3607 Upper Helm Access

[Winegrapewill]

The thought had crossed my mind to add a fuse block and eliminate all the inline stuff for radio, chart plotter, etc . . . It would make finding the right one alot easier.

[km1125]

Source of the post The thought had crossed my mind to add a fuse block and eliminate all the inline stuff for radio, chart plotter, etc . . . It would make finding the right one alot easier.

What I am going to do (not done yet) is put a fuse block inside the cabinet just to the port side of the bridge helm. Run the large "bridge" +12V feed to that and use it to power all the accessories up there. Then it's easy to get to without pulling screws and the wiring would be very short. I mounted a radio/cd just above the doors to that cabinet too.

I did a similar thing in the lower helm. If you have a lower station, look in the projects forum. I put a sliding door in that panel below the lower helm and mounted a fuse block behind it (same model block I bought for the upper helm), so you can get to is easily, but it's "out of sight/out of mind" otherwise. There is one large (10ga?) +12v wire for the helm and for the bridge coming directly from separate breakers in the main panel.

[Viper]

I use these to do that guys. Don't use glass fuses anymore...
https://www.bluesea.com/products/5026/ST_Blade_Fuse_Block_-_12_Circuits_with_Negative_Bus_and_Cover

[waybomb]

Buy something that can be mounted outside the well. You don;t want to be removing the well everytime you blow a fuse, especially if underway

[km1125]

Source of the post I use these to do that guys. Don't use glass fuses anymore...
https://www.bluesea.com/products/5026/ST_Blade_Fuse_Block_-_12_Circuits_with_Negative_Bus_and_Cover

Those are the exact ones I have for both the upper and lower station.

[Viper]

Ya short of getting a breaker panel which is way more expensive, these are just great. Get the 12 circuit one instead of the six, you'd be surprised at how quickly you can use them all up when you start adding more toys.

[RGrew176]

My boat is old enough to use the glass fuses. I do have a pretty good supply aboard.