Hi Folks, Does an Oday 22 owner know where the battery originally was located ? I have a wiring nightmare to wake up from on my 22. There should also be a common ground for all lights, but I can't find it
One other thing, I have Xantech cabin lights, low and high (1157 bulbs)
Are the lights still made and has anyone found the lenses for them?
Usually the feed wires that attach to the battery are made up of a large conductor like for instance a #10 stranded copper with a large crimped on eye connector on the end. If you can find something like that in a black and red color, that's probably the area where your battery is supposed to be located. A good place for a battery is under the center of cockpit floor in the cabin. What they usually do is have two metal straps screwed to the cabin sole plate under the cockpit with a Polypropylene belt type strap going through these metal hold down straps. The battery is then placed in a plastic battery box with a lid and the Poly strap secures it to the sole plate so it doesn't move around. This is the way mine is set up on my O'Day 222 but yours may be different. Just find the ends of the largest wires and that is probably where your battery was located.
At the electric panel, all your grounds should be tied to one of those wires, probably a large conductor black wire. The feed wire coming from the battery is probably attached to a metal buss bar which feeds the individual breakers for your lights and accessories.
Wiring always looks complicated until you figure it out and the best way to do that is with a Volt/Ohms Meter and a basic understanding of a DC circuit on a boat. All that's involved is a hot wire and a ground.
On my boat there's a black and red wire going to each light and all the blacks are tied together to the black wire coming from the battery. The red or hot wires from the lights are connected to the breakers coming off the the buss bar in which the Red wire from the battery is connected. Take your time and study it. I'm sure you will be able to figure it out once you look at it closely.
Joe
