Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-12 Thread Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List
I've got the grounding cable as well, but it only goes from the metal "shoe" that holds the mast butt to the keel bolt.  Nothing up the mast.RonWild CheriC&C 30-1STL On Monday, March 11, 2019, 12:42:37 PM CDT, Randy Stafford via CnC-List wrote: Given heavy-gauge single-conductor, I’d

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread Mark McMenamy via CnC-List
-1 #593 St. Michaels From: CnC-List mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>> On Behalf Of Steven A. Demore via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 11:15 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Steven A. Demore mailto:sdem...@computer.org>> Subject: Stus-Lis

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread Mark McMenamy via CnC-List
-1 #593 St. Michaels From: CnC-List mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>> On Behalf Of Steven A. Demore via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 11:15 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Steven A. Demore mailto:sdem...@computer.org>> Subject: Stus-Lis

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread Bill via CnC-List
I'm guessing it's probably for a lightning rod. mine's got a whopping wire going up in it, and a great big copper pointy stick. Maybe the thinking is that it would carry the juice down The wire and into the keel & out, rather than frying all of the instruments and everything else. But I don't profe

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
I bet the PO had a "great" idea to put a wind generator on the masthead. They used the mast as the ground and the red wire as power. It explains the color, the gauge, and the length of both of the tail ends. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 11:15 PM Steve

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread Randy Stafford via CnC-List
Given heavy-gauge single-conductor, I’d guess grounding cable for lightning protection. I wonder what the PO did with the 20 feet of cable at the base. Grenadine has a short AWG 0 gauge battery cable bolted to the mast box on one end and a keel bolt on the other end. No such long cable in the

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread Gary Nylander via CnC-List
unday, March 10, 2019 11:15 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Steven A. Demore Subject: Stus-List Mast Wire Question I have the mast of my C&C 30 MK1 down for rebuild right now. Just replaced the wiring and found a cable I'm not sure about. It is a heavy gauge stranded single conductor wire

Re: Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-11 Thread T power via CnC-List
r<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> Invictus C&C 30 MK1 Fredericton, NB From: CnC-List on behalf of Steven A. Demore via CnC-List Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:14 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Steven A. Demore Subject: Stus-List Mast Wire Question I have

Stus-List Mast Wire Question

2019-03-10 Thread Steven A. Demore via CnC-List
I have the mast of my C&C 30 MK1 down for rebuild right now. Just replaced the wiring and found a cable I'm not sure about. It is a heavy gauge stranded single conductor wire, maybe 1/8 or 3/16, with a thick red insulation on it. If I had to guess, a heavy ground wire. There is about 20 feet of