Most of my stuff is scattered on other posts. Starting this one, with more pics later, but at a wiring jam, need some folks for recollection and assistance.
The first problem after sorting through all the reds and blacks around the battery and after tearing up the dash, some wierd wiring was used.
For the sake of being simple, I have identified the pos/neg running to the outboard engine, the trim motor, and any unswitched accessories.
One would think the remaining 2 wires would be a house red and black leading through the harness to the dash. More on that later.
On to the dash. The incoming harness has a brown for the bilge, the blue/green for the bow and anchor light, the pink for the never worked fuel gauge, the reddish/orangey hot and the black ground, and the 7th wire is a mysterious red that appears to have been never used?
The wiper and horn located at near the helm not part of the harness run, but there. The dash, as many of you have the same or similar, was a series of jumps for red and black to power up. One would think that at your battery, you would have the other end of the black and red to supply the power.
Well, I found what appeared to be my house red even though it looks more on the orange side of red as part of 3 wires bound together with tape or sheathing. The other 2 wires are purple(ignition) and white with green markings(trim down)? See the picture...........................
The reddish one splits off near the battery to a 15 amp breaker on a clip, then the other clip has the exiting red wire rejoining the run of 3 wires forward but sheathed. If this is my main house red hot, where did the purple and white/green wire go to? They are NOT at the helm. Do they go to the positive battery post since they have connectors?
Mystery number 2 is that I cannot locate my house black ground where it should connect to the battery. It is in the harness at the helm!!
I think my house ground was jumped by the previous owner adding a permanent fuel tank. On the tank, a ground wire jump is attached to some funky harness, see the pic..........................
, then into this
The gauge, which I was told never worked is because of this botch. The tank has a black pig that leads into a 3 wire harness, the other 2 wires are pink and blue. The pink needs to eventually get to the fuel gauge at the helm, and the blue, who knows because it is split off and hanging there with a brass coupler, was somehow attached to the battery at one point?
The left side of the connector has the black ground and pink gauge wire, but a 3rd wire white with green appears? What is that for? I can't find it at the helm coming through the harness. Why is it part of this run of wires?
At some point I have to ground the panel from the main battery. Any ideas what this mess is?
The first problem after sorting through all the reds and blacks around the battery and after tearing up the dash, some wierd wiring was used.
For the sake of being simple, I have identified the pos/neg running to the outboard engine, the trim motor, and any unswitched accessories.
One would think the remaining 2 wires would be a house red and black leading through the harness to the dash. More on that later.
On to the dash. The incoming harness has a brown for the bilge, the blue/green for the bow and anchor light, the pink for the never worked fuel gauge, the reddish/orangey hot and the black ground, and the 7th wire is a mysterious red that appears to have been never used?
The wiper and horn located at near the helm not part of the harness run, but there. The dash, as many of you have the same or similar, was a series of jumps for red and black to power up. One would think that at your battery, you would have the other end of the black and red to supply the power.
Well, I found what appeared to be my house red even though it looks more on the orange side of red as part of 3 wires bound together with tape or sheathing. The other 2 wires are purple(ignition) and white with green markings(trim down)? See the picture...........................
The reddish one splits off near the battery to a 15 amp breaker on a clip, then the other clip has the exiting red wire rejoining the run of 3 wires forward but sheathed. If this is my main house red hot, where did the purple and white/green wire go to? They are NOT at the helm. Do they go to the positive battery post since they have connectors?
Mystery number 2 is that I cannot locate my house black ground where it should connect to the battery. It is in the harness at the helm!!
I think my house ground was jumped by the previous owner adding a permanent fuel tank. On the tank, a ground wire jump is attached to some funky harness, see the pic..........................
The gauge, which I was told never worked is because of this botch. The tank has a black pig that leads into a 3 wire harness, the other 2 wires are pink and blue. The pink needs to eventually get to the fuel gauge at the helm, and the blue, who knows because it is split off and hanging there with a brass coupler, was somehow attached to the battery at one point?
The left side of the connector has the black ground and pink gauge wire, but a 3rd wire white with green appears? What is that for? I can't find it at the helm coming through the harness. Why is it part of this run of wires?
At some point I have to ground the panel from the main battery. Any ideas what this mess is?
