On Oct 4, 11:07*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:44:27 -0400, Wayne B

wrote:
On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:20:32 -0400, wrote:

I would get a pack of phasing tape at HD (usually at least 5-6 colors)
and re identify all of those wires to standard black, white and green

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I've been doing that on an "as needed" basis when I'm into a circuit
for some reason. *The issue is actually even worse than I described
since only the "hot" wire of each circuit goes to the breaker panel.
Neutral and safety ground go to bus bars in a special panel located
elsewhere. *Everything is loose wire in harnesses of course, in the
same lovely shade of red.

I guess that is what happens in boats where there are no enforceable
standards although the ABYC does say manufacturers should use the NEC
as a guideline on 120/240v circuits

I am still in the planning stage on my new boat project but I do want
to be sure I make the wiring easier to work on. I started out with a
neat wiring harness but, over the last 22 years it is the typical rats
nest you find behind a console. I am think about getting off the $500,
ditching my old analog instruments and buying the Yamaha digital
display but I am still not sure I trust it.

Digital demonstrates the classic difference between accuracy and
precision. A digital gauge can give you a wildly inaccurate reading,
precise out to 3 decimal places.

I still like all the wiring to my lights in conduit with waterproof
boxes for the splices. That is always a chronic problem in a
boat (keeping the lights on) and mine have been virtually trouble free
for 2 decades. I think a LED replacement will eliminate the few
problems I have had (bulbs and a crudded up socket once)
My breakers are in a gray NEMA 3R box with a gasketed flip cover so
they have been solid.

Ha, ha... all one color, and all red at that! That's a real hoot.. Of
course if it were me, I would be going crazy. In the spirit of fair
play I will stipulate that I am in fact, already insane..