Fish Finder Wiring Questions

[Dutch]

Picked up a couple of new finders to upgrade out dated equipment, now for the wiring....

 

I would like to do some kind of terminal off the battery at the back of the boat with a positive and a negative post. I would run wires from the battery to the terminal with an in-line fuse, then I would run the wires from the finders and hook up with eyes to the posts on the new terminal. Anyone know where I could get something like this?

 

Should I bother, or should I just run the wires directly to the battery terminals?

 

Also, I need to lengthen the power wires. Where can I get wire to do this? They have automotive wire at CTC, but only in single wire and I would need double. The instructions call for 18 guage multi strand copper wire. I have some 18 guage speaker wire sitting around, but I don't think that's the way to go...haha.

 

Any other helpful hints are appreciated.

Edited May 9, 2008 by Dutch

[Guest skeeter99]

you can pony power from anywhere in your dash etc

 

 

I personally ran the wires directly to the battery

 

 

just as long as you got 12 volts to it and ground you are good

 

 

just get a pack of ring terminals and put on battery posts, the speaker wire would work since the fish finder hardly draws any current, but I would get some higher quality wire in the recomended guage

 

 

princess auto/canadian tire/wal mart/home depot carry all of the supplies you would need

Edited May 9, 2008 by skeeter99

[BillM]

Just make sure you run the fuse on the positive side of things

 

I am going to re-wire my dad's boat tomorrow. Not a huge deal, but someone made a awful mess of it (Wired each device to the battery, no need for that at all)

[Vanselena]

You can find the wire you need at Princess Auto