[Rhodes22-list] Bow Lights - Wiring

[ed kroposki]

Julie:
	And what other secrets besides a history of splices, history of
corrosion have you kept from us?
	In that case, running a new wire between the deck, the v berth roof,
etc., would be more difficult than worth it.  I would run a new wire down
the front of boat at the v berth or wherever you can get a new wire from the
light into the v berth area.  Run that wire along the edge of the V berth
lining wall to the potty area and down along the edge of the floor through
the under counter area to where you can connect to power.  Try to be as neat
as reasonable, but not so perfect that it takes two weeks to run the wire.
	My boat is a 1984 and obviously has been rewired in spots, maybe
more than once.  My panel is on the wall like the new boats, which was not
the case when it was made.  They did not necessarily remove old wires, but
trimmed the ends to tidy up.  You have to look very closely to see what was
done. 
            Ed K

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Julie Thorndycraft
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 7:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bow Lights - Wiring

Ed,
Our boat spent it's earlier days in Florida and we have found in some cases
that if you pull on some of the wires, they fall apart from corrosion. Our
intention is to replace most of the wiring and we started with the bow
lights because they were already intermittent. I forgot to mention that of
this specific wire run that we have found so far, there have been three
splices.
Julie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 3:25 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Bow Lights - Wiring


> Julie,
> Having seen what I have seen, replacing that wire in the same track
> will be impossible.  And I doubt that the wire has a break in the middle
> because it is secure in line.  Why not (1) use a multimeter to check
> continuity, and (2)just try replacing the ends using solder connections.
>                     Ed K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Julie
Thorndycraft
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 9:10 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bow Lights - Wiring
>
> Our bow light was somewhat tempermental last year and we would like to run
> new wire. After crawling around in the boat this afternoon, we were able
to
> determine that the wiring from the light goes through the bow pulpit into
> the v-berth and then runs along the starboard side under the trim. At that
> point it went behind what I believe is the the wood that the rub rail is
> attached and from there it is a question. At the same point where we
> couldn't confirm the direction, there was another wire that headed to the
> house battery but there was no play in the wire to confirm direction -
like
> it was clamped down. Does anyone have any experience replacing this wire?
>
> Thanks much,
> Julie Thorndycraft
> S/V Blue Loon
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