GonzoF1 wrote:
Would it behoove (is that spelled right? ;-) ) me to move the ground to the yellow wire standard?
I believe you mean the negative wire, not the ground wire (which would be green in color).
Yellow or black, the current carrying capacity is the same.* The new requirement is to color the DC negative conductors yellow (rather than the traditional black) on boats with an AC electrical system as well as a DC system so the AC "hot" conductor (traditionally black) is not confused with the DC negative conductor.
Should you change yours?* If it was my boat and all the DC branch circuits used black for the DC negative, I would continue with black for the battery negative conductors just to reduce any confusion.* Actually, this is what I did on my boat for the inverter and windlass.* Being "old school", I never even thought about it.
But, you can use yellow if you wish, it's your choice.* If you were completely rewiring a boat or building a new one, yellow would be the choice for DC negative.