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Shocking experience weighing anchor.
Hm...
"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message link.net... I was going to give this one a pass, and then I remembered... You've got an aluminum boat. The chain made a great conductor to ground. Your boat had an electricity leak of some sort which was unnoticeable before, as you were in the faraday cage of its hull, but you were barefoot or otherwise adequately conductive when you were hauling up barehanded and the chain completed the circuit. Howzat? Methinks you dissemble. You're selling a custom aluminum boat, you had an electricity leak due to a faulty wind generator which caused your shock. Turns out the incident wasn't on the boat for sale. I don't actually get how you managed to conduct electricity through fiberglass to get your shock, but the rest of the theory was correct :{)) L8R Skip |
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Shocking experience weighing anchor.
Methinks you dissemble. You're selling a custom aluminum boat, you had an
electricity leak due to a faulty wind generator which caused your shock. Turns out the incident wasn't on the boat for sale. I don't actually get how you managed to conduct electricity through fiberglass to get your shock, but the rest of the theory was correct :{)) L8R Skip Since YOU mentioned it, I do have an aluminum 38' sloop for saleand you can contact me at . However the boat the shocks happened on was a fiberglass sloop. that I also own. I suppose it was the wet decks, and not sure but I may have been barefoot,as it was in southern latitudes. It was 6 or more years ago. K Oh, I forgot to mention the 38' aluminum sloop I have for sale is VERY "offshore capable". K |
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Shocking experience weighing anchor.
"Over40pirate" wrote... A few years ago while cruising, I was weighing anchor, and when I got to the chain (no windlass then) I was shocked, not by what was on the hook, but as in electrical shock. I dropped it and pulled it in again with the same shocking results. It wasn't a killing shock, and as the hook was clear of the bottom, I motored off enough with the hook in the water to be sure I didn't pick up a live cable, then hauled it aboard, getting shocked as I did it. Before I tell the cause, any guesses? Skip Gundlach wrote: You've got an aluminum boat. IIRC he's got an old IOR racer converted for cruising, not aluminum. My guess was that the boat was in the area of one of those magnetic disturbances they mark on the charts, and was sailing around the anchor fast enough that the magnetic field could induce current in the conductive anchor chain. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Shocking experience weighing anchor.
Skip Gundlach wrote:
You've got an aluminum boat. IIRC he's got an old IOR racer converted for cruising, not aluminum. I do have an old IOR racer, converted for cruising that IS Aluminum, however that is my Wifes boat. The boat the shocks happened on was a Fiberglass boat. The wind generator threw a winding, and it was grounding on the magnets in the housing. I may have been barefoot, as it was in the little latitudes. Capt. K |
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Shocking experience weighing anchor.
Over40pirate wrote:
I do have an old IOR racer, converted for cruising that IS Aluminum, however that is my Wifes boat. The boat the shocks happened on was a Fiberglass boat. The wind generator threw a winding, and it was grounding on the magnets in the housing. I may have been barefoot, as it was in the little latitudes. Capt. K I'd be interested in knowing how you figured out what had caused the shock and how long it took. Cindy Well without the diesel running the shocks were still happening. It also happened when touching the bow rail and stern rail. Lets see, the wind generator pole is clampet to the stern rail. Hmmmm, Lets see what happens when I stop the wind generator. No shocks. Took the gererator apart, and found the broken winding. Any body know a good place to get a armature rewound at a decient price. I was quoted $175. Another solar panel, kept the generator on the shelf since then, but I might like to get it running again, for those cloudy days. Capt. K |
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