Whether beneath a deck or at another exterior location installing outdoor electrical cable exposes electrical cable to moisture. I realize this whole issue can be a real challenge on todays modern shallow sump boats.
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Running wires under boat floor. To refurbish a pontoon deck start by taking off everything even the console. Off history help. United states restricted mode. Cs on the flat bottom series uses a foam filled floor between the floor you stand on and the bottom of the boat there is about 6 of foam. More often than not where they need to go is hidden in the bowels of the boat twisting and turning. Label these wires too so you can easily connect the correct wires that will be running under the floor of your boat with the correct switches and corresponding wires that you clipped in your console.
Keep this stuff out of your bilge folks. Boat wiring use a coat hanger to run wiring duration. If i were to ever re do this boat i would run the wires like we saw in the pvc conduit if it isnt from the factory and run the controlsteering cables outside the pvc allowing more reasonable bends. Chief petty officer join date. Advertisement advertise with us. Especially if the rigging tube through which the cable has to go is more crowded than a commuter rail car at rush hour.
Outdoor wiring regulations specify how to protect wires from moisture including where to encase cables in conduit. Last summer we installed a new refrigerator. I was also trying to wire my depth finder to the front of the boat. Iboats motorwell boot and cable boot. November 26th 2010 0523 pm. Those connections are pretty much guaranteed to end up soaked in water sooner than later and will create a problem for whatever device these cables are feeding.
In doing so. When running cables or wire first push the metal snake through the tube and then securely tape on the cable or wire plus an additional pull wire for future projects and then pull the snake back out to run the wires through. Installed a minnkota edge trolling motor on my basstender 113. Pulling wires and cables through boats in order to install marine electronics can be a pain. Once your wiring is complete you can put the flooring on. Codes largely base requirements on whether the cable is underground or above grade.
That boot would give it a clean look. Running new electrical wires on a boat generally is no fun. All i can say is. It runs on 12 volt electricity instead of propane as the previous one did. Originally posted by dccordell view post. Had problems with old positive and negative cables.
Getjanky dotcom 19616 views. There simply isnt much room to isolate these cable runs under the floor boards from whatever water ends up in the low point of the boat. And like he said there is a fiberglass or pvc type wire mold thing that is gluedepoxied to the floor that the wires fuel lines stering cables run through under. More effort needs to be put into this.
Gallery of Running Wires Under Boat Floor
