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Projects - Stereo
 I put it in to the electrical panel with one of
those J.C. Whitney "adapt-to-anything" car stereo
install kits. It
was a bit cramped, but it fit in there. I moved the cigarrette
lighter plug to the othter side of the cabin (on the wooden
panel just behind the rear compass cover). It made more sense
to be over there anyway, with the TV there and the helm (GPS,
spotlight, etc.). I
also put in three switches (the red ones) for each of the
three things that were connected straight to the battery without
breakers (Stereo, VHF, and Propane detector). I like to make
sure these are disconnected from the battery when I leave
the boat.
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 Next came the speakers. These
are the cockpit speakers I put in for the stereo. The locker
cavities made great speaker enclosures -- the bass is incredible!
These are connected to the "rear" fader outputs.
Inside
the dinette, I use two Radio Shack bookshelf speakers connected
to the "front" fader outputs.
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 This is the underside
of one of the speakers. I
first taped the wires down to where I wanted them to run,
and then just put large beads of "goop" on the wire
at regularly spaced intervals. This saved buying all of those
fancy wire tie-downs and screwing things in and stuff.
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