So am I looking for a step down connector if so what size for 2, 14 awg. on one end?
Wasn’t expecting the cold front. I forgot I had a pork butt thawing in the fridge to cook today. My pit is made out of some pretty thick pipe maybe it’ll keep the heat. Then all I have to do is put the thermometer in the meat and monitor it from my phone and wala we have pull pork tonight. I was talking big last night but I may not get much done for the boat today. We’re getting a winter mix of sleet and rain and I can’t think of any more prep work I can do in the shop and IT IS COLD! Besides if I need to do some house work to catch up on my brownie points with the Admiral. I been getting that look lately. Lol
Those charts are helpful, and Anchor makes excellent products. Wiring can be surprising. Some things use way less than expected, some use way more. It is always better to have a little extra wire thickness. You may reconfigure some things as you see need, and if you went with bare minimum, you may be sorry. So I generally go with 14 ga. wire for general circuits and go bigger as needed.
Yes sir, I easily made some great pulled pork and a pot of beans yesterday.
I've found these solder shrink tube connectors to be amazing for this job. Just put the wires in, hit it with a heat gun or small torch and you're set. https://www.amazon.com/Kuject-Conne...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
I’ve watched videos on those connectors and wondered how strong they were. I don’t know much about solder also wondered how strong of a connection since the solder melts so easy. I was seriously thinking about using them but I’m chicken and didn’t want to wire the entire boat with something new. New to me that is.
To bad you aren't closer to me....I could come over and supervise in trade for that pulled pork....lol...
We could make a deal on that one. Everything I’ve done I did it by myself. I still haven’t mounted the panel I change location twice. I replaced one of the rocker switches with a switch switch for my nav/anchor lights. Just about have all the new wire ran and new add ons installed. Just some leds for the inside of the boat for night fishing. I’m running the Garmin straight to the battery with inline fuse and the bilge pump to the battery with its own manual/automatic switch. Doing that and combining the nav/anchor lights to one switch I’m only using about half of the 6 gang panel now. I need more stuff. Lol: Oh I am going to use another switch on it when I get my led spot light for the bow. I’m running wire for it along with others so all I’ll have to do is hook it up. Before I get it though I have a big submersible led green light for night fishing crappie and catching bait with my cast net.
It’s not cheep and when I see I’m going from one size to another i get step down connectors. All of the Ancor Marine stuff has come from Amazon. Some of it is only three to a box and I’ve gotten really good at making my connections correctly.The downside besides being expensive is I only buy for what I figure I’ll need. Then the day I got a new pair of ratchet crimpers I ruined 5 connectors and had to order more. So I don’t have a 100 extra of anything laying around like the other brands Amazon sells. Which a lot of it seems to be decent but I don’t need 300. Then I found the Ancor stuff and decided I won’t be redoing any wiring for a long time and I like the piece of mind. Now I have to build my wife a greenhouse and she don’t want any throw together kit either. I still have to sneak in the new rod holders for the 1/2” threaded bases I now have. I was going to get Driftmasters like the 3/8” ones I have so she may not notice but there the same as Monster holders. Then I found Fishbites which are real close to Monster but not as hard on the wallet I hope they work out. Harbor freight even has some decent 14/16 awg marine heat shrink butt connectors and actual marine shrink wrap as well. With the adhesive in it too. That’s the stuff I keep for in a pinch. I have never spent the money to make sure I get the best on any one project before and I’ve gone overboard on this one. The boat will never see saltwater but I’m putting it together like it’s going to be stored in it. I bought a new Garmin that does all kinds of things but it’s a small screen. My old Lowrance just wasn’t cutting it anymore. I couldn’t believe the one I got does everything the bigger screens did but they cost three times as much. I’m just about to the stopping point I set as my goal and ready to go fishing before doing anything else to the boat. And boom goes the dynamite with my wife’s car. I got to get a bunch of things done to it that I guess she just didn’t realize over time so I could have took care of things earlier. Brakes and rotors,new belts and more. All happened since the last oil change. I got my regular email yesterday from TPW with fishing updates and it ended with big catfish are in deep water on Lake Somerville which is just what I’m rigging out to drift fish for. I’m even not going to use juglines anymore because I want at least 30 lbs pulling on the end of an 8’rod. Not to mention the stripers and sand bass have started up also on that lake. I’m considering when I finally do get to make the hour drive over there to stay and camp for about 3 days. But my wife worries when I’m out by myself which means I have to find someone that can go with me hopefully during the week when it’s not crowded.
I’m going to try it out on my next pigtail I put on the Trailer. It’ll get bounced and miss treated way more than on the boat and I’ll be able to check it regularly. I think that’s a fair test.
My switch panel has a cigarette plug and two phone charging ports which also will charge my headlamps and rechargeable spotlight that I made sure before I bought it. I can use it while it’s recharging. That’s all in the stern I ran an extra 14 awg to the bow for a someday led spot light mounted and I was thinking it should handle another cigarette plug on the bow as well or I can use my trolling motor battery that’s right at the bow. I’m getting a big bright green led submersible fishing light and I think that’s what’s on its cord. I know the 14 awg will handle it because the only time ill switch on the spot light is for a second to keep my bearings running at night and never at another boat heading towards me. Great idea about for the grandkids by the way. I have one that will throw a lure all day but cannot sit and watch a pole.
