to pass a wire

[fabrik]

what the best way and where to pass a wire from the back of the boat to the control panels its for solatr panel that will be on my davits
its a hunter 380 1999
i know that i saw small trap from the cabin below cockpit

Just a idea will help me

Capt Michel

 

[Ed Caldwell]

Find an owner's manual for this boat. Hunter installed wire chases (1 or 1.25 inch PVC pipes) in several very useful locations on our 1999 H340, I bet they did the same for your 380. The manual will diagram their locations. Then hope any previous owner(s) left the messenger lines in place for your use or you may have to use a fish tape to pull a new wire.

 

[seadaddler]

Did It

I have my solar panels wires go into the arch down into where my speaker wires
go into PVC tube along port side and comes out into my main AC/DC panel.
I have charge controller under nav station that is next to the AC/DC panel.
Nick

 

[braol]

As the owner of an old 1978 H27 I find the idea of running wires inside of PVC pipe to be a GREAT idea. I hate electrical tape and sagging wires. Plus the PVC can be painted to give a much more 'finished' look to all those wire-infested areas.

 

[seadaddler]

Wires

I have been running wires on H-36 for many things I added over the years
and most times Hunter has PVC pipe and lines for pulling wire through out the boat but I have used a electricians snake for many of my additions and changes like transducers and up into chartplotter at the helm and the most important tool
is the electricians snake and a 2nd person who most times is my wonderful helpful wife.
I usually do a lot of investigation of where is the best route not always the easy way but take your time and think before drilling holes and rather take things apart that have screws than start cutting or drilling.
Nick

 

[braol]

and most times Hunter has PVC pipe and lines for pulling wire through out the boat

Ahhhh...you have to like the advances in manufacturing processes over the years. I love my old (1978) Hunter 27 structural build quality, the hulls are thick, the boats are heavy, and everything is generally very solid...but some of the assembly techniques are questionable: main electric panel just three inches higher than the level of the bilge, mast nav light and antenna wires running loosely through the bilge, engine starter key next to your feet in the cockpit, lack of battery tie-down straps... Most of my complaints are electrical in nature. Unfortunately, poor electrical system design and execution are a real Achilles' Heel in a marine environment.
The only good thing in all this is that my 36 year-old boat can now take advantage of all the advances in technology. It's kind of fun to take what is old and make it new (parts of it anyways). 36 years ago, who would have thought a Hunter 27 would have GPS-guided autopilot, digital wind instruments, LED nav and interior lighting, thin low-stretch running rigging, assymetric spinnaker, digital battery charger, AIS radio, DVD player, Interlux VC-17 bottom paint, 12-volt powered mini-cooler, wall mounted USB charger, solar powered vent...... fun stuff!