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Mebbe? Leave enough wire in the runs to trim the ends now or at a later date?
In Response To: I like that thinking. It is easy (to re-do), and the material is scap. ()
The ends of wires take the beating in the main..on the bounding main?...and like to be trimmed back sometimes as corrosion occurs. Or so my experience and damn little 'lectical knowledge suggests.
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- I'd like to talk to you about sailboat diesel engine panels,...
- Here's my take.....
- I like that thinking. It is easy (to re-do), and the material is scap.
- Mebbe? Leave enough wire in the runs to trim the ends now or at a later date?
- A rewarding project that I should have done years earlier ...
- I like that thinking. It is easy (to re-do), and the material is scap.
- Looks great Tom
- I wish I could sleep as well as a happy dog
- Hour meter...
- I may add one but I can't normally put on a hundred hours in a season. So engine stuff is annually
- My boat came with a failed hour meter
- I may add one but I can't normally put on a hundred hours in a season. So engine stuff is annually
- Looks very nice, Tom
- Yes I have the old fashioned Cheroble type of Amp meters. Check out my wiring. ABYC
- NICE!
- Thanks. The best part of this project, is what goes away. Here's the old panel hole and wire chase.
- Looks much like the mess I've been dealing with, Tom.
- On your boat or you Rover?
- Both, now that you mention it.
- Both, now that you mention it.
- On your boat or you Rover?
- Hey, salvage that nice Stewart Warner engine hour meter...
- I see the need for new.......it's gonna be so gorgeous!!
- Looks much like the mess I've been dealing with, Tom.
- Thanks. The best part of this project, is what goes away. Here's the old panel hole and wire chase.
- NICE!
- Yes I have the old fashioned Cheroble type of Amp meters. Check out my wiring. ABYC
- A nice fellow in Florida over on Sailnet, found a Hobbs Engine hour meter in his shop.
- Here's my take.....
