"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
It's the little things that get you. The battery switch in my E32 is
located where it used to serve double duty as a companionway step. I
eliminated the second function by building a spray and foot shield to
go over the electrical panel.

I turned the switch today and the knob fell off. The flat on the end
of the shaft was weakened by all those years of being bent and
straightened and just broke off. No clear way to fix it.

The problem now is that all new battery switches seem to be surface
mount and I would have to do major surgery on the panel and spray
cover to install one. Does anyone know of a 1 - 2- Both - Off battery
switch that mounts behind a panel with just a shaft sticking through
for a removable knob? Four mounting holes on 3 inch centers would be
the icing on the cake.

This would be a replacement for the original switch on a 1980 Endeavor
32.

Please don't bother suggesting relocating the switch or similar
solutions. I can figure those out for myself. I'd like to keep the
original panel appearance and not get into rerouting a lot of heavy
wiring this spring.

--
Roger Long


Avail yourself of this opportunity to do it right. Many boat builders
install the selector switch wrong. They affix the whole thing on the
surface of the panel with four screws or bolts. Don't do it that way.
Instead do it right. Buy a new switch and notice how there is a round
boss upon which is written, OFF, ON, Both, OFF.
Get a hole saw the same size as this round. Cut a hole in the panel and
affix the switch from the rear of the panel so only the round fits
snugly to the hole you cut. This way the ugly, unfinished rear part is
hidden. You can use the existing bolt or screw holes if you find a
switch from Perko if it was a Perko to begin with.

It's high time people took pride in their boats and did things the right
way for once. I'm sick and tired of sloppy sailors and sloppy boats with
shoddy workmanship.

Wilbur Hubbard