Larry,
Effectively, I am bus wiring. The boat has water tight bulkheads and sea
doors between compartments. I have 2 inch pipe ports for through wiring.
Every compartment has a termination cabinet. I will max wire compartment to
compartment and assign paths as required. The use of preformed, multi-strand
cable is easy to seal the bulkhead transits. The DC supply and return is
bussed seperately with dedicated bulkhead connectors, where each compartment
has its own fusing. All AC power is wired ckt by ckt from a custom made
distribution panel with large contactors and electronic relays which allow
source switching and load balancing though dedicated 2" bulkhead ports to
buss blocks in each compartment. If you know a source for the multi wire 16
ga cable, please let me know.
Steve

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"Steve Lusardi" wrote in news:gf9nj8$28b$03$1
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100 pair 16 ga cable

Do you realize the diameter this cable will be?

I'd have to hang it from the overhead as it won't fit in the wireways!