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Friday, June 8, 2012
Great Installation of Custom Marine Switch Panel on Kevin's Boat
Thanks Kevin for sharing the pictures of your New Wire Marine product installed on your jon boat. He used a 6 switch panel with dc plug and a 2ft wiring harness.
This panel is loaded with 6 labeled Carling Contura Marine Grade Rocker Switches. He was able to select the 6 switch labels he needed for a real custom solution.
If you take a close look you can see the labels New Wire Marine provided on each wire of the wiring harness. Each came terminated with a ring terminal which made it a breeze for Kevin to interface the panel with a simple 20A terminal block.
Looks great Kevin… great install!
See the panel shown below HERE
And all 20+ of our Custom Marine Switch Panels HERE
This panel is loaded with 6 labeled Carling Contura Marine Grade Rocker Switches. He was able to select the 6 switch labels he needed for a real custom solution.
If you take a close look you can see the labels New Wire Marine provided on each wire of the wiring harness. Each came terminated with a ring terminal which made it a breeze for Kevin to interface the panel with a simple 20A terminal block.
Looks great Kevin… great install!
See the panel shown below HERE
And all 20+ of our Custom Marine Switch Panels HERE
Now offering Rule-Mate 1500gph bilge pumps - ON SALE at $99 ea for a Limited Time
New Wire Marine is introducing a new product by offering it for a limited time at an extreme discount. You'll find the Rule-Mate 1500 GPH Automatic bilge pump at most online retailers anywhere from $150 to $200... We have it for a limited time at $99!
This pump has a neat 3 second delay to eliminate false starts. This means your pump won’t constantly be turning on and off as that little bit of water in the bilge sloshes around. And 1500 Gallons Per Hour means you can get the water out quickly.
It has separate inputs for automatic and manual mode as well… a really neat pump.
This pump has a neat 3 second delay to eliminate false starts. This means your pump won’t constantly be turning on and off as that little bit of water in the bilge sloshes around. And 1500 Gallons Per Hour means you can get the water out quickly.
It has separate inputs for automatic and manual mode as well… a really neat pump.
Check it out HERE
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Now Offering Marine Switch Panel Blanks!
New Wire Marine is now offering our popular custom marine switch panel substrates as individual blanks. This allows you to use existing switches you may have, or just save a little dough by assembling your boat’s switch panel yourself.
We now offer all the products needed to assemble your own panel:
Friday, April 20, 2012
New Wire Marine Now Offering Connectors and Terminals
New Wire Marine has started offering the marine grade terminals and connectors to help with your boat wiring project, right on our website. We are starting with the same quality connectors used to assemble our custom boat switch panels, including male and female quick disconnects and piggybacks.
At only a couple bucks for 10 connectors, it’s a great item to throw in your cart to help avoid trips to the hardware store for overpriced cheap terminals.
We will be adding various commonly used marine lugs and terminals to our lineup in the coming days.
See everything here:
Friday, April 6, 2012
Fully Custom Boat Switch Panels Available from New Wire Marine
New Wire Marine specializes in a line of “semi-custom” marine switch panels. These quality marine grade products split the difference between ugly commercial products, and fully customized boat switch panels made to order. We have a couple dozen layout options, and within each option you can choose from our 45 plus family of labeled carling contura rocker switches… allowing a custom touch at a reasonable price.
Most people don’t realize though that we can also design and fabricate fully custom panels in any shape, material and layout you wish. These fully custom marine switch panels need to be quoted individually, but you can expect $150 or so additional fee over a similarly sized semi-custom model. With this customization fee you get to design everything yourself, we draw it up, and you review it as many times as you like until you are happy.
If you’re interested in a fully custom panel contact us through our store page.
Independent vs Dependant lamp models of Carling Contura V-series rocker switches
We often have customers ask if there is a way to illuminate the lamp with a separate signal to light up all the symbols on our labeled switch actuators.
Well, this is possible through the use of an independent lamp switch body (New Wire Marine caries two varieties of carling’s independent switch type). An independent lamp rocker switch (see it here) has a fourth terminal on the back, that when applied with 12V will light up, without actually having the switch in the ON position.
The standard dependant lamp switches (see them here), only illuminate the lamp when in the ON position.
I personally prefer dependant lamp type switches. This is because when you trigger the lamps independently, you really can’t make out the symbol at night anyway, so a better option is to install some kind of helm light (use red color so it doesn’t screw up your night vision). Also, if you trigger the external light, you loose the indicator of whether or not the switch is actually ON… as the lamp is always illuminated, you could run your bilge dry, or leave your stereo on, etc, without realizing it.
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