[Rhodes22-list] OB Motors ( for Rummy)

[Geoff Farrell]

Joe, regarding your comment about Freud, I think you're "projecting".

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Stephen Staum <staum at earthlink.net> wrote:

> You make a good arguement for the simple & reliable manual lift system.
>
> Stephen Staum
> '87 R22, Carol Lee
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2010, at 8:52 AM, ftugwell at cox.net wrote:
>
> > On Saturday I was single-handing my Rhodes on the Potomac with good
> > winds (around 15 k) and when I decided to return to port, the engine
> > would not drop--in fact, nothing happened when I pressed the remote
> > (this is new) button to lower the lift.  I called Stan, who went
> > through
> > all the alternatives with me: a) checking the connections on the
> > busbar
> > in the laz, and on the battery; b) reading the instructions to find
> > the
> > release for the motor; and c) in an emergency situation, cutting the
> > strap while holding the motor up with a line so that it does not drop.
> > We had already determined that there was still power, since my
> > instruments were all working.  I was in the middle of the channel with
> > lots of boats zooming around and a good wind, so I decided to go
> > back to
> > the marina area and anchor to check things out.  Since it was
> > relatively
> > easy, I did reach in the laz and, to my surprise, I found a loose nut
> > connection. (not a wire nut, just a nut)  After I tightened it, the
> > motor lift worked.  Many thanks to Stan for walking me through this on
> > my new boat.  An aside: no surveyor will approve a boat for sale if it
> > has wire nuts.  these are not for marine use.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Joe Camp wrote:
> >
> >> Rummy and Chris:
> >>
> >>      There seems to be a Freudian undertone in all of this "nut"
> >> talk.
> >> Can we switch to something more directly phallic, like "raising the
> >> mast?"  Just a thought, but let's not hide our true natures...men.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> --- On Tue, 6/22/10, R22RumRunner at aol.com  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] OB Motors (
> >> for Rummy)
> >> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 7:57 AM
> >>
> >>
> >> Wire nuts are not for marine use. I prefer soldered connections with
> >> shrink tubing and then a layer of liquid electrical tape. I'm glad we
> >> dug a little  deeper into this subject.
> >>
> >> Rummy
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 6/21/2010 1:35:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> ccowie at cowieassociates.com writes:
> >>
> >> Thanks  for the advice.  The nuts I was referring to are not the wing
> >> nuts on the  battery rather control wires from the outboard lift
> >> switch have wire nuts that  seem to come a bit loose every now and
> >> then.  I plan to replace them with  a bette
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