Steve's two cents worth. Buy decent strippers, too. You don't want to cut any strands of the conductor. I also recommend that you buy wire and connectors that are specifically for a marine environment. Otherwise you can have corrosion issues that can be interesting to figure out.
In a former life, I was an aircraft electrician, and made my share of mistakes. John makes some very good points. Regards, Steve Post Script: If you use a tool one time, it has paid for itself.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Re: montgomery_boats digest, Vol 1 #142 - 5 msgs > Tod, > > I may be able to help also. I overhauled my electrical system on my > Monty. Did a few things wrong, most of it mostly right, learned along > the way. > > Better than the "12 Volt Bible", I recommend Nigel Calder's big fat > hardbound book on boat maintenance. (I forgot the title, and my house > and bookshelves are in an uproar while the house is being remodeled.) > His section on electrical work is complete and thorough, consistent with > the current ABYC standards. > > Several quick tips. > 1. Plan it out in detail. Think about it a lot, make lots of drawings, > look at all the catalogs to find and decide on all the electrical parts > you will need. Have a complete wiring plan before you start, both > physical and electrical. > 2. Fuse everything. A short can burn your boat to the waterline. > 3. Buy the very expensive wire crimpers. > > Regards, > John Fleming > M-17: "Star Cross'd" > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > > > Dan & Tom and any other offended parties, > > > >> Dan, I may well be able to use your help with BuscaBrisas' electrical > > system. I bought a book, "The 12 Volt Bible" in preparation for > > overhauling it since I know next to nothing about things electrical. All > > I know is that the existing system, which has been added to over the > > years, could be cleaned up and refined. I think I'd also like to install some > > LEDs in the cabin and bought some a while back for experimenting. > > When I get to it (after all the other things on my to-do list) I'll give a holler. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tod > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
