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Routing starter cables to reloacted battery advise please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ray Clark" data-source="post: 511735" data-attributes="member: 31103"><p>This past season I ran with the outboard battery cables under the aft bench, under the deck, and into the battery box in the center bench. In the pic below, you can see how the support structure for my deck has spacing for cables to run under it. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]119359[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I have a tiller steer, so I don't have other rigging to follow as Mr. G has suggested. My boat is also very dry, so I'm not concerned with factory-insulated battery cables sitting in water.</p><p></p><p>I was concerned with passing the cables under aluminum structure and the possibility of sharp edges nicking the cables or gradually wearing through the insulating layer. To counter that, I installed plastic piping under the benches to provide conduit for the cables to travel in. I used 1" irrigation pipe, the kind that is used in underground sprinkler systems. I used a hot air gun to soften the plastic so I could route it and make deformations where needed.</p><p></p><p>Once you have that cable run, you'll really hate to pull it if you need to pull the outboard off the boat and then reinstall it. This season, I've added a quick disconnect coupling close to the outboard so that I can just unhook and remove the outboard and leave the cable run in place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ray Clark, post: 511735, member: 31103"] This past season I ran with the outboard battery cables under the aft bench, under the deck, and into the battery box in the center bench. In the pic below, you can see how the support structure for my deck has spacing for cables to run under it. [ATTACH type="full"]119359[/ATTACH] I have a tiller steer, so I don't have other rigging to follow as Mr. G has suggested. My boat is also very dry, so I'm not concerned with factory-insulated battery cables sitting in water. I was concerned with passing the cables under aluminum structure and the possibility of sharp edges nicking the cables or gradually wearing through the insulating layer. To counter that, I installed plastic piping under the benches to provide conduit for the cables to travel in. I used 1" irrigation pipe, the kind that is used in underground sprinkler systems. I used a hot air gun to soften the plastic so I could route it and make deformations where needed. Once you have that cable run, you'll really hate to pull it if you need to pull the outboard off the boat and then reinstall it. This season, I've added a quick disconnect coupling close to the outboard so that I can just unhook and remove the outboard and leave the cable run in place. [/QUOTE]
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