John Wright

Thank you for the input. It was more of a question on setting up the electrical system and making sure I’m on the right track. Right now there are two batteries and all the connectors are fastened to the positive and negative terminals. I’m really wanting to clean it up where it looks good and is easily accessible. On battery one, I was thinking of hooking up my lights and trolling motor. The setup I’m thinking of would be the battery, battery switch, fuse panel, then lights and trolling motor hooked to the fuse panel. Then if I go bowfishing at night, I’ll hook up a generator to this battery. On the second battery it’s the same setup, but the motor, depth finder, bilge/aerator/nav lights, and instrument cluster are connected to the fuse panel. I have a few current readings but can get more later. Right now: - trolling motor: 3 Amps - left light: 7 amps - right light: 7 amps - bilge/aerator/nav lights: 3 amps - instrument cluster: 2 amps - depth finder: 1 amp

I am wanting to overhaul the electronics on my boat. I have a 70hp Yamaha outboard, Motor Guide trolling motor, Lowrance depth finder, (2) LED light bars, bilge pump, aerator, navigation lights, and instrument cluster. I’m wanting both batteries to be separate, and have their own battery switch and fuse panel. For Battery 1, I'm thinking of having my trolling motor and lights hooked up to a fuse panel. I rarely use the lights and want to be able to hook up a generator for bowfishing. I’m also thinking of installing two more light bars in the future. For Battery 2, I’m thinking of having my outboard motor, depth finder, bilge, aerator, nav lights, and instrument cluster hooked up to a fuse panel. Also thinking of installing another depth finder on the bow of the boat. Seems like a relatively simple project, but I’m curious if others have a similar setup and what they’ve done. All advice is greatly appreciated!