Ahandyman59
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I took on a project of restoring a family heirloom, an old 16 food Fiberform runabout. It was in really bad condition. floor and transom were completely rotted. The unique compound bend windshield was particularly difficult to get replacement for. Anyway the boat is completely restored and I'm working on final details. Among those details is getting the wiring set up as best it should be. This boat originally had 2 push/pull switches. One turned on the windshield wiper. The other has a 2 stage light switch, which is the focus of this post...
I believe the first stage is supposed to turn on the stern light (pole). The second stage I think, is supposed to turn on the bow (red and green) light as well as the stern light. Originally for instrumentation, there was just very rough ammeter gauge and even more rough red overtemp light. Since this boat is used a lot, I have installed several additional gauges, which all work nicely and accurately. The issue is that these gauges all have lights. I've wired them up, but the question is which switch setting to connect these to. What is "normal"? I think turning on these gauge lights when the bow and stern lights together, occurs. Is that the way this should be wired?
I believe the first stage is supposed to turn on the stern light (pole). The second stage I think, is supposed to turn on the bow (red and green) light as well as the stern light. Originally for instrumentation, there was just very rough ammeter gauge and even more rough red overtemp light. Since this boat is used a lot, I have installed several additional gauges, which all work nicely and accurately. The issue is that these gauges all have lights. I've wired them up, but the question is which switch setting to connect these to. What is "normal"? I think turning on these gauge lights when the bow and stern lights together, occurs. Is that the way this should be wired?