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Default Kingfisher electrical issues
On 4/15/2013 1:42 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:31:32 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:29:49 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

Do you own a multimeter? If not, get one.

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Buying a multimeter is good advice. It will pay for itself many
times over.

If you have multiple circuits failing it will probably turn out to be
a bad connection coming from, or returning to, your battery.

On the other hand the wiring, fuse panel and switches in a boat that
old are probably pretty well shot. Replacing all that is a non
trivial project but it will save you a lot of aggravation down the
road.

I agree with Wayne.

Seems you agree with me too...

Start over with all new wiring.
There is usually not that much on a small boat like that anyway.
Personally I would home run everything back to a dry spot like the
console and have no splices in between. I would also use a wet
location cord like SJOW. That gives you an extra level of protection
and keeps things neat. I used conduit on my pontoon boat but that is
not usually an option on a runabout. You could use Smurf tube I guess
(the blue flex stuff at Home Depot)
Get a fuse box with a cover to keep that dry. I used a breaker panel
in a NEMA 3R box and I have a very dry console,


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