All i can say is. Codes largely base requirements on whether the cable is underground or above grade.
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Running wires under boat floor. Running new electrical wires on a boat generally is no fun. 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. Whether beneath a deck or at another exterior location installing outdoor electrical cable exposes electrical cable to moisture. Outdoor wiring regulations specify how to protect wires from moisture including where to encase cables in conduit. To refurbish a pontoon deck start by taking off everything even the console. Installed a minnkota edge trolling motor on my basstender 113.
I realize this whole issue can be a real challenge on todays modern shallow sump boats. It runs on 12 volt electricity instead of propane as the previous one did. Originally posted by dccordell view post. I was also trying to wire my depth finder to the front of the boat. Boat wiring use a coat hanger to run wiring duration. Pulling wires and cables through boats in order to install marine electronics can be a pain.
Advertisement advertise with us. Had problems with old positive and negative cables. 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. That boot would give it a clean look. In doing so. 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.
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More effort needs to be put into this. Once your wiring is complete you can put the flooring on. Off history help. 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. Especially if the rigging tube through which the cable has to go is more crowded than a commuter rail car at rush hour. More often than not where they need to go is hidden in the bowels of the boat twisting and turning.
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. 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. 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. Iboats motorwell boot and cable boot.
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