Woods Skoota 32DM

[OrangeQuest]

Those bolts require annual inspection. I wish I could find an annual inspection sheet for my boat. It'll be a big list..

Was I drunk when I posted this or did you delete the other message cuz I can delete away if u like.

Since your boat is a custom build and other than a few things that already have maintenance intervals, you would need to make your own routine for inspections and adjust maintenance schedules as needed. It will be a large spreadsheet with lots of room for notes.

[fallguy1000]

Those bolts require annual inspection. I wish I could find an annual inspection sheet for my boat. It'll be a big list..

Was I drunk when I posted this or did you delete the other message cuz I can delete away if u like.

Since your boat is a custom build and other than a few things that already have maintenance intervals, you would need to make your own routine for inspections and adjust maintenance schedules as needed. It will be a large spreadsheet with lots of room for notes.

For sure Ken, for sure.

Today, gonna be installing the port rigging tube and alll the stuff into the hull. Very exciting, we did star side yesterday..

[OrangeQuest]

With you getting increasingly into your wiring, you also have a detailed spreadsheet of sorts, of all your complex wiring? That would also be on going.

My little build wiring to date is quite simple till I get to the console and start wiring it. Things are starting to slow a lot for me so clearing the workshop for building the console. Since getting the motor keeps being put off, I decided to install all the control cables and hope it is right. I will have to find my build thread!

[Jaysen]

Working on a few boats with "too much crap" connected to the batteries, I noticed that the manufacturers that use different numbered ends (supply end is A and load end is Q) seem to have better documentation/management in place. Oddly, the Trophy (Bayliner) is in the middle for "ease of maintenance". On the plus side, they have great wiring charts where they simply number the posts to match the wiring harness label then have a diagram that shows the same in the manual. On the down side they don't have a direct harness map to the matching connector on the remote side. They do fully document the remote side, just nothing that says "A goes to port aft Q which then goes to pump connector Z". Contender, Edgewater and Furman seem to provide that map.

If you can do that, I think it will serve you well in the future.

[jonnymac]

That’s not a bad way to do it, ideally the “map” is a schematic that shows that. As a marine electrician for the navy, I think it can be confusing when you are troubleshooting if there are two names for the same wire sometimes. you are already in a mentally challenging situation, so just a little more can be too much. I like the method where each object that can have wires connected to has a unique name, and the connection point is labeled uniquely. There should be a physical label in place that can survive the hazards of that location(sun, oil, gas, etc). then the wire or cable has a unique label and it is applied the same on both ends. You have a schematic that shows the mapping.

the value in this is when you are chasing a wire through a bundle or through hatches or other places, you easily know you found the same wire or cable on other side. this applies to even obvious things like battery cables and other stuff. When you are tired, frustrated, have others watching over your shoulder or trying to fix stuff in bad situations there will be reduced errors and could be life saving.

Working on a few boats with "too much crap" connected to the batteries, I noticed that the manufacturers that use different numbered ends (supply end is A and load end is Q) seem to have better documentation/management in place. Oddly, the Trophy (Bayliner) is in the middle for "ease of maintenance". On the plus side, they have great wiring charts where they simply number the posts to match the wiring harness label then have a diagram that shows the same in the manual. On the down side they don't have a direct harness map to the matching connector on the remote side. They do fully document the remote side, just nothing that says "A goes to port aft Q which then goes to pump connector Z". Contender, Edgewater and Furman seem to provide that map.

If you can do that, I think it will serve you well in the future.

[fallguy1000]

Thanks to Jaysen and Johnny and Ken for your posts.

Well, wirng work continues.

Yesterday, I pulled a bunch of the wires that go engine to engine back and am remodeling (sigh). I used a conduit that was 1.2" inside diameter and it is just a bit narrow. Cutting it all out and had to order some glue I can apply in the cold. A shoutout to Aripeka Angler, Richard, for his help showing me Black Mamba.

Sorry, not so many pictures of wire runs and wiring.

Using Visio to make schematics. Gonna laminate them and make a manual because when I go out to the boat I am already looking at sections and wondering what they are...

My labeling must improve. I didn't label enough of the negative bus stuff. So jist about 20 wires come in. Surveyor pointed it out.

Here is what I use. And extreme fade resistant sharpies, but hard to write small for me.

Write-On 3 Inch Long Cable Ties, Pack of 100 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009XGME0G/re ... JD7F3W9MTE

[fallguy1000]

Here is a conduit that was 1.2", I cut it out last nite. Gonna use my 2" id rigging tubes that were too short..you can see it also did not match the other conduit; after done, they'll be same. I did not want to cut a big hole in the deck because it is structural.

[fallguy1000]

Super windy here last nite. It was 55F at 7pm and is now 22F with a high of only 23F.

I will go do a little more work out there, but only prep to get ready once the black mamba arrives.

I am going to make visio electrical system drawings today.

[narfi]

You can get shrink tube cartridges for most lable makers so you can lable each end of wires.

[jonnymac]

You can get shrink tube cartridges for most lable makers so you can lable each end of wires.

x2! its a little hard to use them if you already terminated your connections. But would be worth it for anything left for sure. And anything you need to remove you can retrofit. They make different sizes, so should be able to put them on the nema 2000 connections too.