Electrical on O'Day 22

[calone]

Hello O'Day owners!
My 1982 O'Day 22 did not come with the 12V battery.
After purchasing a LiFePo4 3 cell 12.8Volts, I took out the electrical panel, disconnected the wires and measure them before pushing electricity through them.

I found the bow nav light, mast light and stern nav light not getting power. The light above the sink and the one above the service toilet are good.
Gently, I tried to pull the bow wire from the panel side, but the cable is stuck somewhere. Same with the one that goes beside bottom of the mast. I am not worried about the one that goes to the stern, I have access to replace that through the starboard aft storage lid.

My question is: did anyone replace the electrical cables? Or do you have a schematic of the electrical in O'Day 22? Are these going through some tubes?

I would re-wire the whole boat, but I'm looking to fish the new cables by pulling out the old ones, if that works!

Happy Sailing!
Val

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

Before going to the effort of pulling and replacing wires, simply check continuity to ensure it’s a wiring problem rather than a bad connection

 

[calone]

That's the plan for today. With the battery disconnected, will short the two cables on the light bulb end, then, will measure the continuity of the "loop" at the panel side. I love this boat, I'd rather replace all the electrical wiring with new one. Probably in this way, I will avoid future cabling issues. If I know the cabling is new... it's just ... new. My call is for O'Day owners that did the replace or other electrical work. On the other side, if there is nobody that had to replace the electrical cabling, maybe there is no need to do it.

 

[Timm R Oday25]

When we bought our Oday 20 years ago ,many of the circuits did not work . Part of the reason was that previous owners wired in additional circuits using rather random procedures or a minimal understanding of how electrical systems work .
When I started to replace the wires ,I ran into the same quandary you find yourself at .
I was told many times during manufacturing ,the wires are laid over the ceiling and then the top of the boat is lowered down ,essentially sandwiching the wires .
It was much easier to start over and run the wires either under the settees or tucked up above the ports.
I also decided to add a few circuits for a gps , phone chargers and the like .