{"id":14310,"date":"2024-06-19T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/seakeeper-ride-750mm-electrical-installation-manual\/4-tools-and-equipment-needed\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T21:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:02:56","slug":"4-tools-and-equipment-needed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/seakeeper-ride-electrical-installation-manual-dual-quad\/4-tools-and-equipment-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"4. Tools and Equipment Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.1. Equipment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Circuit Breaker or Fuse\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15 Amp Circuit Breaker or Fuse (Dual Controller Systems including Ride 450, 525, 600 and 750)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OR<\/strong> 25 Amp Circuit Breaker or Fuse (Quad Controller Systems including Ride 750 Quad, 900, 1050, 1125, 1275, 1500)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8-Gauge Grounding Wire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12-Gauge Power Wire Copper Tinned (Optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adhesive-Lined Heat Shrink (for power cables)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large boats (>37 ft) may require additional NMEA cables (Can be purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/ride.shop.seakeeper.com\/ride-spare-parts\/ride-common-parts\">Spare Parts<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.2. Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/8 in. Drill Bit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 in. Drill Bit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phillips Head Screwdriver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oscillating Tool or Jig Saw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heat Gun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crimpers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wire Strippers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terminals for Cable-to-Battery Connection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work Light or Flashlight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fish Tape or Electricians Snake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.3. Boat Features Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12 V or 24 V Power Controlled by Battery Isolation Switch\/Keyswitch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GPS with NMEA 2000 Network Backbone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/seakeeper-ride-mfd-compatibility\/\"><span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> Compatible MFD<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensure the MFD has the latest version of the <span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> software before using the <span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Ride system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4.1. Equipment 4.2. Tools 4.3. Boat Features Requirements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[317],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-14310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-ride-electrical-installation-manual-dual-quad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14310"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16481,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14310\/revisions\/16481"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=14310"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=14310"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=14310"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=14310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}