Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Winter projects on an Outrage 17 I

Posted by saumon on 03/07/13 - 8:46 PM
#7

Updates: I've got some time to work on the boat and I've done the bulk of the electrical work.

First I pull the 2 AWG cables through the rigging tunnel then I crimped the lugs with an hydraulic hex crimper and sealed everything with adhesive lined shrink tubing. I then made two cutouts in the console shelf for the group 24 and 31 battery boxes, fastened the strap holders to the deck and put everything in place, along with an on-board charger:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--e...onsole.jpg

Man, that console was tight to work in!

I connected both batteries to a switch located in the electronic box:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5y...switch.jpg

I added a trolling motor receptacle on front of the console:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qP...M+plug.jpg

And an inlet for the on board charger:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4R...+inlet.jpg

The next things to do are a second shelf that will sit on top of the battery boxes and plumbing the livewell...