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12-02-2009, 07:32 PM #1Senior Member
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Quality of work - venting
Well i am starting to pull apart my amps and batterys so i can move everything around for better access because the batterys in front of the door just limits storage and well found somthing that just makes me crazy. As i was unplugging all the cables from the batterys i noticed a black wire. Well when you see a black wire you think of Ground. Red is for postive. Makes since right? Well this black wire is for a positive going to the amp for my tower speakers that i have installed by my dealer when i got the boat. This is now another wire that will have to replaced becasue of someone not taking care in their work. How hard is it to do things right the first time. Sorry this is more of a vent then anything else. People not following a simple color code or running cables the right way just drives me crazy.
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12-02-2009, 11:09 PM #2Senior Member
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Maybe it was just easier to use black.
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12-02-2009, 11:11 PM #3
Sounds like an old electrician to me. They never get used to 12v systems.
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12-03-2009, 12:18 AM #4Senior Member
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We purchased a new 2008 Outback V this year, no tower speakers yet ( plan on installing in spring), but with stock stereo system I have the same situation, the wire from the battery to the fuse (to amp) is black...very confusing. There is some red paint on one end but still, how hard to use red?
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12-03-2009, 07:38 AM #5
funny, ours had the same issue. stereo shop that re-wired the amps from the factory mess swapped it out.
but then if you look at the wiring from the battery to the fusepanel under the dash, I have probably 8ft extra of both red and black that skiers did not take the time to cut to length. they just ziptied it up into the factory sub box..
my opinion, boats def. don't have the quality control nor the same assembly line precision that auto manufacturers have developed.'06 Supra Launch 20SSV-gone but never forgotten
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12-03-2009, 04:27 PM #6
Guys,
For the installers, it's all about speed. If they have to get out of the boat to get the red wire, they ain't gonna do it.
sandm,
that does blow me away though that they would not take the time to cut your cables to length. I think it would have been faster to cut it than to zip tie it. Maybe they get paid by the lineal foot of wire installed
AlAl
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