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Hi, I have a sail away with a brand new engine and semi clean (apart from the odd footprints) engine bay. The limited cables that are already in the bay when I purchased (cables to starter battery and cables to bow thruster batteries) were all in the black plastic spiral split conduit. Remembering this is a new boat and I need to follow all the latest regs, is it a requirement to have all other cables in the same conduit or can I connect some to say cable trays en-route to the cabin inverter, 12v supply etc. This continues to keep things neat but also allows the cables more air around them so not to get too warm. They would be cable tied to the trays, you know the sort with zig-zag holes and lipid sides.
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Hello All, So having recently bought my first canal boat I am slowly adapting to canal life, and following lots of helpful advice from this forum I am having some new electrics installed (solar panels, inverter, batteries etc.) And taking some advice from other forum member I am now going to address my lighting and plug socket (more USB ports and LED lighting !!) So what I would like to know can anyone recommend some LED ceiling lights, are these straight forward to change from what I currently have, they look like a small flourecent tube. Is it just a case of changing the wires? Would I need to put a fuse in the cable line? Also what cables do people recommend for their 12v electrics and any tips on where to purchase these would be really apreciated. I would also like to install car lighter type plugs or usb plugs and wondered if anyone could recommend a good one of these and is it simple to just 'insert' these into an existing cable ring. Do I need to be careful how much I run off one ring, should I install a fuse as well? If so what type is good? Any advice greatly apreciated. Thanks for reading Martin
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Hello all, I have finally had the opportunity to look at my Mercury 40hp outboard and I'm really unhappy with the condition of it, for an outboard that was supposedly serviced this time last year the condition is poor in the sense that the wiring is shot in various places, one of the prop fins has a chunk out of it and it appears the engine had an electric start but the wiring has perished and parts for this have been removed. Also the positive wire appears to be connected by the last 3 strands of it's inner copper wire, so far I have tilted the engine out of the water and removed the spark plugs which are BUHW-2, a design of spark plug I have never seen before. (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGK-BUHW-2-5626-Spark-Plug-Mercury-Mariner-2-Stroke-Outboard-Engines-4hp-90hp-/181528880213?hash=item2a43f6e455:g:BOsAAOxyJX1TF5M2) I have no idea what model of outboard it is, or it's age, only that it is a heavy unit, I thought it was a four stroke but could not find any oil filler caps so possibly a 2 stroke premix? Knowing nothing of the engine, I am now thinking the best idea would be to have a boat mechanic refurb the engine (rewire, change the prop and service), can this be done with the engine in situ or would I need to remove the unit and take it to a specialist? The good news is that the outboard is currently connected to a throttle/gear control box and steering wheel via a morse cable system, I'm now thinking of replacing the entire outboard and selling off the mercury unit after it's refurb, but are the controls universal and would it be a simple case of disconnecting the throttle arm and attaching the cables for throttle/gears? Thank you!
