Hunter69 1,461 Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Trying to keep all my wires nice and tidy, looking for some kind of clip. Any ideas folks ? Someone has mentioned p clamps. Which will require drilling. Something sticky would be ideal. But i guess after a few wet wash's the sticky will fall off. What do you do ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmck 627 Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I ran mine in flexible conduit then used zip ties. You can get the conduit with a split in it so you push the cables in rather than thread them through Squid Inc., David_C and Kuerschie 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kuerschie 2,309 Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 25 minutes ago, dmck said: I ran mine in flexible conduit then used zip ties. You can get the conduit with a split in it so you push the cables in rather than thread them through +1 for this. A buddy of mine has this in his tinny running along the inside of the gunnal. Keeps the wires well out of the way tidily. Squid Inc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
projoe 261 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 JAYCAR sell a stick on ziplock strap holder i have used these in the past & are bloody hard to remove with a properly prepared surface in fact i had to a screwdriver to pry some off when i needed to relocate some wiring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter69 1,461 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Nice all good options there. Like the sounds of flex conduit. But it will still need to be attached somehow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southie THE BANGA 2,304 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Yep Split Corrugated is the way to go. Used it for my tinny years ago. looked clean and tidy. Got mine from Ebay. Was cheap and held up well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter69 1,461 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Have tracked down the conduit just need something to keep in place. Theres nothing to ziptie it to along the side gunnal. @projoe cant find the ziplock on there site, could there be another name ? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
projoe 261 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 self adhesive ziptie cable holder is one name i found on google i'm pretty sure i got some from jaycar it was some years ago now electrical outlets or bunnings mite stock them Hunter69 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
projoe 261 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 just another tip keep your sounder transducer cable away from other wiring if possible ie run it it down the other side of the boat away from battery/power wires it will reduce electrical interferance Hunter69 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter69 1,461 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 What about the cable at the transom and coming over the back. Am i going to need to drill some p clamps to keep the wire in place. ? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmck 627 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Hunter69 said: What about the cable at the transom and coming over the back. Am i going to need to drill some p clamps to keep the wire in place. ? Cheers Silicone it in place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nosaj 121 Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Yep just use some sika flex marine adhesive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lure 230 Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 9/01/2019 at 5:11 PM, Hunter69 said: What about the cable at the transom and coming over the back. Am i going to need to drill some p clamps to keep the wire in place. ? Cheers I sometimes fish amongst the snags on the Murray and in the mangrove creeks in the salt so I have my transducer cable protected by a short section of aluminium channel that I got from Bunnings. It is secured with 2 stainless steel screws (3mm by memory) with nyloc nuts. You can see the two screws above the water stain line. The self adhesive clip is as others have stated i.e. various types at Jaycar and if you clean the ali prior to sticking them on then they will not come off. If you need stainless steel screws, washers or nyloc nuts that Bunnings don't stock or you don't require a full packet of them then, go to United Fasteners i.e. if you only need 3 or so they normally will not even charge you. Steve keenfisho and dmck 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmck 627 Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 I'd forgotten about the aluminium channel. I used it on my last boat with great success. lure 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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