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Windlass Wiring Question
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: The total run from the battery to the windlass and return is 72 feet. Precisely why the wire is #4 for the long run. #10 is fine for very short distances, like inside the windlass. Shhh....don't tell anyone I told you this....#4 wire from the car stereo shop, or even #2, is LOTS cheaper and works just great! 400% profit doesn't make it work better....(c; Also try welding cables, which come in these smaller sizes #2 and #4. Tell your yachtie friends you only used the most expensive "marine grade" wire from the finest chandlers on the planet....so they don't snub you on the dock. |
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Windlass Wiring Question
I was considering this option as the price is a lot lower than marine
grade and my son is in the car sudio business. Have you or anyone else actually used this wire in this application? Don On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:54:38 -0400, Larry wrote: Don Mahony wrote in : The total run from the battery to the windlass and return is 72 feet. Precisely why the wire is #4 for the long run. #10 is fine for very short distances, like inside the windlass. Shhh....don't tell anyone I told you this....#4 wire from the car stereo shop, or even #2, is LOTS cheaper and works just great! 400% profit doesn't make it work better....(c; Also try welding cables, which come in these smaller sizes #2 and #4. Tell your yachtie friends you only used the most expensive "marine grade" wire from the finest chandlers on the planet....so they don't snub you on the dock. |
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Windlass Wiring Question
Don Mahony wrote:
I was considering this option as the price is a lot lower than marine grade and my son is in the car sudio business. Have you or anyone else actually used this wire in this application? Don On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:54:38 -0400, Larry wrote: Don Mahony wrote in : The total run from the battery to the windlass and return is 72 feet. Precisely why the wire is #4 for the long run. #10 is fine for very short distances, like inside the windlass. Shhh....don't tell anyone I told you this....#4 wire from the car stereo shop, or even #2, is LOTS cheaper and works just great! 400% profit doesn't make it work better....(c; Also try welding cables, which come in these smaller sizes #2 and #4. Tell your yachtie friends you only used the most expensive "marine grade" wire from the finest chandlers on the planet....so they don't snub you on the dock. As conductors, marine grade and non-marine grade wires are generally indistinguishable. Some of the differences are temperature rating, flexibility (i.e., number of strands), type of insulation (e.g., imperviousness to chemicals such as gasoline and diesel fuels), and most importantly, tin plating. Marine wire is tin plated because it is widely thought that it is less corrosive in a marine environment than unplated copper wire. I have not yet encountered a judgment that unplated wire is better. You might want to do a search on Google Groups on the subject. The issue has been discussed before. Can't say anything about speaker cable, but I believe some automotive cables are tin plated. They still don't match marine wire specs but some boaters have been satisfied with them. Chuck ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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