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Author	Topic:   Photos of Stern Terminal Block
cinegamma	posted 07-05-2010 10:32 PM ET (US)         My '84 Montauk is missing the original stern terminal block for the navigation light and combination side lights. Does anyone have any photos of the original configuration? Or suggestions for a better way? I have some small empty drill holes around the opening where the wires enter the hull heading to the combination side light. I need to re-do the wiring at the stern, as the wiring for the navigation light is connected with wire nuts.
jimh	posted 07-06-2010 01:31 PM ET (US)             You can use any two-terminal terminal block. Digi-Key part number CBB-102-ND.
jimh	posted 07-06-2010 01:34 PM ET (US)             http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail& name=CBB102-ND
cinegamma	posted 07-06-2010 04:45 PM ET (US)             Thanks Jim. When I got the boat it also had a poorly attached brown cover (not enough room for the improper wire nuts that were used) over the wires at the stern. Was there supposed to be a cover over the original terminal block?
jimh	posted 07-06-2010 08:43 PM ET (US)             I had a 1976 Boston Whaler. It did not have a cover over the terminal block at the stern for the navigation lighting. I have seen pictures of other boats where there was a cover in place.
jimh	posted 07-07-2010 08:54 AM ET (US)             One further comment on the terminal block: in a marine application like this one, you want a terminal block that has the back side closed off. This will keep water out of the back side of the screw-in terminals. I am not sure if the SERIES 140 Cinch terminal block I mention above mets that criterion.
jimh	posted 07-07-2010 08:56 AM ET (US)             If you cannot find a terminal block with the back side closed, you could always fill in the back side of the block with a bit of marine sealant. DO NOT use a sealant that leaches Acetic acid, like RTV, however, as it may cause more problems than the water it will keep out. Use a non-Acetic acid sealant like General Electric Silicone II.
contender	posted 07-08-2010 02:46 PM ET (US)             cinegamma: If you have your heart set on a factory terminal block send me your address via my e mail and I will send you my old one. Mine is off a 1975 17 whaler. I do not know if it is what you are looking for, but I have redesigned my wiring and no longer use it.... Please tell me what the address is for Thanks

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