thanks for the help! There's a new HarborFreight store near me. Tom, Yes, I have a compass light at the binnacle, but either it's energized to the running lights' circuit or through the engine controls panel. In getting the wire forward to the electrical panel, what route did you take the wire? thanks, Pete> From: cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com > Subject: CnC-List Digest, Vol 84, Issue 17 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:30:44 -0500 > > Send CnC-List mailing list submissions to > cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cnc-list-ow...@cnc-list.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CnC-List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Original C & C keel drawings available (Ken Heaton) > 2. Re: Original C & C keel drawings available (Tim Goodyear) > 3. Re: Help with Wiring Needed (kelly petew) > 4. Re: Help with Wiring Needed (Edd Schillay) > 5. Re: Help with Wiring Needed (Tom) > 6. Re: Help with Wiring Needed (Ken Heaton) > 7. Re: Boat beauty (Wally Bryant) > 8. Re: Original C & C keel drawings available (honeys...@aol.com) > 9. Re: Original C & C keel drawings available (Sam Salter) > 10. Re: Original C & C keel drawings available (honeys...@aol.com) > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 13:48:10 -0500 > From: kelly petew <kellype...@msn.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Help with Wiring Needed > Message-ID: <bay173-w11b1418fbed252433031dc1...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > > > I want to get 12V power to the binnacle of my C&C30MKII, for my chartplotter. > > > I'm not sure about the best way to run a wire from the panel to the binnacle. > > Has anyone had any experience with "fishing" a wire b/t the panel and > binnacle? Is there special tool for this? > > Thanks, > Pete Winters > Siren Song > C&C30MKII > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130106/d697d617/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 13:53:51 -0500 > From: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Help with Wiring Needed > Message-ID: <5d4ff2af-9529-497c-b8b2-081b970f2...@schillay.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Pete, > > While I'm not familiar with the 30 MkII, the best tool I've ever used > to run wire is an untangled wire clothes hanger. > > Also suggest, when running a new wire, also run through a thin > messenger line for future applications. You never know when you'll want to > add something more. > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37/40+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website > > On Jan 6, 2013, at 1:48 PM, kelly petew <kellype...@msn.com> wrote: > > > I want to get 12V power to the binnacle of my C&C30MKII, for my chartplotter. > > > I'm not sure about the best way to run a wire from the panel to the binnacle. > > Has anyone had any experience with "fishing" a wire b/t the panel and > binnacle? Is there special tool for this? > > Thanks, > Pete Winters > Siren Song > C&C30MKII > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130106/09e5a96f/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:37:30 +0000 > From: Tom <tchristopher...@yahoo.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Help with Wiring Needed > Message-ID: <fw0xlv8n1u98n9il1h0gkx6t.1357483050...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I have fished my auto helm wires thru multiple times on my 30 mk2. > Just need to use a wire hanger or equivalent from the bottom in the aft > cabin. I needed extra holes in the tubing since I brought multiple wires in. > It is not fun when there are many to pull ina small space. Do you already > have power to the compass light? > > Tom c > 1988 c&c 30 mk2 > Port colborne on > > kelly petew <kellype...@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I want to get 12V power to the binnacle of my C&C30MKII, for my > >chartplotter. > > > >I'm not sure about the best way to run a wire from the panel to the > >binnacle. > >Has anyone had any experience with "fishing" a wire b/t the panel and > >binnacle? Is there special tool for this? > > > >Thanks, > >Pete Winters > >Siren Song > >C&C30MKII > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > >http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > >CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130106/8f7047ae/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:43:38 -0400 > From: Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Help with Wiring Needed > Message-ID: > <caabfp6rdy-ile--drehm4wjrbo-2cgaijtjhsse9hzys1t0...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The following is a link to a standard electrician's tool for this, called a > "fish tape" on the Harbor Freight website. It is made form spring steel > and is flat so it bends mostly in one direction. this feature allows you > to twist it as you push it which allows you to "steer" it a bit to get it > to where you want it to go. > > http://www.harborfreight.com/50-ft-fish-tape-38156.html > > It works better than a straightened coat hanger if you have to go any > distance. As Edd said, for short distances a coat hanger rocks. > > Ken H. > > > On 6 January 2013 14:48, kelly petew <kellype...@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > I want to get 12V power to the binnacle of my C&C30MKII, for my > > chartplotter. > > > > I'm not sure about the best way to run a wire from the panel to the > > binnacle. > > Has anyone had any experience with "fishing" a wire b/t the panel and > > binnacle? Is there special tool for this? > > > > Thanks, > > Pete Winters > > Siren Song > > C&C30MKII > > > ****************************************
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