Good point. -----Original Message----- From: leewardrail hotmail via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2022 11:40 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: leewardrail hotmail <leeward_r...@hotmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Conduit Size for C&C 30 Mark 1 ?
The problem with that trick is the wires are now a bundle and would need to be removed together if you wanted to add another wire or replace one of the existing ones. Best to do it right, like modern masts are done. On 2022-08-19 10:00 a.m., Matthew via CnC-List wrote: > Another trick I have seen for noise reduction is to zip tie the wires > together at various intervals with zip ties that are too long and going in > various directions. The zip tie "tails" fend the wires off the inside of the > mast. > > -----Original Message----- > From: CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2022 9:18 AM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Leeward Rail <leeward_r...@hotmail.com>; CHARLES SCHEAFFER > <cscheaf...@comcast.net> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Conduit Size for C&C 30 Mark 1 ? > > FWIW, I believe the conduit size in our mast is 1" ID. I pulled all new > 16gage wires in when I replaced the lights with LED style. > Windex (2 wires) > Tricolor (2 wires) > Steaming/deck light combo (3 wires) > VHF cable > Removed the wind instrument cable because I have TickTick wireless. Pulled > in a better VHF cable, which turned out thinner than the 1989 one. There is > room for another cable for TV or WiFi booster or FLIR or something, but I > prefer to keep the rig light. > > Marinebeam.com has some reasonably priced fixtures. I got their two > wire masttop Tricolor/anchor/strobe light. > https://store.marinebeam.com/smart-led-tri-color-anchor-light-and-stro > be/ > > My only regret is I didn't pull in a pull string for future. > > Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 C&C 34R > > > >> On 08/19/2022 8:32 AM Leeward Rail via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Vhf coax LMR400UF >> Cell booster antenna with coax of some unknown size... Likely some >> other large low loss cable like LMR400 Steaming light Anchor light >> Decklight. >> >> One day may have wind instruments >> >> Bigger is easier when fishing wire. >> >> Why undersize it when it costs virtually the same and takes the same effort? >> >> >> Aug. 19, 2022 7:14:47 a.m. Jeff Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>: >> >>> I do not believe there are any obstructions. That said 1.5 inches seems >>> pretty big for 5 - 7 wires... >>> what all you got going on up there? >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Jeff Nelson >>> Muir Caileag >>> C&C 30 - 549 >>> Armdale Y.C. >>> >>> On 2022-08-18 14:17, leewardrail hotmail via CnC-List wrote: >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I am planning to install conduit in the mast of our 30 Mark 1. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately I am hours away from the boat, and need to buy the >>>> conduit >>>> >>>> Would 1.5" PVC Conduit fit ? Would 1.5" run without obstruction all the >>>> way to the masthead, or is there something at the spreader that would get >>>> in the way ? >>>> >>>> I prefer 1 1/2" 1 1/4" is about the minimum I would want to use. >>>> >>>> Thanks!
