[C320-list] Pulling Wires

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 Don't know if this will help any but I had success fishing wires by using a length of metal beads (like chain pulls for ceiling fans) attached to sewing thread and dragging these through a multi angled wire chase on my last boat. I used a strong magnet on the outside of the wire chase to move the beaded chain. Once it and the thread were through, I attached stronger string to the thread pulled that back through and attached the wires to the tread-- you get the picture.

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Evans <twosailors at bigpond.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 2:23 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Pulling Wires


Alan
I`ve just run wires to the cockpit for speakers from behind the power
board/nav table.  I put the wires in a 10mm  (3/8`` to you guys) flexible
loom tube first then removed the pelmets in the port lockers behind the
stove.  It was easy getting the loom in from the bulkhead at the main
cockpit locker. 
Through the main locker  I just folowed the existing looms.  There is one
that dissappears into the binnacle, just in front of the rudderpost.  Maybe
there is enough room for another.  I didn`t try to fix the loom tube to the
hull or anything, I just tied it to the existing with zip ties.  The longest
job for me was cutting the holes for speakers in the lazarette hatches, but
I took them home as I live across the road from the marina.(sometimes too
close)
It was easier than expected, though you may need 20mm loom tube for 3 wires.

 
************************************
Colin Evans
#774 Lake Macquarie, Australia
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Albrecht, Alan
Sent: Wednesday, 8 December 2010 1:27 AM
To: 'C320-List at Catalina320.com'
Subject: [C320-list] Pulling Wires

I am getting ready to install a Standard Horizon GX2100 AIS/DSC radio. I
will most likely need to pull at least 3 wires between the VHF Radio at the
main saloon Nav Station and the GPS Station at my Binnacle. In addition I am
installation a RAM Mic near the wheel. Does anyone have any advice before I
start researching how to run the wires between the two components and route
the RAM Mic cable to the transom?

Alan Albrecht, PE
Williams Deep Water Group
Houston
Cell 918-625-7352