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While removing all the hardware on the coaming this weekend, laying
upside down in the starboard lazarette, atop the batteries, I discovered
a wire I can’t figure out. I wonder if any of you have an idea why this
would exist.The wire runs from a ground block on the forward wall of the nav station
locker through a resetable fuse to a starboard chain plate. This wire
is black. The 8 gauge ground wires to all the deck hardware are green.
Why would there be a fuse in this ground wire and wire the trouble of
running it to the chain plate?Inquiring minds want to know.
Thanks,
Pete
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Hi Pete,
I don’t have one of those, and if I did, I’d remove it. So I expect a PO did
it for reasons unknown, perhaps feeling that the ground should be fused to
prevent back flow from the bonding? Who knows – people do some awfully
strange things.Bob
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Pete Dubler <> wrote:
While removing all the hardware on the coaming this weekend, laying upside
down in the starboard lazarette, atop the batteries, I discovered a wire I
can’t figure out. I wonder if any of you have an idea why this would exist.The wire runs from a ground block on the forward wall of the nav station
locker through a resetable fuse to a starboard chain plate. This wire is
black. The 8 gauge ground wires to all the deck hardware are green. Why
would there be a fuse in this ground wire and wire the trouble of running it
to the chain plate?Inquiring minds want to know.
Thanks,
Pete
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That’s a good guess, but why a fuse on the ground? It may just have been to
confuse future owners…Bob
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:17 AM, <> wrote:
Quote:My boat was originally built with the ignition key in the starboard
lazarette. Stupid place to put the key IMHO. The wire might be left over
from the ignition key wiring.Rich
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I am thinking it might be tied to the case grounds of the ham radios.
I need to trace the few black wires coming into the terminal strip this
is joined to. More on this as I learn more.Pete
On 8/30/2010 6:44 AM, Paul Lefebvre wrote:
Quote:Okay, my guess would be that it had something to do with the SSB antenna instalation???Paul
Quote:Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:34:46 -0400
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That may be but why fuse it? Also, since all grounds go to the same bars
why bother?Bob
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Pete Dubler <> wrote:
Quote:I am thinking it might be tied to the case grounds of the ham radios. I
need to trace the few black wires coming into the terminal strip this is
joined to. More on this as I learn more.Pete
On 8/30/2010 6:44 AM, Paul Lefebvre wrote:
Quote:Okay, my guess would be that it had something to do with the SSB antenna
instalation???Paul
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:34:46 -0400
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my thinking exactly… as I said… “strange”
On 8/30/2010 11:59 AM, Robert Fine wrote:
Quote:That may be but why fuse it? Also, since all grounds go to the same bars
why bother?Bob
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Pete Dubler<> wrote:
Quote:I am thinking it might be tied to the case grounds of the ham radios. I
need to trace the few black wires coming into the terminal strip this is
joined to. More on this as I learn more.Pete
On 8/30/2010 6:44 AM, Paul Lefebvre wrote:
Quote:Okay, my guess would be that it had something to do with the SSB antenna
instalation???Paul
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:34:46 -0400
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