Clarime
Member I
First a big thank you to all the advice that you gave me and others that I read over to get my answers. A special thanks to Sailing42 (John) who helped me find the routing of my mast wiring so that I could use the original path.
During the process of trying to fix my wiring I found many troubling and puzzling things. Automotive but joints (not Marine) and poorly constructed splices, miscellaneous wires and connections. Wires grounded all over the flywheel cover?? (Lazy). In the end I re wired probably 80 to 90 percent of the boat. Which leads me to my questions.
Question One: When replacing the alternator I found an extra wire connected to it (the exciter leg). After tracing the extra wire I found it was connected to The VHF radio and Auto pilot wiring that was also connected to Accessories 1 Switch which has power of its own. In all the research I did I couldn't find any reason for this.
Seemed wrong so I disconnected it!
Question Two: In the process of sorting the rats nest I found the main ground that goes to water. I am wondering how and where this should be connecting to my main wiring harness.
Last question: I connected my new Chart-plotter to my VHF radio. Is there anyway to test to see if it is transmitting my position through the radio?
Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
Chris
During the process of trying to fix my wiring I found many troubling and puzzling things. Automotive but joints (not Marine) and poorly constructed splices, miscellaneous wires and connections. Wires grounded all over the flywheel cover?? (Lazy). In the end I re wired probably 80 to 90 percent of the boat. Which leads me to my questions.
Question One: When replacing the alternator I found an extra wire connected to it (the exciter leg). After tracing the extra wire I found it was connected to The VHF radio and Auto pilot wiring that was also connected to Accessories 1 Switch which has power of its own. In all the research I did I couldn't find any reason for this.
Seemed wrong so I disconnected it!
Question Two: In the process of sorting the rats nest I found the main ground that goes to water. I am wondering how and where this should be connecting to my main wiring harness.
Last question: I connected my new Chart-plotter to my VHF radio. Is there anyway to test to see if it is transmitting my position through the radio?
Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
Chris
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