super_dork
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I have run all of the wiring to but am having trouble with getting it all together. I am having issues with wire gauges and what to use.
Bow Trolling Motor - Plug in the deck attached to 6 gauge wire. This will have a 50 amp breakered fuse inline in the hatch next to the plug so if it blows I can reset it from the front. This wire runs where? Directly to the battery or can it go to the bus bar? I like the bus bar idea.
Rear Trolling motor - basically the same as the bow mount.
Navigation lights (bow and stern) - Run using light gauge wire (can't remember which gauge). Attached using ring connectors to red and black bus bars. Then the black goes to the black side of the switch on the switch panel? Then the red from the switch panel comes back to the bus bar (I know there's only 1 red for all the switches, but each black has it's own run back to the bus bar or do I jumper them the same way? I would think if I jumpered them that they would all be interconnected.
Fish Finder - Same as Nav Lights but wired to ACC switch.
A big deal that I have is with the 6 gauge wire. I got ring connectors for it but the posts on the bus bar are way too small for the connectors. How to I step the connector size down or am I just missing something?
Bow Trolling Motor - Plug in the deck attached to 6 gauge wire. This will have a 50 amp breakered fuse inline in the hatch next to the plug so if it blows I can reset it from the front. This wire runs where? Directly to the battery or can it go to the bus bar? I like the bus bar idea.
Rear Trolling motor - basically the same as the bow mount.
Navigation lights (bow and stern) - Run using light gauge wire (can't remember which gauge). Attached using ring connectors to red and black bus bars. Then the black goes to the black side of the switch on the switch panel? Then the red from the switch panel comes back to the bus bar (I know there's only 1 red for all the switches, but each black has it's own run back to the bus bar or do I jumper them the same way? I would think if I jumpered them that they would all be interconnected.
Fish Finder - Same as Nav Lights but wired to ACC switch.
A big deal that I have is with the 6 gauge wire. I got ring connectors for it but the posts on the bus bar are way too small for the connectors. How to I step the connector size down or am I just missing something?