I was told by a marine electrician that if you want to do it right the first and only time to do it this way. Also only use ring connecters.Local truck electric guy does most of his volume on logging trucks so he knows about vibration. He says the sequence should be crimp, solder, shrink tube. Are there other considerations re marine application that I'm missing?
Local truck electric guy does most of his volume on logging trucks so he knows about vibration. He says the sequence should be crimp, solder, shrink tube. Are there other considerations re marine application that I'm missing?
With spades the screw loosen and the wire falls off with the ring the connection stays there till the screw falls off I guess. I just did what the Marine Electrician told me. I just guessing that, that is code. As far as the plastic all of the original wiring has plastic on.No plastic on the connectors, straight metal. Shrink tubing comes at the end. Bit leery of rings though, dropping and then finding tiny screw in dark tight boat spaces not my idea of fun. Spades mean screw doesn't need to be removed completely. Haven't made up my mind yet.
I just ordered the bluesea system, and am planing on installing this weekend. I have two questions!
1) What does ther start isolation connection do and why is it listed as optional?
2) The wiring diagram shows that I need to install fuses between the charging relay and the batteries, what kind of fuses would you install or should they be circuit breakers, any good marine brands?