fuse or circuit breaker?
 

Fuse Box or Circuit Breaker? Any thoughts? I want to re wire, and get all those wires coming off of my battery and go to a much more organized set up.

IMHO,ATO fuse panel is the way to go for our size boats. Breaker panels are nice but get expensive. I keep a couple breaker type fuses(resetable) on board in case theres a problem finding a short instead of shotgunning fuses at the panel. Haven't had to do that yet but theres always a what if involved with all boats.

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what dan said , i also moved mine from under the dash to the top of the cabin, much easier to get to and troubleshoot

Check out Blue Sea Systems stuff.....

http://bluesea.com/category/5

They've also got an ACR and battery switch package that's great. They also have nice busbars.

Love the blue sea stuff just wasn't sure weather to go with fuse, or circuit...

you can keep a lot of spare fuses around for cheap, not for breakers

I've got one of the glass fuse panels Whatknot shows here I'm about to install...NICE WORK, Phattdaddy!!... :clap:Thanks for the idea of putting it up top!!...:beer:

those glass fuse panels don't last long in salt, go for teh push in style fuse panel

another good thing about fuses, have been known to wrap a piece of aluminum foil around one and pop it back it to get home.

I just rewired and I have both glass fuses and breakers, I rebuilt the switch panel with breakers, and then added a fuse box for the hard wired stuff

I just replaced my el cheapo fuse panel with a Blue Seas Systems circuit breaker panel. Blue Seas iz da chit.

best part on fuse's if you were to buy a new item and it requires a larger fuse due to amp draw in a breaker you are stuck but with fuses just pop in a larger size.

Which one did you go with Bradford?

I am so jealous.....all of your wires are the same color (black and red)....My boat is a mish mosh of wire add ons that would take me a solid week to figure what powers what.:head:

Blue Seas Systems 6 switch waterproof distribution panel Part # 8273

actually there's a color code for boats and they aren't all suppose to be red and black lol.

here's the color codes for boating

http://www.ftkltd.com/Boat%20Wiring%...or%20Codes.htm

here's the federal boat building handbook rules

http://www.uscgboating.org/regulatio...gulations.aspx

here's a link to the builders MICS and their address's.

http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic1.aspx

good links Skools:clap:


The red and black beats most heavy equipment once if get a few years old. I've seen a dozer rewired with all red; hot, grounds, what ever it was, it was red.

I'm definitely bookmarking this thread..lol I'm going to start rewiring once i figure this engine thing out.

Very timely post for me...but it leaves off the color for tach send...I think it's grey, but it says nav lights grey :head: