wireing boat

[castindad]

hi guys question what fuse strength for eagle locator? any help wireing running lights and power panel for small boat castindad

[marine_man]

For a fuse size on the locator go as small as possible... I believe they typically come with a 1 amp fuse.. which is just fine. The higher the amp rating the higher the likelihood that you'll damage the electronics before the fuse pops.

To wire your running lights I'd remove the front and rear gunwale caps and route the wires through them... a quick and easy way to route the wires and makes it all look nice.

Make sure you use at the very least, a inline fuse in between your power supply and your power panel / components.. the best way is to run a higher gauge wire (12) to the power panel and connect it to a fuse panel so you can select the appropriate size fuse for each accessory.

marine_man

[castindad]

marine man could you go more in detail. maybe a detailed digram or something thanks castindad

[marine_man]

What brand and roughly what year is your boat?

marine_man

[castindad]

MARINE MAN 1972 LOWE 15 FT

[marine_man]

See this picture:

I borrowed the picture from Buford T's for sale post...

Anyway, remove those two covers and route your two wires to the front light through the gunwale cover channel... you'll likely mount the stern light on the back right cover as well, so all you're wires will be entering the same spot, making for a clean install.

marine_man

[castindad]

marine man thanks still more questions as you can see i am not much of a electrian? front light has three wires white brown and black . black is ground how do i put a switch in tha would allow me to just run back light and turn off front. . any help from you or anyone would sure be appreciated. thanks again for all your help. pic of boat is almost the same as the lowe castindad ps cannot ground to the boat

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Castingdad,

Why would you want to run only the rear light? If you are on the water at night, safety would dictate that you have both bow and stern lights on!

To install a switch,run the hot wire (+) from the battery to your fuse, then from the fuse to one side of the switch, then from the other side of the switch to the lights.

Good Fishing!

Cliff

[castindad]

CLIFF WILLENBACH THANKS WHEN UNDER ANCHOR ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS THE WHITE LIGHT. WITH POWER AND ANCHOR UP BOTH FRONT AND BACK CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG? MY BUDDY GOT A FINE $65.00 FOR NO LIGHTS. I JUST WANT THE LIGHTS INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER CASTINDAD

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Castingdad,

You are absolutely correct!

I just figure that you are a lot safer , the more lights you have on!

Cliff

[castindad]

thanks castindad crappies starting down here open water.

[marine_man]

If you want the option of Anchor Lights you would need to get a three position switch... one position will only power the anchor light, and the other position will power both.

marine_man