Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:23:10 -0800 (PST), FishWisher
wrote:

I posted here a few weeks ago about my new "tank", a North River
aluminum fishing boat. It's been too cold to go fishing, but finally
warm enough to get the boat rigged as I want it.

I've been busy wiring the VHF, XM, am/fm, fishfinder, etc in my new
North River. I'm using the same set up I had on the Klamath, and it
may be of some interest to anyone doing similar jobs.

As strange as it sounds, I used a small, lockable kitchen storage bowl
as my "vault" for the subpanel (really!) and it works great and is
very cheap - especially if you "liberate" it from wifey's cupboard as
I did. I have all the circuits on one fuse panel near the helm, with
just one hot and one ground wire running back to the batteries at the
transom. It's very simple and convenient.

I have to wrap and route the wires to and from the electronics yet,
but am nearing completion of all these electronics projects.

Maybe photos would make this more understandable. I posted some photos
of this strange project on my homepage www.FishWisher.com

If I might make a suggestion, you need to vent that container - a
couple of drain holes in the bottom, four rubber feet to keep it up
off the decking and maybe a small hole or two on top.

If you keep it closed like that, those contacts will corrode faster
than if it's vented. Those containers may seem air tight, but they
aren't over the long term - they are porous over time just like
anything else.

You can also get wire wrap at your local hardware store to neaten up
those wires. When I had my Princecraft, that's what I used and it was
a very neat installation.

Right Don? :)

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Honesty is the best policy, but insanity
is a better defense.

CRC makes a spray that will coat electronic terminals to protect them
from corrosion.