ground wire

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1988 bayliner 125 force. where does the fuse block get its ground from.hot wire is running from positive side of battery to fuse block with inline glass fuse.does ground wire run from motor first and then to ground under console. just purchased boat wos told everything worked.should have checked it out better. just moved from oh to fl got in a big hurry to by boat.wireing and motor are a mess. already had to buy trin motor not cheap. thanks

 

[sasto]

Re: ground wire

Normally......I say normally...A black wire from battery - would go to a buss bar in console and all other grounds from lights, etc. go to that buss bar. Exceptions are it is usually recommend to ground sensitive electronics to the battery directly.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: ground wire

Fill out the profile and post pics of what you have.J

 

[sidenberg]

Re: ground wire

I have a 1987 Bayliner with a Force 125. I found a fried #14 ground wire in the wire harness that ran from the motor to the fuse panel at the console behind the dash. All the ground wire insulation had melted buy luckily did not melt the other wires in the harness. There is also a #4 ground wire that runs from the motor to the battery. There is another #10 ground wire that runs from the battery to the fuse panel, which saved my ***. I ran a new #14 ground to replace the fried one that was in the harness. You can never have too many ground wires.