Gotta love the mess

[Kenosobby]

Well first off howdy!!! Being my first post and all.. What I got is a 20' Hawaiian day cruiser... the boat itself is in really great shape..except for the wiring. Answer me this why is it someone can take 40 wires and tape the ends off because they go nowhere and 2 that go to everything? So here is my project before the weekend, rewire the boat front to back(beings I removed every last scrap of wire in it) and install the new gages (Autometer marine)..So come tommorrow it will be West Marine here I come!!!

[76ANTHONY]

sounds like something you could tackle yourself.

[Statue]

Just re-did the wiring in my 21' daycruser. The Hardin-Marine harness is really nice.

[El Prosecutor]

I am a recovering cheapskate. I rewired mine last year and bought individual spools of wire. It came out fine, but it would have been well worth it to buy a harness.

[AZKC]

Somewhere there is a really cool color chart for what the industry uses for wiring up boats. I'll see if I can find it.
Good to see another Hawaiian survivor And Welcome Aboard

[AZKC]

This is a link to one but its not the one I remember.
http://www.skiboathelp.com/tech/colorcode.html

[AZKC]

This is the list I was thinking of, by way of Oldsquirt, by way of Infomaniac
Blk -Grounds-General
Blk/Brn -Pump Grounds
Blk/Red -Voltmeter Grounds
Blk/Org -Isolated Accessory Grounds
Blk/Yel -ignition stop
Blk/Grn -Water Level Sender Ground
Blk/Blu -Lighting Grounds
Blk/Gry -Nav Light Grounds
Blk/Wht -Battery Parallel Solenoid
Brown -Pumps-General, Bilge or Sump (Manually Switched)(Also alternator starter to Ign.)
Brn/Red -Pumps, Bilge or Sump
Brn/Org -Power feed to Auto Bilge Switches-Pumps, Fuel/Oil Tranfer or Priming
Brn/Yel -Baitwell or Aerator
Brn/Grn -Fresh Water Pump/Water Maker
Brn/Blu -Head Pump
Brn/Vio -Washdown Pump
Brn/Wht -trim pos sender
Red - Battery Feeds Unprotected
Red/Vio -Misc. Accy. Main Feed Protected (fused) from batt to trim panel.
Pink -Fuel Sender
Org/Blk -Audio System Feed
Org/Brn -Electric Head-Sanitation System
Org/Red -Wiper Port
Orange -Accessories common feed- Dist Panel to Acc switch-Anode Electrode-Mercathode
Org/Yel -Diesel Pre-heat
Org/Grn -Wiper Stbd
Org/Blu -Communications Equipment
Org/Vio -Navigation Equipment
Org/Wht -Wiper Center
Yel/Blk -Choke - Neutral saftey trans mounted
Yel/Red -Start Solenoid(starting circut), Neutral Safety
Yel/Org -Powered Ventilation, Fans
Yellow -Bilge Blowers -(also alternator DC output)
Yel/Wht -Rudder Angle Sender
Grn/Red -Stop Solenoid/Kill Switch
Grn/Yel -AC Grounding
Green -Bonding
Grn/Wht -Engine Trim in and or tilt down
Grn/Org -Engine Independent Trim down
Blu/Blk -Cabin Lights
Blu/Brn -Oil Temp Send
Blu/Red -Cabin or Cockpit Lights Port
Blu/Org -Engine Independent Tilt Up
Blu/Yel -Lighting Circuits to Remote Send
Blu/Grn -Cabin or Cockpit Lights Stbd
Blu -Instrument & General Lighting
Blu/Vio -Courtesy, Boarding Lighting
Blu/Wht -Engine Trim Outand/or Tilt Up
Light Blue -Oil Pressure
Vio/Red -Eng. or Generator B+ from Breaker
Vio/Yel -I/O Trim Up (ballast bypass)
Vio/Grn -I/O Trim Down
Vio -12v Ignition-Generator or Engine
Vio/Wht -Trim "Trailer" switch
Gry/Blk -Mast Light
Gry/Red -Spotlight Remote
Gry/Org -Docking Lights
Gry/Grn -Strobe or Beacon
Gry/Blu -Spreader/Flood Lights
Gry/Vio -Windlass/Winch
Gray -Navigation (running) Lights, Tach. Send
Gry/Wht -Anchor Light
Wht/Brn -Temp. Alarm or Indicator
Wht/Red -Fuel Alarm or Indicator -((Ignition module to Dist.)Mercury Thunderbolt Ignition)
Wht/Org -Fire Alarm or Indicator
Wht/Yel -Air Flow Alarm or Indicator
Wht/Grn -Water Press/Flow Alarm or Indicator - ((Ignition module to Dist.)Mercury Thunderbolt Ignition)
Wht/Blu -Oil Press Alarm or Indicator
Wht/Vio -Voltage Alarm or Indicator
White -General Alarm Usage, Yamaha Kill Switch
Tan - Water Temp sender
Tan/Blu -Warning system sense wire (Audio warning)
Pink -Fuel sender
God help me if I ever have a boat with that much crap

[Kenosobby]

Well the wiring is almost all done.. I am too a recovering cheapskate... I ordered all my wire thru work and well of course paid by them.. all marine grade stuff... now I am off to get a new alternator.. But has anyone ever noticed how a simple task like changing the tach turns into an epic undertaking of rewire/re-carb/re-gage?

[pw_Tony]

How much is a wiring harness?

[Kenosobby]

http://www.hardin-marine.com/SearchR...oryID~147.aspx
this is off the hardin-marine website...
Personally i'd rather do it myself... then again I kinda enjoy it.. I'm the kind of person that will park it under a shade tree listen to the radio taking my sweet time... I'm never in any real hurry.