Have I ever told you....

[wspeedin]

...how much I hate wiring!!!!?!!!
I really really HATE wiring! I have been working on my new dash with new rocker switches for the past couple weeks, and Im still not done! It would help if there was a wiring diagram that actually matched my boats wiring! Instead I have to look at three different wiring diagrams and then guess whihc one is going to work. I think I am almost done, but only time will tell when I connect power to it and find a fire or not :(

If any of you Saltare owners hav epictures or references that I can look at for under the dash, please send them my way!!

*rant over*

[jasun]

No offense, but im glad you are going through this now so that when I get to the point in a month or so, I can ask you for help :)

do you have any pics of the rockers on your dash? Not to Hijack your thread, but im looking for Ideas for the dash.

Thanks!

Also, are you looking for pics from under the Dash? I can probably take some for you.

[wspeedin]

Lol, yeah, I wish somebody else had done this before me :)
I do have pictures of the dash and switches but not on this computer. When I get home I will post some.
And yes, I will take pictures of under the dash if you have them.

[Zim]

What are you wiring? What's the issue? Rocker switches shouldn't be too hard to get wired up... are you looking for hot wires, grounds?

[wspeedin]

I hate it, but I think I got it all done. I will of course still have to install it and test out to see what happens. I also am going to have to do some touch ups on the painting and tidy everything back up into harnesses. So hear is what it looks so far.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/wspeedin/49B075E6-E57A-46AE-B983-1D821B371A90-16305-000012040203F314_zps74b7db8f.jpg (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/wspeedin/media/49B075E6-E57A-46AE-B983-1D821B371A90-16305-000012040203F314_zps74b7db8f.jpg.html)
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/wspeedin/A0AD3ECF-97DC-43E4-9357-BC84DCF02FE6-16305-0000120406D5F27A_zpsc43de852.jpg (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/wspeedin/media/A0AD3ECF-97DC-43E4-9357-BC84DCF02FE6-16305-0000120406D5F27A_zpsc43de852.jpg.html)
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/wspeedin/BBC953F7-3193-4CEF-BD13-DEFE5B4FFBBD-16305-000012040AD61C14_zps559509e2.jpg (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/wspeedin/media/BBC953F7-3193-4CEF-BD13-DEFE5B4FFBBD-16305-000012040AD61C14_zps559509e2.jpg.html)

Here is a picture of the back of the rocker switches. Each switch will have a dedicated power and ground coming from a Blue Sea 12 Terminal Fuse Panel.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/wspeedin/50972DB7-0B0E-44AD-AA4C-0117E0127E04-16413-000012148FD982A5_zps387d8df3.jpg (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/wspeedin/media/50972DB7-0B0E-44AD-AA4C-0117E0127E04-16413-000012148FD982A5_zps387d8df3.jpg.html)

[Ptownkid]

The wires are colour coded and the manual lists them doesn't it?

[wspeedin]

Here is the back of the gauge cluster.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/wspeedin/FAE59062-2322-4A05-BF58-3B3A8D5F1894-16413-000012149A0B8E7E_zpsff50eecc.jpg (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/wspeedin/media/FAE59062-2322-4A05-BF58-3B3A8D5F1894-16413-000012149A0B8E7E_zpsff50eecc.jpg.html)

My biggest concern is which wires to run from the ignition. My original '87 dash had a push button switch for ignition and then had the keyed igntion. The back of the keyed ignition has three prong's labeled: S, I, B. I have a yellow/red 10gauge wire, a red 10 gauge wire that is merged together with an orange 10gauge wire. I also brought the ACC line over to the ignition since now there is no switch for ACC. And then I have two purple 14gauge wires that come from two separate harnesses. I need to know where to put these wires or atleast what the S, I and B stand for.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/wspeedin/3EACE63A-C67D-4173-9767-C3F613ACCF96-16413-000012149554D863_zpsdaabbe8e.jpg (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/wspeedin/media/3EACE63A-C67D-4173-9767-C3F613ACCF96-16413-000012149554D863_zpsdaabbe8e.jpg.html)

Thanks :)

[wspeedin]

The wires are colour coded and the manual lists them doesn't it?

LOL, yes, you would think that there would be a wiring diagram that actually matched my harness....but there isn't. I have three different wiring diagrams and none of them match up 100%. Only bits and pieces of each one match my harnesses.
Very confusing!

[Ptownkid]

Ouch...sorry to hear that Will.

[DAFF]

The best thing for wiring is a continuity tester. This is where when a loop is achieved a sound or tone is mades by the device, This way you can quickly determine what things do without running power through any circuts. This is very helpfull when someone has butched a harness to install something years ago without any true thought behind it.

I could see some vinyl carbon fibre or such to finish the cut out.

[Jetlink]

Blasphemy!! Wiring makes perfect sense. It's color coded or can be. It's not that hard to wire a boat compared to what I do everyday.

Sounds like you just volunteered yourself to help the man out.

[haugy]

Blasphemy!! Wiring makes perfect sense. It's color coded or can be. It's not that hard to wire a boat compared to what I do everyday.

Hey throwing in some guys flat screen isn't work.........:D :D :D

While I feel WSpeedin's frustration, I've learned you can eliminate a lot of that's rat nest if you start from scratch. Instead of replicating the wiring harness, make your own.

[sybrmike]

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eN1Ojm_-IwQ/UWgQWPG9r9I/AAAAAAAAABY/p9gMMt0oRRc/s851/under%2520dash%2520wiring.jpg

I agree with Haugy - it was much easier starting from scratch when I reconfigured my dash. Stick with it Will & you'll get it figured out. Just keep reminding yourself that for each component it's pretty much just power, ground, signal, illumination.