Wiring a 16f tinny

[Flex]

I have an open 16f tinny. I run a sounder, bilge pump, nav lights. Currently I have it wired up fairly basically. Each part is individually wired back to the battery with a rectifier charging as I go.

The system works ok but looks really messy. I have 4 sets of leads I need to connect to each terminal and somtimes they all dont make a decent enough contact to work(i.e occasionally my sounder will blink in and out)

I have my battery in a box at the back of the boat. I'd also like to install a isolator in/on the box. Im not exactly sure on the best process to wire it all up.

2 options I have come up with.

Run power from batter to switch pannel and run all functions from there. with an isolator mounted on battery box.


Or

Connect all wires into a single terminal and then connect to the battery.(this is much easier but doesn't seem as clean)

How do most of you run your wiring for a smallish boat. ?

[Dan5]

Mate i have the exact same size boat and i am running about the same gear,i bought a waterproof switch box from jcar and fitted a busbar with neg and pos terminal's inside and ran some 4mm wire to it and then fitted a switch panel to the front of the box and wired my sounder,nav light's,bildge etc through it i dont run an isolator for it i just don't think i need one in this situation and being a single battey set up.Get some heat shrink that is resin lined and solder all termination's and you won't have a problem,no need really to buy tinned wire either if you use the waterproof heatshrink.If you have a bildge pump with float switch i would run it direct from the battery(fused of course) so it's alway's ready to go and not forgotten to be turned on.
Cheer's Dan..........

[BR65]

Dan5 has nailed it mate.
Another option I tried when I had a 12 footer was to mount a recessed switch panel on the side of the battery box, all positive supplies individually fused and all negs straight to the neg terminal on the battery. A little bit of split black wireing conduit and some black ties tidies every thing up nicely.
Cheap, out of the way and practical
cheers
brian

[Blackened]

G'day

What the boys have said with one variable.... GET TINNED WIRE, the twin core is easy, if you don't.... you will be re-wiring in a few short years.

And I garuntee you will have a failure when you need your gear the most, Ie. bilge pump

Dave