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Old 09-26-2002
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Thanks Dennis; you are absolutely right. After working out the dollars it is significantly less expensive to run charging wires forward to a dedicated battery. I was able to find a nice little spot in my V-berth area(Olympic 47). I kind of like the redundancy of another battery too.
Usually one would have the engine running whilst retrieving so the battery gets good juice. Dennis is also right about the wire on the remote, although handy the control wire can get in the way. I''m told that wireless remotes are not approved by the FCC in the US. (Maybe someday?) Thanks for the perspective Dennis.
The waternut may soon be leaving the boards it seems that my input may be irritating sailnet. I keep getting an error message when logging on? Any ideas?
It''s been great.
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