here's a great example of how not to install your electronics...
this is the transducer cable as well as the cable for the speed sensor...the owner of this boat,thought he could cut the cables and twist them together-this made it easier to run the cables through the rigging tubes...
the cables were doubled back and then taped together-nice huh ???
probably 95% of the electronics problems i see are due to poor installations-this is one i won't forget for quite a while.....
Hayyyyyyy! That looks like under my control panel. Who said you could go peeking and picture takin in there?
I learned yars ago if it is not straight forward wiring that needs to get done. Let someone who knows how do it... The damage done can often outweigh potential savings by a lot...
I was watching a show,,,cant remember what it was, but it looked like they heated the plastic wire connectors that were crimped. just like you would shrink tubing anyone ever tried it?
tolmaz, they do sell some crimps that have a shrink tube on the outside so after you crimp you heat and they shrinki. i personally perfer to solder. after i solder i take some of that liquid electrical tape and put it on the connection and while still tacky slide a piece of shrink over it and hat it. this allows the shrink to come tight on the liquid stuff and it oozes out a little at the edges and when dry makes a real water tight seal.
preferred way of making connections is with tinned marine grade crimp style connectors,followed by using heat shrink tubing...
here's the reason...
solder can and will break from vibration...
those connectors with the heat shrink on them are really not the best approach...if you're a little over zealous with the crimp tool the heat shrink can be cut-it will split when it's heated...
i like the ancor heat shrink tubing,it has an adhesive in it...i use a heat gun to shrink it-i don't like the flame technique....
I had so many problems with the trailer lights corroding. The last time was connector, liquid tape, and heat shrink, followed by electric tape and if I heard of another product I would of used that also on top of all of them,,,,Thanks a lot jaws(tinned ) for me. I can't solder for nothin but I can weld, even a broken heart, with 1/8 wire.....
One thing I see more often than I should is people going to the local auto store and buying automotive wire to splice in their stuff. This is a big mistake that I have learned not to do. Its all tinned marine wire for me now and everything gets soldered - not with the plumbers crap at the local hardware store but regulation electronics solder wire. I also use black rubber "vulcanizing" tape when I need to tape something and not the plastic black electrical tape. It is more waterproof and salt air proof. Its the stuff that sticks on itself when you wrap it. GREAT THREAD!
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