Each of the connectors is about the size of the end of your pinky and you don't use no wimpy tool to crimp those! I borrowed ours from work tonight.
That's the two handled crimp tool in the picture, it's cast iron and weighs about ten pounds. After stripping the insulation from the wire, a connector was slipped over the end, crimped twice and then heat shrink tubing with adhesive inside was shrunk with the heat gun to protect the connection. It takes about 10 minutes to do each connector.
There were the two connections at the front and all the rest were in the back. There will definitely be some cable management to be done to keep things neat.
Two more holes were drilled tonight, one in the side of each battery bay underneath the transom well. A piece of 1" PVC will run between the holes for a conduit for the power cables and the fuel line from the fuel filter. Those holes were painted with BilgeKote tonight, the PVC will be installed tomorrow night.
Painting finished the night; front windows, transom well inside and out, and the two loose pieces.
Oh, and my motor is almost here. I'm really hoping that the barge company will deliver it next Tuesday and I can get it installed and rigged the same day. We'll see!
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