Electrical connections corrision

[cheradenine]

Hello To All,<br />I have found your wonderful site and have been reading some of the older posts concerning a boat that I just bought. I am a newbie to boats this being my first. I just bought a 1989 201 pro stratos with a 'rude 200. I am really quite excited to finnally have a boat of my own and to cease and desist from my shore line fishing days. The boat looks great the the engine sounds awesome. I haven't had it in the water yet but will soon. <br />I am currently going thru the boat and redo-ing the carpet and upholstery, but when i got to redo-ing the carpet under the console I noticed that all of the wiring connections are corroded to one extent or another. I have checked all the gauges except the speedometer and they are all working. But I just hate corrosion I was wondering if anyone knows how I could get my hands on a wiring diagram for this boat? <br />I work in metal finishing so I plan on just gold plating the connectors and fuse box so that I don't have to worry about it again. So I figure that as long as I am fixing the connectors I might as well replace the wires and I want to make sure that everything goes where it is supposed to.<br />Thanks, you guys have a wonderful site!

 

[record hunter]

Re: Electrical connections corrision

Aloha and good luck on your boat. It is a great thing when a man gets a boat congratulations. I cant really help you with your question. However I can tell you this I have learned with my boat that carpet and alot of upholstery just dont last good luck p.s. dont let the women ruin it for you.

 

[roscoe]

Re: Electrical connections corrision

If you get a manual for your motor, it will contain a wiring diagram for the motor wiring harness. Everything else is pretty straight forward, battery-fuse block-switch-accessory-ground.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

Re: Electrical connections corrision

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Boating or is that Money Spending?<br /><br />I would first try to find a history of your boat. If it had been submerged at one time, and if so for how long. If it was submerged for over several hours, and up over the wiring, you may need to replace it. But if it hasn't, rewiring may not be neccessary.<br /><br />Find a wire that has plenty of length that you can splice. Cut it and strip it. If the wire is nice and shiney copper, then your wires should be okay. If it is corroded, you may need to rewire. Electrcal current rides on the surface of the wire and if there is corrosion on the surface of the wire, it will add resistance, causing voltage drop reducing your amp flow.<br /><br />Good Luck on your findings.......SS

 

[cheradenine]

Re: Electrical connections corrision

Thank you to everyone for the good will and advice. <br />I have a manual on order I have decided to just rewire It's not that big of a deal. The previous owner had a regular battery charger spliced into the trolling battery's circut so I am just going to gut that mess get a real on-board charger and do the job right. If anyone has any suggestions for which brand and or model of dual bank on-board chargers that work best I would be happy to hear from you.

 

[crab bait]

Re: Electrical connections corrision

corroded wire is a BAD thing..!!<br /><br />just replace one circut-atta-time..<br /><br />an replace it with marine wire,, a wire that is 'tinned' the whole lenght... <br /><br />un-tinned will corrode even under good insulation.. as you well know...<br /><br />also SOLDER EVERTHIN' that can be soldered..