Power Run Question--Safety Concern

[chpthril]

You can run it around the bow. Put it in a wire loom. On my 24V I had speaker wires aready running and attached in a loom pretty high . I just zip tied my new wires to the existing loom.

A long those lines, If I have a distribution block under the glove box for my amps, can I draw my power and ground off of those blocks instead of running back to the battery for a ws 420. It ends up at the same spot but a shorter run?

That's what I would do, I dont see anything wrong with it, but I would like to hear Tim or Phil's opinion.

[chpthril]

If you are worried about wire damage due to chaffing, put the wire in some 1/4" loom.

www.waytekwire.com has a 100' box for $10 + shipping.

[xpjim1]

You can run it around the bow. Put it in a wire loom. On my 24V I had speaker wires aready running and attached in a loom pretty high . I just zip tied my new wires to the existing loom.

A long those lines, If I have a distribution block under the glove box for my amps, can I draw my power and ground off of those blocks instead of running back to the battery for a ws 420. It ends up at the same spot but a shorter run?

[Jeff T]

Ok, so I bet everyone is tired of my ws420 questions. Well, I've got one more for you. I got the install started today and I ran into a dilimma. Tim posted that I should run ground/power from the unit directly back to the battery.

Here is my dilmma: I can run the power and ground wires from the cockpit, around the bow, through the port side dry storage, and back to the batteries. Despite requiring more wire, this is the easist route. However, do so requires me to run the power wire into the area exposed to water the easiest...the bow. I have a bow sack, which could leak, and if I were to take a roller over the bow, the entire front section of the boat is wet. I'm worried that the sheath could get damaged by the fiberglass as I run it around the boat.

Is this safe? My other option is to run the wire from the cockpit, behind the starboard side panel, and around the stern, behind the motor, and back to the battery on the port side. This seems safer, but is a much more difficult operation due to the lack of space in the stern and the starboard panel (where the throttle is) that is difficult to maneuver. I have the factory ballast, so I have hard tanks in the rear.

I would love to hear some opinions on this!