Too much juice on a circuit?

Two Screwed

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Lake Lanier Georgia
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1995 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 "Honey Badger", HDS-5 Lowrance chartplotter, Magic-Tilt triple axle alumi
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Twin 4.3 Mercs with Alpha Gen II drives
Got a question about wiring in some extras in my cabin on my 95 270 Dancer. This idea all started from a broken bunk/reading light fixture in my aft bunk. In my 270, there is only one 12v cigarette lighter plug below and I would like to expand on that without major re-wiring. The broken light and all other bunk/reading lights are on the "cabin main" switch and since it is rare that I would have all bunk lights (being 6 of them) on at one time, I am thinking of splicing in another 12v fan on that fixture and maybe splicing in another cig plug in the far forward light to power a small 12v 13" flat screen TV. Anyone think this would be an overload of the circuit?:huh:
 
Figure up how many watts/amps you would be adding and assume the fan, TV, and lights would be running at the same time. If your still below the breaker rating, then you should be OK. Replace the light bulbs with LED's and that will help.
 

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