PG 20 Wiring Critique

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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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FluidDynamic wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:34 pm All great suggestions. This boat will never be anywhere i couldn't either swim to shore or just stand up in shallow water. I think I may keep the radio and simrad fused as is without a switch. I will add a circuit breaker between the on/off switch and the rocker switch panel. Add the fuses close to the batteries for the ACR for the + and close to ACR for the -.
That might be your expected usage, but it's fairly common for these boats to outlive their owners. As well as you've built yours it's not impossible that a grandchild of yours will out offshore on it one day.

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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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OneWayTraffic wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:41 am
FluidDynamic wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:34 pm All great suggestions. This boat will never be anywhere i couldn't either swim to shore or just stand up in shallow water. I think I may keep the radio and simrad fused as is without a switch. I will add a circuit breaker between the on/off switch and the rocker switch panel. Add the fuses close to the batteries for the ACR for the + and close to ACR for the -.
That might be your expected usage, but it's fairly common for these boats to outlive their owners. As well as you've built yours it's not impossible that a grandchild of yours will out offshore on it one day.
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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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Forgive me for dumbing it down for a minute, on the schematic, what is the unit to the right of the battery switch?

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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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Just a Bus bar to split the power. Im wondering if I can connect all the wires to the switch instead.
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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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I think i'm going to put two more circuit breakers in. One going to switch panel and one in front of radio and mfd. That way I have the ability to trip the switches if needed.

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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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FluidDynamic wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:51 pm Just a Bus bar to split the power. Im wondering if I can connect all the wires to the switch instead.
I thought you said it was a push button fuse.
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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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I meant these circles were the push button fuses on the switch panel
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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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See pic.
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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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Pretty sure you send the power right to breaker panel.
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Re: PG 20 Wiring Critique

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The power will go directly to the switch panel. However, it will be protected by a breaker before the panel as shown in image.
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