0:20 Good morning. It's a beautiful morning.
0:21 Here we are at Palm City Yachts dropping off the LTV for twin Suzuki 200s. And uh
0:29 yeah, super excited to get the motors on. It's going to be awesome to have twins and have the redundancy of that.
0:36 So these guys have always treated us very well. We repowered another boat before and we had a great experience. So
0:43 uh we know that it's going to be installed right. It's going to be done right. And uh you know, it's good to be back.
0:50 I just got a phone call from Palm City Yachts and the boat is done. It only took him two days to get the motors installed and we are ready to do a seat trial.
0:59 I just want to give a shout out to Palm City Yachts for their super super quick uh installation and great customer service. Uh they've been great to us.
1:06 Uh this is the second time that we have used them. We repower for them before and uh all great experiences. So, thank you guys. Appreciate it.
1:38 So, we're going to get started with the wiring today. And we got all these pre-wire harnesses from Boat Outfitters. And we label each one of them. in each wire coming out of um all of them so we know exactly where we're going to put them and separate them all so we have everything nice and neat inside of the console.
1:55 All right, guys. So, we're right here at the console of the boat and we have the uh switches already installed and all we're going to do is plug the harnesses in the back and start tracing uh each wire out to where they need to be.
2:11 So, we have this uh fuse panel right here from Boat Outfitters. I'm going to show you guys that in a second. And uh that's going to really simplify putting all these wires together and um it's going to make it a super super clean insulation, which is exactly what we're looking for on this build.
2:25 So, we're starting the uh wire harness for the switches installation. And as you can see here, they come with everything you need and pretty long tails.
2:42 Um I forgot exactly how much it is uh how long it is, but they are pretty well put together. So, one thing that I recommend that if you want to keep a a very clean installation and not a rat's nest here that you can do is split your wires.
2:53 So, I know that my ground and my output is going to go towards here. So, I put both of them together. These are going to be my inputs that are going to be wired into here. And these are going to be my uh back lights that are going to go into my backlight bus bar up here. So, doing this with every switch is going to help tremendously.
3:14 The biggest thing is you have to have each one of them labeled. It's really, really important because once you do this, it's going to be very difficult to figure out what is what.
3:23 And I also put a label on the back of each switch. Uh again, labels are really good. If you ever have to fix anything on the boat or you have to add anything on, it just it's so much easier.
3:35 Uh even on the ground side, it's really important because a lot of times in a 12vt system, the issues you're going to have is going to be a bad ground.
3:43 All right, so we got all the wires somewhat separated. The black and the red are going one way, the oranges are going down, the blue ones are going up.
3:52 So, uh, in order to start making this a super neat insulation, rather than leaving like this, which is a mess, grab one end, pull it somewhat tight, and you can started to see the shape right there.
4:07 Now, it's not super tight. So, we're going to put one zip tie right here. Hold them up. You see that right there? And now we're going to do the same thing with this other wires going out, but we're going to include the blue ones, too. So, we're going to put a zip tie on every single one of these right here.
4:29 And you can see how that looks nice and neat. And it actually kind of looks like a wire harness rather than a rat's nest.
4:47 So now we repeat the same process with the top that we did with the bottom row. And you can see everything looks super super clean.
4:55 All right. So you're going to have all of your wires labeled with this blue tape that's temporary. And um like I told you guys earlier, I ran all of my wires coming in for my um input into the switches. So I'm going to rip this label off. I'm not going to let this wire go because you don't want to get them mixed up.
5:16 And then I'm going to put one of these heat shrink wrap labels right here. Then we're going to strip the wire. You're going to put your female spade connector in there. Crimp it with your crimping tool. And then you're going to put your uh heat shrink label in there and take a heat gun.
5:57 And then we can just plug it into the back of the breaker. And then we're going to do the same thing that we did earlier with these. We're going to zip tie them all neatly together. So, you're going to have a wire harness per row.
6:39 All right, guys. So, now we are starting to wire everything that's coming from the switches to our terminal block right here. And then all of our negatives, uh, ground wires are on this side.
6:52 So, I'm coming in for the stuff from the switches from the top. Like, I'm running that line right here and then going down. And then with uh the wires coming from the appliances, like for example the pumps from the ring tube down below, they're going to come up and do the same thing like just kind of arch out into both of these.
7:46 So, right now we're trying to figure out uh the navigation lights for the boat. And uh we're told from LTV to count uh 1 2 3 4 5. We're going to go in the fifth hole for the screws that had the rub rail.
8:03 So we popped that out and we're going to have to do a little cutout for the navigation lights to be on the rub rail. That is the plan. So, we're going to make this hole, actually, sorry, this hole even bigger, and they're going to be recessed in.
8:23 What we don't want is to for them to be sticking out and catch fishing line.
8:29 All right, so we're putting the section that we cut out uh back in now. And uh we just basically cut a small section off so the navigation lights will fit in there. And then we got to drill a hole through the boat for the light itself.
9:04 So, right now we're putting a little longer tails on these so it's a little bit easier to wire them or replace them later inside of that uh inside of the anchor compartment. So LTVs have a wire pipe that goes underneath right here and it goes beside the kill box beside that compartment so you have access in that compartment and then over to that side hatch and we put a pipe in there through the inside of the console.
9:33 So that's how we ran all the wires right through here. So, it's coming out right here. And these tackle lights are right there. And we put some wire protection. And I'm planning on putting a couple more of these things to just hold this so it doesn't get caught with the anchor.
9:57 So, right there, you can see what the lights look like. They're nice and recessed. And one thing that you really want to make sure is that you don't have any sharp edges where that fishing line can get caught right here.
10:11 So it's time to finally sort through all this wiring mess that we have in the village for all the pumps. We have several pumps. We have two