RidgeRunner, I did a similar thing. I ran 8 gauge to power the new fuse block (in console) with a 30 amp breaker 4 inches from the battery switch (on transom) for both the fuse block and the jack plate. Then everything got safety wire, duplex, triplex, or quadplex, depending on the application. Rather than color code, I used a sharpie to label the jackets on the safety wire; I did color code from the fuse block to each switch however.
I'm now in the process of hooking everything up and tidying up the harness and looming everything, then securing it to the boat. Tonight I wrapped up the back of the boat. Bilge pumps, float switch, bait well inlet and circulation/drain pumps, Faria fuel flow transducer, speaker wires, stern light, wash-down pumps all wired, shrinked, loomed, and secured to the boat.
Tomorrow, I have to hook up the macerator pump for the forward fish-box, the courtesy lights in the console, bow light, and if I have time, I'll install the Faria fuel flow meter and the new Mercury oil pressure and water temp gauges, rewire the fuel gauge, and install the new to me Navman chartplotter.
If I get that done, then Friday night will just be looming and tidying up and putting the console back together. Then shake down and testing for numbers for a reprop with the jack plate installed.
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