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    Default Hiding bus bar and wiring in jon boat

    How are you guys hiding your bus bar in a jon boat or are you leaving it out in the open. Pics of your set ups would be great!


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    Bar is in bilgewell by battery and exposed wires to the bow are inside of 1/2" PEX and slid in the channel of the gunwales to keep clean.
    PEX is painted....
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    Its not as bad as it looks, but I'd probably gain 4mph if I could go wireless.
    Amazing how many wires I have in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheep View Post
    Its not as bad as it looks, but I'd probably gain 4mph if I could go wireless.
    Amazing how many wires I have in there.

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    Why? I a buss bar for the neg and a terminal block for the pos, both with wiring and located under the gunwhales back near the transom.

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    Better?

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    fabricate an aluminum box for it.
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    I bet Tim smiff or palmetto trooper can make some boxes.

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    Conduit junction box

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    Thanks for all the pics. Put down some hydroturf and pulled all new wires this past weekend. Wired it up to a new circuited switch.








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    There ya go! Looks nice

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    Should have taken a before picture. It was like a birds nest back there. Much cleaner now. Two leads going to the battery from the switch. Nothing else to get in the way. And I used some marine duplex, so I’m hoping it’s there to stay for a while.


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    I just had to re do the wiring in my Jon boat also. Before I must have had over 20 wires (+&-) coming off the battery. I put in a switch panel and one of the blue sea fuse blocks, this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001P...rch&th=1&psc=1. I mounted it under the flip lid for the billage, could have mounted it further in under the seat but wanted easy access to it. Down to 3 wires coming off the battery (motor, trim, fuse block). Probably move the trim wire to the fuse block also to clean it up even more.
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    I dont know how it was done. For all I know that weird bastard that determined it's gender licked it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CUduckreeper View Post
    I just had to re do the wiring in my Jon boat also. Before I must have had over 20 wires (+&-) coming off the battery. I put in a switch panel and one of the blue sea fuse blocks, this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001P...rch&th=1&psc=1. I mounted it under the flip lid for the billage, could have mounted it further in under the seat but wanted easy access to it. Down to 3 wires coming off the battery (motor, trim, fuse block). Probably move the trim wire to the fuse block also to clean it up even more.
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    038D8502-0249-43CF-909F-9DF3B3EA47F2.jpg
    833AB73E-B41D-48CF-843C-AB1FED5FEDC2.jpg
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    That is the factory (or dealer) installed switch for the navigation lights. I thought about moving the wires to the new switch panel but then I’d be left with a hole where the old switch was, so I just left them where they are.
    Quote Originally Posted by Birddawg View Post
    I dont know how it was done. For all I know that weird bastard that determined it's gender licked it.

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