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jwestwood posted 04-14-2014 09:01 AM ET (US)
Is the wire channel [rigging tunnel] on the 1974 Outrage 21 an enclosed tube under the deck lid? Or, is it an open ditch from console to [stern]? If it were open, the re-wire project would be much easier if the deck were removed. I am having the wiring totally redone, moving batteries to console, and [giving the console] a new face and guages. I have not yet lifted the the fuel tank deck cover. Thanks for your help.
dfmcintyre posted 04-14-2014 06:15 PM ET (US)
Jim -
It's in a tube that runs adjacent to the fuel tank cavity. That's why the fuel tank in my boat has the "V" of the tank offset from center. When I had my cavity opened to install a new tank, I drilled and routed a small tube from the corner of the tank cavity to the entrance to the tunnel, under the console. That way I could run wire from the console, down through the cavity, under the floor plate that the factory used for the fuel tank vent tube, and forward for flush mounted night lights in the vertical areas of the deck coaming.
Regards - Don
jwestwood posted 04-15-2014 09:35 AM ET (US)
Don: I thought it is an enclosed tube in the earlier years. I remember seeing Jeff's opened up and that was a trough. I also recall seeing your coaming lights. Nice touch and good idea to wire that way. Have you found having the batteries in the console to be detrimental in any way? Any voltage drop?
dfmcintyre posted 04-15-2014 04:45 PM ET (US)
Jim--Minimal voltage drop, keeps the stern cleaner and easier to mount a battery selector switch. Regards - Don
kmev posted 04-15-2014 09:00 PM ET (US)
Running wires through the tunnel is not hard. As you pull an old wire out, just make sure a new wire is attached and pull the new wire through with the old one. If there are no old wires to pull, a piece of stiff (non-electrical) wire pushed through works just as well (it works better to push the stiff wire from the console to the stern).
Many years of grime and dirt accumulate in the tunnel, so flushing it with a garden hose may make running wires easier.
If you are moving the batteries to the console for improved weight distribution, I don't think you're going to find much benefit on this hull.
Chuck Tribolet posted 04-15-2014 11:18 PM ET (US)
Rather than just a piece of stiff wire, get an electrician's
fish tape in the electrical deptartment of any big box HW store. That the RIGHT tool.
And if you've got everything out of the tunnel, you can pull
through a clothes drier duct brush to clean a lot of the crud
out. It may even work with the steering and shift cables in
the tunnel
Chuck
jwestwood posted 04-16-2014 09:03 AM ET (US)
Thanks all for responding and insight. My objective in moving the batteries is to clean up the aft portion, reduce wire clutter, and simplify the new rigging. Console is being refaced with 1/2" Marine Board from Plasteak. Gunwale caps and aft storage bin covers built from 1"x 4" Plasteak trim stock. Guages, other than original Yamaha motor control guages, will be replaced. [Changed topic; please use SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL to solicit advice on boat instrumentation. Thanks--jimh]

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Author	Topic: 1974 Outrage 21: Rigging Tunnel
jwestwood	posted 04-14-2014 09:01 AM ET (US) Is the wire channel [rigging tunnel] on the 1974 Outrage 21 an enclosed tube under the deck lid? Or, is it an open ditch from console to [stern]? If it were open, the re-wire project would be much easier if the deck were removed. I am having the wiring totally redone, moving batteries to console, and [giving the console] a new face and guages. I have not yet lifted the the fuel tank deck cover. Thanks for your help.
dfmcintyre	posted 04-14-2014 06:15 PM ET (US) Jim - It's in a tube that runs adjacent to the fuel tank cavity. That's why the fuel tank in my boat has the "V" of the tank offset from center. When I had my cavity opened to install a new tank, I drilled and routed a small tube from the corner of the tank cavity to the entrance to the tunnel, under the console. That way I could run wire from the console, down through the cavity, under the floor plate that the factory used for the fuel tank vent tube, and forward for flush mounted night lights in the vertical areas of the deck coaming. Regards - Don
jwestwood	posted 04-15-2014 09:35 AM ET (US) Don: I thought it is an enclosed tube in the earlier years. I remember seeing Jeff's opened up and that was a trough. I also recall seeing your coaming lights. Nice touch and good idea to wire that way. Have you found having the batteries in the console to be detrimental in any way? Any voltage drop?
dfmcintyre	posted 04-15-2014 04:45 PM ET (US) Jim--Minimal voltage drop, keeps the stern cleaner and easier to mount a battery selector switch. Regards - Don
kmev	posted 04-15-2014 09:00 PM ET (US) Running wires through the tunnel is not hard. As you pull an old wire out, just make sure a new wire is attached and pull the new wire through with the old one. If there are no old wires to pull, a piece of stiff (non-electrical) wire pushed through works just as well (it works better to push the stiff wire from the console to the stern). Many years of grime and dirt accumulate in the tunnel, so flushing it with a garden hose may make running wires easier. If you are moving the batteries to the console for improved weight distribution, I don't think you're going to find much benefit on this hull.
Chuck Tribolet	posted 04-15-2014 11:18 PM ET (US) Rather than just a piece of stiff wire, get an electrician's fish tape in the electrical deptartment of any big box HW store. That the RIGHT tool. And if you've got everything out of the tunnel, you can pull through a clothes drier duct brush to clean a lot of the crud out. It may even work with the steering and shift cables in the tunnel Chuck
jwestwood	posted 04-16-2014 09:03 AM ET (US) Thanks all for responding and insight. My objective in moving the batteries is to clean up the aft portion, reduce wire clutter, and simplify the new rigging. Console is being refaced with 1/2" Marine Board from Plasteak. Gunwale caps and aft storage bin covers built from 1"x 4" Plasteak trim stock. Guages, other than original Yamaha motor control guages, will be replaced. [Changed topic; please use SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL to solicit advice on boat instrumentation. Thanks--jimh]