[Rhodes22-list] Electrical Issues 2017 Rhodes 22

[Hank]

Tom,

Stan was a great boat builder but not a good electrician.  His boats have
never been at accepted marine standards for electrical installations.  I
did some warranty work for him on a couple of boats about 15 years ago.
The issues you noted were present then as well.

Hank

On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 12:39 PM Tom Galbreath <otomtomgalbreath at outlook.com>
wrote:

> I purchased a showboat from Stan in 2019, the boat was constructed in
> 2017.  Recently when switching the power on in the boat, I experienced an
> extreme electrical short that caused my cables to meltdown between the
> batteries.  I fear I was close to having the boat catch fire, I managed to
> remove the cables from the battery while using fire extinguisher and
> battling smoke inhalation.  I hired a certified marine electrician, and he
> found many issues with the wiring including lack of adequate circuit
> breakers, use of automotive wiring and not marine rated wiring.   He also
> found GFCI line and load reversed.
>
> I was fortunate to meet and visit Stan and know this is not what he
> intended for his beloved Rhodes 22, I fear the quality control was absent
> in his later years.  I wanted to get this information out to owners and
> suggest you might want to have a qualified marine electrician review your
> wiring.  Hopefully, my situation was a one-off scenario.
>
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