Dwight, with respect, that's nonsense. Twin wires are just fine, perfectly safe and used on all modern boats. When our kid crocks were made there was no decent quality marine twin lead.
Rich > On Mar 23, 2014, at 14:14, "dwight" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not a marine electrician expert but I would suggest that 2 wires are > safer that duplex wire albeit more expensive…fires and fuses…probably the > marine electrical experts will explain why 2 wires are used to supply power > almost exclusively on our sail boats > > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David > Knecht > Sent: March 23, 2014 2:01 PM > To: CnC CnC discussion list > Subject: Stus-List Wiring > > I have to run some new wire for a solar panel and the tank monitor. I was at > West Marine yesterday looking at wire and I had the option of duplex wire or > single strand wire. The duplex was significantly cheaper per foot since it > included both wires instead of buying each color separately. But I notice > that nearly all of the existing wiring on the boat is single strand. Is > there any reason not to buy a spool of duplex and just split the enclosing > shield for the few times I need only one wire? Dave > > > David Knecht > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <image001.jpg> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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