Notice the fuse shown this needs to be circuit protected with an inline fuse like this one. Im also showing the negative return wiring for the bilge pump in this step.
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How to wire boat radio to battery. Ultimately the ground wire connects to the negative terminal on your battery. Shoreline marine presents captain weekend loye futch a 25 year veteran of the marine industry and professional boat mechanic who will show you how to properly connect wires to a marine battery. Vincent fraser 36193 views. In order for the dual battery system to operate properly you need a crossover cable between the negative terminals of the two batteries. Its pretty standard in boat wiring to bypass the main battery switch for one thing. The yellow one is the positive power wire and it connects to the positive terminal on your battery.
Connect the red fused 12 volt dc positive power cable directly to the output terminal on the battery selector switch and connect the black wire to ground using the appropriately sized cable for the length of both runs. How to add refrigerant to air conditioner duration. Word of advice tv recommended for you. Boat battery wiring how to duration. The yellow memory wire should always be connected directly to the battery and a blue wire to connect an external amplifier if so desired. Radio install on boat duration.
This way even if your battery switch is off if your boat starts filling with water the pump will still kick on. Also connect the negative cable lug from the engineground and the negative accessory wire to either of the negative battery posts and make sure all terminal nuts are tight. The red wire is the hot wire and will need to connect to the positive terminal on the battery either directly or indirectly. If applicable wire the red and yellow into the boats positive lead if your boat does not have accessory function and then your gonna have to make sure you turn off the stereo manually when not in use. Reel life fisherman 72069 views. Typically the switched power wire connects to the boats ignition so that when you turn the boat off the stereo will turn off.
The red one is a switched power wire. Bluetooth kenwood duration. The boats bilge pump float switch. Id rather have a dead battery than a swamped boat. How to install a stereo and speakers on your boat. A stereo memory line might.
The black wire is the ground wire connected to the negative terminal.
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