Farlander
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35-2 Cabin Lighting Wire Replacement
Hello Ericson aficionados! I hope someone out there has the wisdom or experience to help with this conundrum.
The other day the 'CABIN LIGHTING' fuse blew. I had all the cabin lights on, which is normally fine. The fuse holder was hot to the touch so I started replacing bad connections and checking wiring.
Upon inspection of the first fixture over the galley counter, I found bad wire butt splices, and there was no clean copper visible even after stripping back the feeder wire. The wire goes into the cabin ceiling and presumably runs through the deck (this is where it gets grey for me) and either on to the next fixture back to the fuse panel.
I tried tugging on either end of the wires that I THOUGHT were the same wire to see if it looked like I could pull new wire through, but there was no give at all. So the questions is:
Has anyone tried replacing the 'in deck' wiring that feeds the cabin lighting fixtures, and if so, how did you do it? Is it even possible? Naturally I want to avoid tearing apart the boat, or running ugly surface mounted wires if possible! Thanks in advance,
Joe
Hull 154 'Betty' formerly 'Virgo'
Hello Ericson aficionados! I hope someone out there has the wisdom or experience to help with this conundrum.
The other day the 'CABIN LIGHTING' fuse blew. I had all the cabin lights on, which is normally fine. The fuse holder was hot to the touch so I started replacing bad connections and checking wiring.
Upon inspection of the first fixture over the galley counter, I found bad wire butt splices, and there was no clean copper visible even after stripping back the feeder wire. The wire goes into the cabin ceiling and presumably runs through the deck (this is where it gets grey for me) and either on to the next fixture back to the fuse panel.
I tried tugging on either end of the wires that I THOUGHT were the same wire to see if it looked like I could pull new wire through, but there was no give at all. So the questions is:
Has anyone tried replacing the 'in deck' wiring that feeds the cabin lighting fixtures, and if so, how did you do it? Is it even possible? Naturally I want to avoid tearing apart the boat, or running ugly surface mounted wires if possible! Thanks in advance,
Joe
Hull 154 'Betty' formerly 'Virgo'
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