Re: Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues

2017-07-19 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
] On Behalf Of bwhitmore via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:30 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: bwhitmore Subject: Re: Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues Interestingly, this was never an issue on our 1977 C&C, but that was a Great Lakes boat. Maybe just the difference bet

Re: Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues

2017-07-19 Thread bwhitmore via CnC-List
Date: 7/19/17 10:12 AM (GMT-05:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Joel Aronson Subject: Re: Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues Bruce, They use non-tinned non-marine grade wire in lots of boats.  I don't know why the ground tends to corrode first.  Make sure you are cutting off en

Re: Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues

2017-07-19 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List
Bruce, They use non-tinned non-marine grade wire in lots of boats. I don't know why the ground tends to corrode first. Make sure you are cutting off enough wire to get to wire that is not garbage. Don't buy connectors at an automotive store. Speaker wire is likely garbage from end to end. You

Re: Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues

2017-07-19 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
I hope you're coating your connections with TefGel as you fix them. :) Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello, > > We took over ownership of a 1994 C&C 37/40+ about 4 months ago. At that > t

Stus-List Negative wire corrosion issues

2017-07-19 Thread Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List
Hello, We took over ownership of a 1994 C&C 37/40+ about 4 months ago.  At that time, we knew we had a battery issue.  As it turns out, after we replaced the batteries, we found that one of the battery banks was still not showing enough voltage getting to the panel.  I immediately suspected a b