[Rhodes22-list] electrical wiring diagram

[Rick]

Chris,

I'm re-wiring my early '90's vintage panel from fuse switches to circuit
breakers.  The other big thing is changing from twisted together wires to
bus bars.  All the negative leads, including the 120v tie-in, are connected
together on one common bus bar, except the VHS radio which is fully isolated
back to the battery.

Hope nothing melts or sparks when I hook up the battery.

Rick

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 6:28 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:

>
> I am trying to better understand how my boat is wired and am putting
> together
> some wireing diragrams per the enclosed sketches.  These sketches will be
> updated as I learn more about what all the wires mean, where they go and
> what they do  but this is my start.  I am open to any suggestions, critique
> or insight from  any members better versed in how our electrical systems
> work.  What I am trying to show in my diagram is as follows:
>
> 1. The outboard has a single set of wires that appear to go to a block with
> pos and neg terminals to which the starter is also connected.  This block
> appears to be connected direct to battery #2, my starter battery.  I think
> the  battery #2 directly powers the starter and lift and also receives a
> charge direct from the outboard alternator.
>
> 2. I beleive the two solar panels go direct to battery #2 but I am not
> sure.
> If I am correct then battery #2 would always receive a trickle charge when
> the sun is shining and battery #2 could also recieve a charge if the
> battery
> switch is in the both position.
>
> 3. The battery switch seems to control how power is provided from battery
> #1
> and or battery #2  to the power bus.
>
> 4. The power bus seems to provide power to the main panel, the macerator,
> the water pump, the vhf radio.  I see two big white wires and three small
> white wires, two big black wires and four small black wires, I don't
> understad were all of these go and what they do.
>
> 5. The main distribution panel seems to have switches that control
> circuites
> to each of the appliances, cabin lights, dc outlets etc....
>
> With input and corrections I can post a more accurate set of diagrams for
> fleet reference.
>
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