This week on Onboard Lifestyle we tackle the engine wire harnesses and mount the Yanmar B-panels but the real excitement came when the Navy's Blue Angels F/A...

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okay now that we have the see start

engine controls in it's time to tackle

the next project

getting my Yanmar B panels installed I'm

also throwing in the seaworthy good

panel visors at the same time excited

for those so these are installed in this

pod that I've built in a couple years

ago it's time to get them installed

I've been waiting till the end

especially want weather and you know

just these sitting out in the elements

just deteriorating but it's time so when

you remember when we pulled the cables

for this we attached messengers the

messengers are still sitting in here

they're sitting in the conduit one

messenger runs 32 feet over to here the

starboard engine the other messenger

runs 28 feet through here and over to

there the port engine so we're gonna

attach those messengers to the wire

harnesses get them pulled through and

get everything hooked up that's the

project

let's hope it roasts food okay I'm sure

sure edit the head cabin again going

back here uh through the closet

hang a left down the crawlspace get some

light in here so yep I see what I'm

doing okay so here's what we're doing

now that the engine control cables are

in this is the wire harness to the

engine we're gonna feed this through the

conduit that goes through that way over

to the home station about well cut about

20 feet to go so that's what I'm gonna

do right now start feeding the cereal

okay yeah follow that lead it's a long

hold on okay right there got to get this

started through the conduit give it a

little pull pull it right there okay so

tight can you hear me

how's it feel

okay it's a tightening up are you

getting it okay hopefully we don't

tangle it up here let me look in there

looks good here yeah it might be going

underneath but it looks straight okay

you want let me talk force it this way

that better if I push

hey keep pullin what yeah keep on okay

right about there stop right there

I'm coming out okay

how's it looking snake coming out of

that hole so you look like okay try

having this thing come out at you looks

like a snake head okay well makes it I

think this was longer than the other

yeah this it should be so hopefully I

refer to you put an extension on this

one nice good job

okay time for a cocktail yeah break

okay now that we've got the wire

harnesses snaked through here sitting

right here I'm gonna tuck them behind

the conduit put some extra conduit over

here so it starts running it up this

chase here this chase right here heads

up to the helm and to the pods so I want

to get that rounded up in there but I

know that these are too short they're

not gonna make it all the way one may

but for sure one I'll have to extend so

that's we're gonna tackle next I got to

calculate it out and figure how much to

add these wire harnesses and take a look

at these things it's slightly too

difficult I'll just strip this sheathing

off strip it back actually I drew it out

I'll show you what I'm doing

so here's the plan here's the sheeting I

strip back about two or three feet what

I'll end up doing is making a cut

staggered cuts on these wires like this

let's take of those probably two inches

each

and what that I'll do is when I put the

connectors back in it will not create a

big ball of connectors all at one

location so I'll be able to receive it

nice and smoothly there is one of the

reason I like to do it is by cutting it

like this and I'm adding let's say I'm

adding a 3-foot length every one of

these would be three feet long so I

could add these on make the connections

on all of these then at the end down

here they will have that same stagger so

I will not be impossible to to mix this

sequence up

so let's get at it okay to get these

wire harnesses going I need to run to

the Marine store again of course need a

spool of primary wire and some specialty

connectors these connections are going

to be made exterior they will be in an

enclosed area but I want to make sure

that they stay waterproof so off to the

store I go once again got a cool day

today it's kind of nice actually it's

been so hot a little bit of marine layer

this morning it's supposed to burn off

by noon so take advantage of cooling

down for a couple of hours

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okay back from the marine store got my

primary wire waterproof connectors and

some more vinyl tape to rebind this

whole bundle what it's done it's gonna

be in a waterproof area anyway but I

just want to make sure since it is has a

potential of getting some sea air I want

to make sure it's bug free you have the

first one through the chase here and

it's gonna go up here well let's see 16

16 having about four feet up this rope

and that's gonna be about three and a

half feet short so the longer one that I

thought would make it hung enough to add

a three and a half foot extension to

this one is three feet shorter than this

one so I'll have to add a six and a half

foot extension to this one it's gonna

take a while

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the Blue Angels are coming

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but then we got chills chills every time

never get old

okay the next step was to cut back the

sheeting on one of these wire harnesses

I chose the port engine first because it

needed the least extension on it ended

up going with 3-foot but to do that I

had to cut back the sheathing I used one

of Lin's delicate little scissors to cut

back the sheathing not to damage any of

the wires I know she's gonna kill me

Nell bit they worked perfect

so I stripped the wires back and just

really paid attention not to Nick any of

the wires once the wires were cut back

to about two feet I separated the bundle

and could clearly see that it was four

separate harnesses all wrapped up in one

I - a lettuce laugh again

when I pulled the sheathing back I

realized there's some 12-gauge wire in

there as well not just 16 so now I'm set

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okay when I'm working with these 1416

butt connectors you know you could

squeeze it on to a 12-gauge wire and it

feels solid I mean it's a tight fit you

get a good great connection on it but

when you're putting it on a 16 gauge you

know it feels a little sloppy in there

so here's what I like to do I'll strip

my wire just a little bit longer than I

normally would give a little twist a

nice sharp bend right towards the tip

there

okay this can be tougher to get on

but guaranteed once it's in

it's not going anywhere

now that is a tight fit now when I heat

shrink this connection till even

stabilize it even more

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and just like that it's the next morning

and it's gonna be a hot one today 92

degrees on the lake nice not complaining

well maybe I am it's gonna be warm so

let's see it I have to do today cut my

first extensions last night and let's

look at the connections on the back of

this bead panel here there's three

separate plugs when I unraveled my

harness there's four separate plugs

pretty easy to see that one that one and

that one go to the B panel this one who

knows what his four could be for an

upgraded panel possibly or other options

on the engine that we don't have I'm

just gonna tuck this away for now I'm

not gonna cut it off who knows I may

need that one day so now what I'll do

that leaves 12 wires I'll stagger my

cuts on this and get my extensions all

spliced in

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and this is where you trust your layout

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okay that wasn't too bad got one down

here it is

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looks good happy with it one to go

okay second one is done with a six foot

extension now just snake it up

to its new home Emma can you help me I'm

the in the galley above the stove you

another little black wall thing that you

can take off to get access through the

wall pull that off for me okay now I'm

gonna hand you this wire harness and you

pull it up as I feed it to you okay

and just pull it right out into the gala

truly slow okay keep going keep going

it's going good

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okay so right there perfect okay thank

you this is fun on a 92 degree day you

see this smile on my face huh

getting there ah okay let's get up to

speed here

wire harnesses in

they're all tucked in place everything

looks clean

now it's just a matter of taking my mrb

panels here plugging them in screwing a

man and attaching my seaworthy goods

panel visors and we're done

God feels so nice starting to get some

of these items knocked out

getting this one in it was huge for me

mentally and so tempted to turn those

keys but I'm not quite there yet we

still have to polish the fuel tanks

we'll get that going and I need to work

on the charging system we need to mount

up our our Belmar multistage Marine

regulators and our centerfielder that's

coming up so stand by thanks for

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was so cool seeing the Blue Angels buy

so close to our boat it gave me the

goose bumps from my graduate for another

interesting video on STDs see you then