BTW - dielectric means:

"A nonconductor of electricity, especially a substance with electrical
conductivity of less than a millionth (10-6) of a siemens."

I only know that term from plumbing. It's a term for connecting two
different metals so there is no corrosion - or contact.

Dan


Tim Kelley wrote:

Last night I fixed the problem that I originally made a post for. I
had done some hasty rewiring out on the water, and did not hook wires
back up correctly. The lesson I learned was:

"If FOUR wires are connected to a battery terminal, you pull them all
off and then reconnect THREE of the wires back to the terminal (leaving
one wire hanging) ... things may not operate on your boat as expected.

Oh well - dumb mistake. But dumb mistakes add up to experience. I
sure won't make this mistake again.

By the way - at my local West Marine I asked about "CRC" that was
mentioned above. The folks at WM did not have a clue what I was
talking about. I bought a small tube of dielectric silicone, which I
assume is similar. I believe I know what CRC is - isn't it that red
tinted gel that is on boat wire connections? Is there another name for
this product? Or a manufacturer's name?

Thanks,

TK