"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message
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Hi all,
Will hopefully be wiring up a boat in the next few months (thunderbird 26)
that has no existing wiring. It will be a pretty standard sort of a
setup; a couple of batteries, nav lights, cd player, compass light, GPS,
wiring to outboard and solar panel. Ive done a fair bit of wiring in the
past and dont have trouble making up a decent quality loom with color
coded wiring, spade connectors and heat shrink.

What im wondering is, does standard wiring do the job well enough here, or
do you use marine specific stuff? Standard battery terminals, standard
spade connectors? are most people running their wiring inside conduit, or
just using a wiring wrap to keep things tidy? Do you coat the finished
product in anything, especially in places like the back of fuse boards or
other panels? Any other things i need to keep in mind here?

Thanks,
Shaun

Here's my two cents:
-tinned wire, doesn't have to be "marine"
-good quality crimp terminals, not the cheap ones often found in auto parts
stores
-proper size crimp terminal for the wire
-industrial quality ratcheting crimper like Xcelite.......buy on eBay
-heat shrink tubing with internal adhesive to shrink over the crimp and 1/2
inch of the wire
-I like to use BoShield T9 on terminal blocks, buss bars, etc., to prevent
corrosion
-label your wires with white vinyl tape and permanent black marker pen