In Iowa we have to much water, so Phantom still is in my backyard. I'm contining to work on the boats electrical system. Behind the electrial control panel is a ground relay attached to the hull. It's gound to the engine, which is ground to the battery. The problem I'm having is none of the circuits work with out wiring directly to the battery. For example when I installed the bilge pump, I could not get it to run until I ran a wire directly from the pump to the negative terminal on the battery. Is the ground wire that runs through the bilge tied in to the system? How about the shore power? I use to have cabin lights but they are no longer functional.