Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: wiring mess

Posted by danedg on 02/25/08 - 7:15 PM
#25

duf
"Grin & Bear It" had five "layers" of wiring buried under the fantastically complicated harness provided by Suzuki....
Color coded wires go to audio, instrumentation, accessory stuff...
I ripped out all the rotten "whaler" wiring...
Ran a new "hot", (black) and "ground", (white) "buss" through hull to console terminal "fuse"block.
From there, it was easy to decipher which bells and whistles needed 12VDC...and which needed GRD. They all do...put 'em on fuses.
The motor harness seems universal...it'll fit anything up to 30'...leaving me an extra 13' of unused wiring wadded up under the console...oh well...
But when I'm installing or servicing...I just look for black and white.
That's what CBO did, and everything runs to that stout fuse block...keeping it as simple as possible.