Running Wire From The Engine Room To The Lower Helm On A 3870-gctid803089

[Old_Man_With_A_Boat]

Ok, I will do as the moderator asked. I will start a new post here. I would like to know routing for running wire from the engine room to the lower helm. Thanks for any help I can get.

[boatworkfl]

The wires run from the engine room on the starboard side and into the cubby on the floor by your feet at the helm, to the helm then from there it goes up to the pipe to the FB or can keep running fwd.

[Jim_Gandee]

The most challenging part of runnning wires to the FB will be getting them up the tube from the down helm to the FB. I use a steel fish tape fed from the FB down the tube until a helper can visualize the tape exiting the bottom of the tube. Attach the wire to be fed to the tape and withdraw the tape while helper is feeding wires upward through the tube.

[boatworkfl]

Do not push the pull wire through the middle of the bundle as they are usually taped together, run the fish tape near the inside edge of the pipe.

I always run a strong cord through first, log enough to pull both ways and leave it in the tube for future use.

[Norton_Rider]

I found that a length of exterior grade, Cat-6 wire makes a better fish tape for boat wire chases than a metal fish tape. It is stiff enough to be pushed, but won't snag or damage existing wires.

[Old_Man_With_A_Boat]

Thanks for all the suggestions, but what I really need is ideas for running wire from the engine room to the lower helm. I can get wire from the lower helm to the F/B or from the F/B to the lower helm ok.

[GearGuts]

Accessing the wiring to the lower helm is easy, no fish tape or anything at all required. If you lift the hatch below the helm you can see the wiring harness from the engine room, it simply runs along the side into the cabinet space beside the fridge. Its a little hard to reach inside this cabinet and pull up so i would run your wires down into the lower compartment and grab them there.