Wiring Refit

For the last 5 years of looking at the wiring mess, I started a complete refit of the electrical system. Most of the 120v AC was before there was a ground wire included. All the older 2 prong receptacles were replace at some point with 3 prong and a separate ground wire was ran to a few of those. There were no GFI receptacles and additional wiring was with standard solid conductor house type wiring. There were wires, some live, that were not connected to anything.

Back in my past life, I worked as an aircraft electrician for the Air Force, an avionics technician for the Army, and as an electronics technician on the National Aerospace System while working for the Federal Aviation Administration. I figure rewiring this boat is not beyond my skill level. So while in Milwaukee a couple weeks ago, I purchased 114 feet of salvaged, marine grade, 3 conductor stranded wire from Kendor Marine, then started pulling out old wiring and refitting with the new. I got this wire for $0.86 a foot whereas new marine grade wire would have cost over $3.00 a foot. Since the cabin area is mostly gutted out, this job is not as hard as some may think. After I'm through with the ac side of the system, then I'll start on the dc side. Talk about a mess.