If you buy a used boat, someday you’re sure to discover something that the prior owner did that leaves you scratching your head.
Why’d they do that? And how can you transform it into something more “proper?”
For us, it was wiring colors. It seems that if a piece of wire was needed, one was simply grabbed without regard to whether it was the same color as what it was spliced into.
Things worked, and we didn’t want to get into the time and expense of re-wiring. But how could we make it easier to trace wires and know what was what?
Listen in for our solution!
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Cheryl says
Marine wire is tin coated to resist corrosion. But connectors should be heat shrink