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	You're right, Bruce...obviously, I should have. But I stubbornly didn't on that occasion. As I have said many times before, my stupid battery compartment is a nightmare to work in. I took a chance, and it nearly screwed me big time. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

03-10-13, 10:44 PM	#13
bassfisher BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nicholasville Ky Posts: 275	Speaker of wiring, the last time the wife and I went out, one of the livewells won't work. So today I got in the battery compartment, and found someone had messed with my pump wiring. (Now no one works on my boat but me and me dealer, and it wasn't me ) After fixing the mess they caused, my port side still wouldn't work, so I swithed the wiring around to make sure the pumps still worked, well lucky for me they did. So next (Had the wife get up under the dash ), and she found a loose connection on the port switch, pushed it back on, and it worked. I keep telling the wife I'm going to stop going there, because everytime I do, they screw something up. Well that's it, they won't be seeing me again, but I do plan on talking to the owner to let him see and know and why they won't be seeing me again.

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