Hello!
I had an open circuit in a wire leading from my
anchor locker through my bowrail to the forward bow light.
The open was within the length of wire in the bowrail.
The pair of wires (16-18 ga.) led from aft into the
anchor locker where there were splices. Then it was fed into the bow rail. However, the wires were pinched between a backing plate of the bowrail and the underside of the deck.
I removed the backing plate and one wire was severed at the pinch point. The other was still intact.
I removed the broken wire and attempted to fish a new pair through the bowrail with the intact wire. Crap. It broke halfway through no matter how careful I was feeding and pulling.
Ok.. I have 2 questions.
1) Anyone know an easy way to feed wires through a bowrail? I'll try to post pics on Sat.
2) This can't be the way Sabre built the boat. The wires broke because the bow rail had some "docking" incidents. And eventually just wore through the wire. There appears to be no hole in the stainless backing plate, should I drill a hole, feed the wires through and seal it? What's the right way here?
Thanks,
All the best,
Craig
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