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Re: What's the capacity of wire? Look at the Series 187 "curve" for trip, etc. Well, I suppose you

could size the breaker for the wire and the install a second breaker in the bow in a waterproof box dedicated to just the windless. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what mine has. It's not a breaker but a by-metal strip that opens when it reaches a specific temperature and closes when it cools off resetting itself. It only takes a few seconds to cool and it has only came into play once when my anchor got stuck in a rock. That's probably the best way I can think of.

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