FINALLY!!!! Someone who just kept it simple and you used a battery where most people start in middle of the wiring,thank you Mark 👏👏👊👍

Nice video. For those that read the comments, wire your panel lighting, and the voltmeter to a separate switch, can be a small round switch or something. Reason is, unless you unplug the switch panel every time you stop running the boat, the panel will drain the battery with the constant draw from the pilot lights and the voltmeter.

I have the same panel box, got intimidated & DIDN'T KNOW where to start! Found your video and confidence restored! Thanks!

Thank you Mark, in virtually a few minutes I understood how the wiring system via the panel worked because of your plain and simple explanation. I just subscribed. Bless you my man!

Finally a video that shows what and how to wire my lights for my kayak! Omg you’re a Godsend! Thanks for keeping it simple and knowledgeable! Excellent video for someone like me who is NOT an electrician.

Thanks you explained that perfectly,I too have watched many of these videos,,and left as dumb as I started ,,,most are showing how to run the wires but not actually explaining the concept ,, of actually making the rocker panel work ,,thanks again Mark

The negatives all going back to the battery was my problem! Thank you so much Sir! Huge help and much appreciated!

Awesome explanation. Inherited a boat dad had taken apart to rewire, working on my license rn.

Thank you for the video. I just picked up the same rocker panel on Amazon today and was greatly confused

Brilliant....... I watched your how to wire an RV, took me 2 minutes to find the exact same switch panel on Ebay, $28 Australian and 5 days it was on my door step. I just finished yesterday wiring my boat from scratch - Nav Lights, Anchor Light, Interior Lights and Bilge Pump. You made it so simple to watch and understand even a complete electrical novice like me had no problems wiring it up.... outstanding !!! Going to wire driving lights to my car now

Out of all the bloody videos i have watched, This one was the mpst helpful and kept so simple for someone like me. Thanks mate.

I just installed the same panel on my boat. Even though there’s a large fuse at the battery you should also wire in a fuse panel between the switch panel and the lamp or components being switched. Get a fuse panel that has spade terminals on either side of each fuse. Or use inline fuses. Each circuit has to be separate from each other. You can’t use a fuse panel with just one main input terminal.

I watched this video 3 days ago...orderd the same product from amazon installed it this evening!

Thank you so much for this video, Mark. Yes, the included instructions have much to be desired. But, with your perfect video it filling in the huge gaps. Wired just as you did with 4 gang. Grounding to a second solar power battery was the answer. It has to be grounded to the battery. Thank you!!!

This is the most basic explained wiring video.. it's like wiring for dummies!! Love it.. thanks from aust mate appreciated

The BEST tutorial ever created about this switchboard!👍👍👍👍👍

Thank you sir, my switch panel came with zero instructions and you saved the day.

Hi Mark, you don't need to run the negative back to the battery, just tap them into the black negative that goes to the panel, (which is from the battery).

Fantastic! Bought this exact one awhile back and finally have a place to install it. After my first search on wiring this, your video came up, and will be the only one I’ll need. Thank you for the informative and simple to follow tutorial! 👍🏻

Thank you, this was so helpful. The visual effect really helped me grasp the idea so much better. Quite simple honestly after watching your video. Thank you!

Thanks! Off I go to build a negative bus bar with a fuse panel to bring the negative back to the battery. Easy peazy

You are the best teacher. I watched a couple other videos about wiring my boat and our is the simplest and easy to follow. Thank you so much.

I award you the best boat electrician 2020 plus a kiss from my 60 years old sister!

Thanks for your tutorial. Very clear and not patronising. Credit to boating.

You are the only other person that I could find on wiring this in this way very helpful thanks

Very nicely explained. Mine has 3 reds which go to the lighter, USB and meter and then one to 2 switchs each. His just had 1 wired to all switches and the 3 items on top. I will use a wire nut to connect all 3 to the red from the battery but otherwise exactly the same.

I appreciate you! Wired these up a few times but still come up with questions sometimes.

Excellent video, just bought one of these panels for my boat and was confused and wondering how to wire it up till I came across your video 👍

best explanation I've seem so easy to understand. cheers thanks for the help

Great post! One thing I didn’t really follow was how to turn off the secondary lights on the panel (the light that stays on all the time) but still get the light to turn on when you press the button. I just don’t want to draw any unnecessary power

Thank you Mark só Simple finally someone keep ir Simple.... Thank you again from Portugal 😊

Good video. I see that I'm going to want to remove those jumpers because I don't want this to act as a distro box. I want my fuse box to do that. I can pull the jumpers and run power and grounds straight from my fuse box to isolate each circuit. Thanks for the video. It clears up how I'm going to do this for my boat.

I dont suppose you could explain how to use one of the switches on the board to turn it all off rather than using a separate switch at all? You seem to have the simplest way of making it all make sense!! 😁👍 Brilliant explanation!! Thanks for posting this video!! 👌

Combine this with a fusebox with bus bar to it and you are golden.

FINALLY SOMEONE EXPLAINED THIS!!! THANK YOU MARK!!!

If you buy a panel off ebay , please ditch the included wiring if you are using the panel for safety related items - bilge, fire pumps, alarms etc . The wiring is not crimped to any standard, and in fact most wires just pull out with a moderate amount of force. I am talking about the wires into the crimped spade terminals, not how hard it is to get the spade crimps off the switch terminals. Also, most of the switch terminals will pull out of the body of the switch pretty easily. So either remake the spade terminals on the wiring, or better yet, solder the spade crimps to the wires if you are using the included wiring. you don't want to be off shore and need your bilge pump to save you from sinking, only to then find the wires have fallen out of the crimp on the switch.

I have the same exact panel, thanks for explaining how to wire it up. This is very helpful. Also, good job on your audio and video quality and narration, well done. Cheers.

Thanks for that awesome tutorial, now everything makes sense , I’m not a electrician but everything seems to be working well . Thanks man for the class.

Very helpful thank you. Just finished wiring mine and your video made installation much easier

Really Terrific content, Thank You ! My dilemma is for Protecting the SWITCH from passing full (rated) amperage vs adding a Relay to ease the amperage on the Switch, and pass the Load through the relay. Next dilemma is where the Fusing is employed ? Before or After switch ? Seems a lot of amps hitting the panel, straight from the Battery feed. Again, I genuinely Appreciate you !

I always putting small light on switch on positive of navigation light/anchor light.That means: you always start navi /anchor lights when is dark and then light on switch start . It is no use to run all time.

When you turned the light off and said that's cool isn't it I said out loud hell yea it's cool and I couldn't buy one fast enough for my jhon boat. Thank you for the very informative video

Very help full.and simply explained .thank you

Thanks, Mark. Straight forward and easily understood.

Video still helping people. Well done!

My god that is an awesome unit!!..looks like a good buy for easy installation

You, sir, have made my life so much easier!! Thank you!!

Lots of Thanks you's in the comments mate so I'm adding my'n. Thank you Much appreciated. Cheers from Australia. :)

Nice explanation sir. I guess we need also a fuse for any light line or any other electronic equipment according its wattage.

Thank you I live in England for a year bedfordshire

Thank you! Bought the exact same panel! A++++

Great video simple and to the point

Best switch panel demo... EVER!!!! ♥♥♥ - Adonimus.

Thanks I’ll be wiring up shortly ❤️

Simple and straight forward! Great video!! Thank you sir!

Thank you so much. I'm about to rewire my boat and this thing just turned up in the post. I've spent the last half hour looking at it, trying to work it out 😂 I think I'll mount a separate switch on the wire that feeds those little running lights so I can turn them off when I'm not using the boat, otherwise, they will drain the battery :/

Thank you, right to the point. Appreciate your video!

No one explains this on videos that I have been watching on this panel itself the yellow wire goes connected not to constant power but to a wire that when your lights come on for night driving is where that wire will go to so it will illuminate the panel at night time during the day you do not need it illuminated so when you turn it on at night That panel also lights up so you run red to power the blue and black wire to ground the yellow wire so when you turn on your lights on your boat or whatever else you’re using it for maybe car RV and Wala you will still get the high illumination when you push the button to turn on any accessory that you might have connected to that switch

Yes!!! Thank you for keeping it simple

You could run all your negative wires parallel on the switches then one wire from the last switch to your battery. The negative from your devices gets put on the switch it designated to

Thanks Mark, simple and informative, love your work

I like the voltmeter great video!

You could get a multi connector and join negative to the negative on the switxh panel

Trying to put this on my jeep Just a bit confused but Working it all out

thanks straight and to the point

I think the small light is mainly for the side light circuit, so when you turn on the side lights the switches light along with you dash and spedo dials. If you left them on just to show where they are you would drain your battery in a very short while. Should only be on when the engine is running and charging.

great vid, doing this panel today. love that little quick connect cable. been wanting something like that

Just got a small panel similar to yours for a project, and this was a BIG help! Thank you!

Well explained and awesome light panel 👍

Keep on the boating stuff about to 💥 boom

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to simplify it.

Excellent. Thank you

Well done mate

Hi Mark , great videos with plenty of simple information 👍.

Thank you for the explanation!!

Best explanation I've found. Thank you.

I have that same panel, I disconnected the bottom led lights so it won't be on while not in use and drain the battery down, and I also added another power supply after the 3rd switch because having 1 source supplying all 6 switches is too much of a load

Nice video mate.

Also, can you post video of how you fused the panel?

Thanks, mate, you stopped a lot of head-scratching

AWESOME - thanks! Top man 👍🏻👍🏻

Cheers mate.. I have the exact same switch box and I had it wrong, sending back to ground was the key..

Perfect video! A huge help! Thanks so much 👍

Thanks so very much!

With all due respect, what you missed is nearly as important as the points you brought out. Most of these switch blocks come with a ton of identity decals including "accessory" decals for switch functions that aren't included. Secondly, unless you wire your red & green "running lights" together with your white "anchor" lights you will need to use up 2 of the 5 switches and remember to turn then on and off independantly. Most factory switches have a 2 position or 'double pull double throw' switch where both the anchor and running lights are on a single switch that let's you choose one or both light groups and the off position. As most boaters are cramped with only 5 switches, giving one up for running lights sucks! Most boats already come with a buss bar that has a ground strip to attach ground wires without mess with a battery connection. As the battery is often removed at least at season's end or for maintenance, anything attached to it gets wrestled about and possibly detached. The ground or buss bar is not affected directly if the battery is handled and is reattached via the battery connection terminal. If it is not attached, nothing will work so that method is almost fool-proof and very neat and tidy! Finally, either with a Dymo-type labeler or even paper labels, LABEL YOUR WIRES, both positive and negative identifying what light or device it serves. Both you or perhaps a technician will sing praises for your forethought while trying to install your latest device or attempting to troubleshoot a failing device.

I linked to this video in my video! Thanks

Nice I only got a four switch one for a RZR will probably post a video if it works

Great job nice and simple..... Thank You, i very much appreciate the awesome job u did

Awesome video im about to put one in my car

I found this useful - thank you!

I have an aluminum boat..do I wire it the same way..the ground ? Great vid.

Thanks mate. Very helpful !! I have this exact switch panel and this was perfect for me.

Great video. But the usb,12v & battery light stays on all the time. Can you use one of the panel switches to control the live feed coming in to turn off the panel so battery don't go dead? Mike.

Hello there Sir what cable size did you use to connect from battery to that panel and what do you call those connectors. Thanks! you did a very simple demonstration here good job.

I like your video here on this particular panel and it is instructive however you're forgetting a couple of things that you should be saying on here one is things that run off the switches should be running directly to a relay these switches will not handle quite a few things that have an amperage draw so you forgot to mention that they'll be in need of a fuse and then I'll be in need of a relay bar this is a good video on the switch panel itself

Simple And Great 👍 Thank You !

Thanks Man really really helped. 👌

Are those switches connected to a circuit breakers? Do you need to add in line fuse to the lights? Thanks. Great video

Awesome video! Found this very helpful!

A boat have a negative. Anything that has an electrical system has a negative or else it wouldn’t work. It’s fiberglass so you have to either go to the battery or build a negative distro block