COMPLETE BOAT 12v Wiring Setup - Fuses, Switch Panel, Isolators - SMALL BOAT Project Ep.4 (4K)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- I re-wire my entire boat with equipment bought from Amazon. Warrior 165 (24 years old). I am not a marine electrician but 12v electrics are fairly simple and I have some experience.
12v Amp Chart - Google has loads of these, the one I used was no longer there, pause the video and screen shot it.
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Fuse Panel
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Switch Panel
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50Amp Circuit Breaker
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Battery Isolator
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Heatshrink Connections
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FishFinder
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Anchor Light LED
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LED Strip Lights
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Crimper wire stripper
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Solder connectors
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Soldering iron
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Circuit Build
03:01 - Boat Wiring
04:18 - Equipment used to wire the boat
04:56 - Crimpers
05:13 - Fuse Box Panel
05:34 - Circuit Breaker
06:02 - Battery Isolator
06:25 - 5 way switch
08:12 - Boat winch restoration
08:45 - Console and placement of panels
10:22 - Connections
11:32 - Fully build and Explained 
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Best video on how to wire up a 12V inline fuse board and switch panel on RUclips 👍
Thanks Josh!!
Agreed 👍
Can't believe it's the same winch! Awesome job
Cheers bud! Yes I was impressed at the final result, I had all but written off the winch
Hi Mat - Great vid on wiring! I’m rewiring our 30 yr old sailing boat with LEDs, chartplotter, updated audio etc and I found the underlying logic and planning of your wiring and the clarity of your explanations very refreshing and helpful. Thanks!
Thanks Christopher’ glad to help 👍
This is literally the best video I've seen explaining in detail on how to properly wire. I'm glad you took your time to show in pictures as well as explain where everything goes. Thank you.
Thanks Drew glad you found it helpful’ it’s working great 🛥
Agreed. Much appreciated..
I really like the energy and determination. I find it inspiring, thanks
Happy to hear that!
Thanks. Your video saved me. I couldn't figure out how to kill the illumination with the rocker switches. Too simple.
Great job mate can’t wait to see the finished result 👍
Wow! You make wiring look "easy" and not so intimidating. Thank you for that!
You are welcome!
Looks mint pal💪🏻 Can’t wait to see it finished 👍🏻👍🏻
I’ve looked at lots of these boat wiring videos and usually come away confused but this is an excellent overview.
Just started watching your videos. Love this boat build, your craftsmanship is top quality, looks like your doing a real nice job
Had a small fire on my boat (prev owner used automotive wires and automotive connectors !!) So gonna have to assess the damage in the Spring and re-wire. Luckily i too have some experience w 12v and added 2 of those exact same solar panels like you did (i love having them).... Thanks for the helpful video.
All the best Steve 👍
Really like how you planned out the safety and wiring system. Because I'm a novice in wiring I needed a little more showing the hands on of what you did. I did download your video for my reference, Thanks.
Thanks Michael all the best with it
As a dedicated and educated wireman(45 yrs), always fuse + and - wires:))) Never burn a wire due to deterioration again:)))
Outstanding video! Thank you for sharing. Hello from Canada
Best, simplest, easiest to understand simple boat wiring tutorial! Well done 👍
Glad you liked it! Cheers
Excellent. Just found this video and what i have been looking for. Cheers.
Brilliant!!!
Good sound, calm voice. Step by step and a clear instructions. I love it!. Keep it up! :)
MANY THANKS.
Glad you liked it!
REALLY informative. Thanks heaps!
Great video! This will come in handy when I wire up my Whaler. I put my diagram down on paper and wasnt sure if it would work but your setup is super close to mines so it gave me more confidence in my setup so thanks!!!
brilliant video I have just purchased an old boat and really needed this info so thanks 🙂
Thanks, well explained and very helpful from an old man and a jon boat. good fishing an be safe. God bless from across the pond.
Thanks buddy!
Great video and explanation!
Watched a lot of boat wiring videos. This is one of the better ones. And what's wrong with the American labels???🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, good video
Thanks for the video, i can see you put a lot of thought into your system.
I hope it's ok to make a suggestion, give the cig lighter socket, volt meter and usb port individual positive and negative back to fuse box. Cig socket can supply 10a plus whatever the usb adaptor is, all those joins along the negative run will give you voltage drop and a chance of failure along the way. You might find that the meter reading drops when those sockets are used as the circuit is shared
Thanks Martin, I hadn’t thought of this but will update it with your suggestion, makes sense
Good video. Watching from Texas
Thanks for watching! Merica!!
This is really fantastic explanation. Thanks man!
Glad it was helpful!
fantastic vid - thanks so much! Just in time for me working on my boat too 🙂⛵
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the series of videos and info. This has been great for me being a total novice at doing a boat up and I am looking at the Warrior 165 as a potential boat. I have always looked at getting a newer boat but you have opened up the potential to me of a good condition older boat. Looking forward to you getting out on the boat and seeing what you think of its ability, as all I have seen is these boat flying in clam seas but I am more interested on how it performs in choppy seas. Absolute brill and many thanks again and good luck with the rest of the project. Cheers Bob
Thanks Bob I am also a total novice but wanted to share my journey getting the boat ready! A little apprehensive about going out on her (never before done) but I’ll be with people who have 😬
Thank you exactly what I needed
Glad it helped Garrett
Really great content!!! Thx for making.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Felicitaciones ..muy bueno!!
Great vid mate. Interesting seeing a self proclaimed non expert doing proper wiring lol I wouldn’t have the foggiest 🤦🏻♂️😂 gonna be a great feeling of pride when it’s done 👏🏻
Thanks Calum! I’ve been enjoying bringing the old boat back to life 😬
@@AirbornePirates I bet man. Looking forward to seeing it completed 👍🏻
Thanks for a great video and I'm excited for your boat build!!! Your video has been helpful. I'm working on a boat as well.
Good luck! Cheers
Tutorial very helpful. Thank you
You are welcome!
Better than a lot of electrions I see on building sites that I see
😂😂😂⚡️
Thanks for video
A little bit american but we can work with that 😅
Congratulation!!
great job it helps me figure it out thanks, bob's your uncle.
Hi, I have a Warrior 170 with rubbish wiring and blade fuse holders all over the place which I struggle to trace what they are connected too. I have watched this video countless times but can not get the confidence to rip everything out and start again. I will keep watching until I do but many thanks for sharing this and if you have helpful tips or updates to this video please let me know. Cheer and hope all going well.
Thanks from america, got that same panel off Amazon
Cheers dude
by the by, you are the FIRST PERSON to point out that these switch units need a RE-DESIGN!!!! ...how does a 1mm cable give 45 amperes in case of SODS law?
Nice 👍🏻
Is she going to be ship shape and Bristol fashion by the Summer? The ideal time to hook a Great White, I still think " you're gonna need a bigger boat " 🦈 😂
Big up the Fire Service, you guys are doing an excellent job!!!
Cheers buddy! 🔥🔥🔥
nice one
Great videos can u put a link up for solar panel kit please cant find it in video
Also i thought you might like to know im probably your'e furthest fan as i live all the way in the middle east in the country of jordan, i might be you're only muslim fan aswell, whenever you post a new video i make it my mission to watch it with my dad, we make it like (islander outdoors movie night that we have to watch), im one of you're subscribers and i give you full support because you're one of my favourite youtubers, and i love what you do, also you have very similar taste to my dad who's around the same age even to the point that motorbike you said you want to buy on you're motorbike wildcamp is the exact same my dad want's to buy ⛺
Seriously, you and a couple other youtubers seem so cool to just and chat and hang out with, did you study a certain thing in university? because i'd love in life to study a subject and get a degree and then do stuff in my free time as a passion like you, and what some other youtubers also do in many diffrent topics 😎😊
It's amazing how social media and youtube in particular can bring people (like me and my dad enjoying your videos) from so far away i'd love to come to the isle of man someday and meet you, actually i live in jordan but my dad is british so i have a passport so i could visit you and a couple other youtubers i'd like to meet in the uk💚💐💪
One suggestion my dad makes is why dont you bring you're kids along on a wildcamp, or are they too small or they don't enjoy stuff like that
Thanks Hashim! Much appreciated comment. Is there much camping in Jordan!?
Yeah actually there is quite alot, especially if you go to the wadi rum dessert(thats were they filmed the martian with matt damon) and also in mountains like the wadi mujib mountains🗻
Are you a sparky by trade? Very professional matey! 👏
Cheers Nigel, no self taught ✌️
Blimey! I'm a joiner by trade and a bit of a perfectionist! Your attention to detail and planning is awesome! 😃👍
Hello. Great video. I'm making a panel for the switch panel. I'm unfortunately working away from the boat. What size hole did u cut for yours? Thanks
Super helpful video. You motivated me to tackle my own wiring redo, despite being a newbie. Question for you - did you also run 8 gauge for the negative cable from the top of the fuse panel back to the battery? Also, I’ve found it really hard to find the right ring terminals for 8 gauge cable for some reason
Yes mate I did, I bought terminals on Amazon and crimped them myself. Hope that helps
Brother has a good Dymo printer E550wsp, that can print on heat shrink.
Love it good for labeling both ends
And it’s surprisingly cheap
Thanks there I’m gonna defo check this out sounds hoofing
The copper cost more than my 73’ 16/32 Sears… lol good info tho! 🇺🇸🏴🤘🏼
Mat, I have a question. You stated that you had put a 50 amp breaker because your wiring system is for 55 amps. How did you determine this (the 55 amps)? Maybe by adding up the amperage usage for each item on the system? Thanks, Kevin
Exactly that Kevin, I added everything up and that would comfortably manage it all 😀
Great video pal. How would you connect up two leisure batteries and a starter battery? Can’t find any videos that do that. And also how you would charge them off outboard?
I am planning on setting up dual batteries there’s a great video on RUclips by tiny boat nation and another channel called Jon boats ,
@@AirbornePirates thanks for the quick reply. I’m going to follow suit and do my own… been let down twice by Marine techieS… lol. Yes I’ve seen a few that do dual but I would like to have a starter battery just for the outboard then two leisure batteries for onboard stuff etc. i don’t think you can charge 3 from an outboard though TBF?
Great great video! Thank you so much. I'm getting ready to rewire my center console boat for the first time. I feel very comfortable with electrical The only question I have is on my old control panel there is breaker switches do I have to put those back in or can I just run them to the fuse block and write to hey toggle switch? Thank you again amazing video keep up the good work!
Hi Rick, is the breaker between your panel and the batter or switch? Thanks dude
@@AirbornePirates The breaker is between the switch and the fuses. I don't know why I thought the fuse is would have been sufficient. Don't know why they did it this way I'd like to do it without them to make it look cleaner. What do you think?
Great vid. One question. Is the battery isolator switch necessary when you have the breaker? Does manually popping the breaker act as a cut-off as well?
Hi Jake probably not necessary but I prefer that as it’s easier to access on my boat.
Did you just put the engine leads straight onto the battery or on a isolator switch?
Great vid, question about the switch plate. Did you customize the black metal plate or was it off the shelf?
That’s how it came mate, black. I think it’s linked in description wasn’t expensive
For Shark fishing, which fishing rod reel, line setup do you recommend? Thanks 🙏 🦈
Watch some totally awesome fishing videos. Pretty sure you will find the information you need. Ive never done it but 1 day
@@wokenup5273 thanks dude I’ll hit his channel up! He’s a great bloke is G
Just wondering if the devices like gps etc have to also run to fuse panel aswell. Great vid by the way
Yes mine do, only small fuse though 3amp
Hi Mat, I’m really enjoying your videos. Just watching the one on the wiring up. Where can I find the links to the items you bought like the fusebox, isolator switch etc?
Hi Peter it’s all in the video description here on RUclips, it’s all from amazon, there should be links let me know if not
@@AirbornePirates Hi Mat, Thanks for your prompt reply. Perhaps it’s me but I can’t seem to find any links 🤷♂️
Hello, I don't understand anything about electricity. I recently purchased a boat and it has a switch panel installed like the one you show in the video. I have to add a few things like the sonar, horn and a light. My question is the following: To connect any device to this switch panel, I don't know where I should connect the negative cables since I only see positive cable connections. Thank you so much
Have you put your second battery in, if so have you done a video on the installation ,,great video
I did but never filmed it. Check out Blue sea systems add a battery system
When you put your second battery in did you have the circuit breaker on just the house battery , your videos are brilliant giving me lots of confidence to start on my own boat , cheers
Will you be doing any wildcamp, or other videos while you're taking a couple of weeks to do the boat?
Hoping to do a wild camp next week. :-)
Hi matt, what sports do you enjoy? (to actually play/ and watch)?
Anything and everything, I don’t watch play or like football though, no idea why
are you using the same battery for your accessories to start your outboard?
I have been initially but going to a second battery now
This might be a silly question, but why not replace the existing dashboard switch instead of installing one at new location? Just preface?
Great video. I am copying all of it to wire my Orkney. Can you tell me what fuse is in each slot please. I can't tell if orange is red or red orange or yellow is orange etc. 😀
Thanks bud, 5A for fish finder, 3A for anchor light, 5A for LED lights, 10A for VHF 😎
@@AirbornePirates thanks. What size for the Usb/cig?
I was always taught never solder wires on boats
Those solder connects are still going strong 👍
Why not put the fuse box under the console? I am learning a lot thank you sir
I had considered this jus wanted to get to it easy, console is full of steering cables etc
Hi ! The 50 amps breakers, is it an average amperage to electrify any boats ? I beginning my wiring this week on a pontoon.
It’s based on the load of all my accessories, depends how much you have wired in bud
Did you bypass the positive and negitive on the switch panel with going straight to the fuse box?
Kept the positive and negatives 👍
Have you got a video on how you restored the winch???? Please...
I didn’t film it, just used rust away and used wire brushes
Some great advice in this, could you please link both 12 gauge wire for Amazon please, thanks 🔥🏄⛵
Hi bud for some reason it’s no longer there, the one I used
Good video! What do you mean the additional stickers are "a little bit american" ? in spelling or nomenclature?
Color -
Colour etc 🙂 thanks for watching
ok mate great video by the way I'm wiring my boat the same way well I copied what you have done but here is my problem the fuse box dont know how to word it or say it ok here goes on the pic you have shown how you have wired it the red wire coming from the fuse box going to the switchboard but I want to know what size is the connector ring on the end of the wire fitted to the fuse box under the screw thx jay and iv subscribed to your channel and watched all your videos and a thumbs up and one more thing love your warrior iv got a 14ft cjr
I just watched the video again and I see you are using the blue 14-16 ring connector but want the no the size of the ring in mm
What gauge cable are you running from the accessories to the switch and fuse panel
12 guage 👍
Running a dual battery setup, where would you put the breaker fuse?
Id get a blue sea system it does it all 👌 breaker fuse same place within 12 inches of battery
I was wondering what if im using 2 switch panels. Should i use a separate fuse box ? I hope i can connect both to the same battery which are in parcel.
Can use same fuse panel 👍
Is the circuit breaker i must need for this to work? I'm using a 12 voltage battery and a small light bar, not on a boat.
Not required I just added it in as an added peace of mind bud 👌
Hi, not sure if I missed something but does this wire up to accessories leave the accessory unfused if the switch itself shorts?
I use the separate fuse board for easier access
Yeah I get that. I love what you did. I have been planning a similar setup using the fuse board and switch panel but I have been told that (particularly in a salt water marine environment) that I need to fuse between the accessories and the switch as the switches themselves can short through moisture/ corrosion etc. I am just interested to know if you worked around that or didn’t feel it was a big enough risk?
I now have a Warrior 170 and wanted to add a voltmeter to both the batteries.
Do you think I can just wire them directly to each battery using 12AWG wire and a 5amp in-line fuse or is there a better / safer way to wire these ? Appreciate any help as I do not want to cause a fire. Cheers.
For a volt meter I wouldn’t put a fuse but if you wanted then a small 3A inline fuse on 12AWG. Warrior 170 are very nice indeed
@@AirbornePirates Many thanks for your reply. I have just been looking at the voltmeter and it has come with wire which looks like 16 awg size.
Is this done to a cost and would be better replaced with 12 awg wire or do you think I can use 16 awg wire over a 1.5 m distance (I can not see how many amp's these draw) ?
Is the circuit breaker based on the amps of the battery
No the total circuit 🤙
Prob do t rear old comments box so anyone with good boat electrical experience any answers appreciated.
My trolling motor is a 24v motor battery system.
Putting in a new fuse panel also it’s a new build. Still deciding on which battery to get either a 24v ion lithium(1 smaller lighter battery), or 2- ion lithium’s or 2-lead acid, going to depend on money at the end the battery are my last buy.
If I buy 1 24v battery, I was going to run the trolling motor straight to the battery, adding in line fuse/breaker, on/off battery switch just for trolling motor all separately.
All rest of wiring is 12v, nav lights, accy, live well, bait tank, radio, cab, etc. how do I wire 12v to new fuse panel when battery is 24v, abd I’m using 1 battery, or is it possible to make 24v battery out 12v out of fuse panel?
Know it is a.stupid question, smart ass answers don’t bother me so your wasting your energy thanks everyone
Hi matt, when is the next video coming out?
Bilge pump next!
How do u run multiple navigation lights off one switch?
Wired them into one main 👍
*I want to see the final product*
this made me wanna rewire our crompton rib. the wiring on it is hideous, like a birds nest.
Used the same switch panel and have found it to be very poor quality...basically it lasted two trips out (saltwater) in my Rib before failing due to corrosion. How are you finding yours? You have more protection, I guess.
That’s a shame I’m a year in now and mine is still good, I think the blue sea panel would be a gold standard / better optio.
Two types of heat shrink. Should use the one with glue included
Mine are just standard heat shrink they just melt on, not heard of a glue version
all you have to do is ditch that MCB, they are junk. get a midi, anl fuse or a decent non polarized one like a noark.
As long as you have a fuse rated 50% of the wire things draw from you're sorted. 99% of boats are written off due to fire, not many boats actually sink....but at least they self extinguish 🤣
😂😂😂😂
60% of the time it works every time
Where can we get a fuse panel like the OLD ONE??? ...I have all the NEW ones, - but friends of mine back in 1990 at CRETE had that one, - I fitted it for them!!! ...oh, and I invented the LED + resistor across the fuse using that OLD type fuse board.......
Absolutely no idea Anthony, warrior boats Uk might sell the old ones
@@AirbornePirates they don't appear to... but cheers anyway...
When do you think your first voyage will be ?
I have an auxiliary engine on order so I think mid to end June 🙌
@@AirbornePirates brilliant mate keep up the good work looking forward to it 👍
@@Familytreeos thanks Zak 👍
Hi matt is the new video coming out today?
Won’t be a new boat one for a couple of weeks buddy, part way through 👍🌧
@@AirbornePirates Okay, as long as we get some content from you that alright by me 👍
Why have you got a switch and a terminator fuse? You could just use the terminator fuse if you want to switch things off.
The switch isn’t a cut off so the 50A one is
i've been a marine electrician for 25 years, there's a reason why marine wiring was standardized all those years ago. All your wires are the same color. Somebody down the road is going to be so pissed off
All labled at both ends 👍 thanks
@@AirbornePirates yeah, that'll work out really nice for a few years and then all the labels fall off or the ink bleaches out and even then, what could possibly be written on the wire that would help somebody? . then a 2 minute repair can easily escalate to all afternoon and then some poor guy makes nothing that day. We call owner repairs like that 'day waisters' Obviously, we refuse to work on those and then the name, hull number, vin number and boat description goes on our database so that none of our shops or venders get stuck working on it. Absolute nightmare, you don't understand
Next video…. Bilge pump:
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Well explained, thank you. But i just discovered what AWG is, what a b..shit name and so counter intuitive. Question; is the breaker necessary if you have the fuses?
Probably not essential but cheap to do so made sense for me