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Gogarty

In article om,
says...

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:19:26 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:

The wire potted into the
switches is small guage and non-tinned. It rapidly corrodes and in no
time all you have is red powder and a windlass that won't work. You can
replace some of the wire with good stuff but since it's potted into the
switch itself you eventually run out of wire to replace and have no way
to connect the switch.

You need to do a better job of sealing your connections so that
moisture does not migrate back under the insulation. I'd recommend
using the Ancor heat shrink tubing the West Marine sells. It is
filled with glue and makes a very tight seal.

I agree with Wayne, you really need to keep the water out.

Keep the water out. In a sailboat. In the anchor locker. Gimme a break.
Let's start with top quality tinned wire in the first place and then keep
the water out as best we can.