Dash Repair

[fetoma]

Thanks Destroyer. I was hoping to keep it to to one 12 circuit Blue Seas ATC fuse block. I think I'll start with that and add another if needed which would be easier to do.

[fetoma]

I do have another question. Why are there so many wires hooked up to each one of those gauges and switches behind the dash?

[phatdaddy]

Typically, you have one for power,+, one for ground,-, one from the sending unit and one for a light. Usually power is daisey-chained from one gauge to another

[fetoma]

Yuk!

[Greyduk]

Back last summer I Changed out my dash panel and gauges and also did some rewiring to eliminate the fuse panel with the glass fuses in my 87 cuddy. Here is how it turned out and what I used to upgrade it. The last picture is not my boat but I used it to give me an idea of what I was trying to accomplish.

[SkunkBoat]

That's the fuse panel that you want. Greyduck, did you remember bypass the glass fuses in your switch panel?

You don't necessarily need a separate fuse and/or switch for each load. For instance, I have an "Electronics" circuit that powers 2 ff/gps units. Nav/Anchor & cockpit lights get power from one fuse. Now higher current things like VHF, Horn, Wipers, Pumps should have their own.

Thoughtful use of DPDT switches can save room in a switch panel.

[fetoma]

That's the one I bought Greyduck.