Rewire... :(

[floorboy]

Changing out my motor and drive and decided to put the wiring harness in out of the donor boat I raped so that I can just plug and play the motor when I get it in. Question I have is.... All the gauge wiring was pretty straight forward. What I am left with is a big red and a big orange wire. I am guessing the red goes to the key? And the orange goes to the volt gauge?? The wiring came out of an 86 Wellcraft and is going into a 79 Seacraft.

The red wire goes to the circuit breaker on the motor and I believe the orange goes to the alt +

 

[Fun Times]

Re: Rewire...

Hi there, The orange wire should be joined together with the Red/Purple wire going to the battery side of the key switch with an inline fuse in place.

It can also be used as an accessory fuse panel not to exceed 5 amps.

In the link below, Start on page 4E-7 and be sure to read the notes.

http://www.boatfix.com/merc/Servmanl/13/13E4R2.PDF

The volt gauge uses the ignition power (Purple wire) unless you have an amp gauge? then it uses different color wires.

What engine model are you working on?

 

[floorboy]

Re: Rewire...

Ok thanks. It is an 86 5.7 motor. I tore the complete setup out of another boat. That is all I know. I assume by looking at the old control panel that the red wire is just a general acc power circuit? It's a decent size wire, 10 or 12 gauge.