My V20 wiring project - Need Help!

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

First thing i would do is take ALL those positives out of the battery and connect them to a Blue Seas 12 gang fusable box. If they are any fuses on the wires(+) going to the battery, throw them away and cut the wire before the fuse and connect to the Blue seas terminals. Get self some red gauge wire and black 8 gauge wire and connect the negative from your battery to the Blue seas negative post and the red wire from your battery switch(if you have) to the positive post of the Blue seas. Now you can check if your horn and other stuff work. If they don't, shut down the battery and check for continuity on your switches. If you have continuity on ON and no continuity on OFF, your swithes work. Problem is your accesories. When you install the radio, make sure the memory wire(usually orange) is connected to the battery all the time so you don't loose time and station pre sets.
This is the Blue seas fuse block http://bluesea.com/category/5/21/productline/126

This is the battery switch
http://bluesea.com/category/1/productline/2

[Blue_Runner]

http://wilmington.craigslist.org/boa/1651032605.html

[whatknot]

This Automatic Charging Relay by blue sea systems is fantastic. I only wish I had moved my batteries under the console..... They sell this system as a kit. One of the best things I ever did on a boat. The other stuff I can't mention.




http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/.../BlueSeaWiring

[bradford]

Your boat looks like mine a couple of years ago. I finally got tired of having the birds nest under the helm and redid the wiring and gauges. Once i got into the project it wasn't that bad. I pulled about a mile of wires that went to nowhere out of the boat. I tried to keep it simple with my new install and eliminate a few circuits and tie a few together that would be used together. Good luck, you'll have peace of mind when it's finished.

[chrisrub]

Thanks for the quick replies. I'm going to pick up that fuse box for now and start drawing up a diagram of what I will have as part of the system. I'll keep you posted as I progress!