Don't even think about it! Your aluminum hull could look like swiss cheese
in short order. Make NO electrical connections to your hull. Run an
insulated reurn line to battery negative.
Steve
"bill allemann" wrote in message
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In fresh water, is there any reason an aluminum hull couldn't be used as a
chassis ground, as in vehicles back when they were made of metal? It
would alloy single conductors to be run to most devices.