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Now that I know what a butt connector is (yay google!) … The wire is red after it. And further I noticed that it is bundled by a wire tie together with the positive terminal main battery cable and another red wire.

So would you suggest I move the red wire to the positive terminal?

I (and my ex-husband) am the second owner of the boat. The original owner appeared to have added nothing to it. Bought in 2007. While I/we owned it a boat mechanic added trim tabs and x replaced the original stereo. But that is all to my knowledge.

Thank you. I do not have a battery switch that I know of. I’ve not had trouble in the past with running it in summer so I agree.

Not sure about what caused battery drain. The boat would not crank and the battery was dead then I put the battery charger on it. Then it still would not crank. Not until I put a different charger on it and left those wires coming in from the right side of the battery unhooked. I believe the...

Again thank you for all your input. The battery charger I used was not functioning properly. A new battery charger and rearranging the wires seems to have done the trick. I am assuming the red wire with the black stripe is negative. It cranked and 48 hours later it cranked it again. We hope to...

Trim tabs added to boat. Thank you for all your input!

It is a brand new battery.

I had a technician at work install a battery for me in my 2003 Sea Ray 220 Bowrider. I am not sure it is installed properly. I am wondering if those smaller wires are installed properly ...thinking they should be on separate terminals? After two weeks of not using the boat the battery is dead...