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That is what I originally thought also. Power drain is pretty small. Use them in my old whalers that no longer naturally drain and in some of my moored sailboats. I use a sealed 7 amp hour battery that does a great job for rain maintenance Had a problem with burnouts until I realized I...

I dip the stripped exposed wire end in silicone caulk before putting it in to the connector. can be messy if not careful i hold the connector in the crimper FYI this is old school telephone company process. They have/ had a real slow cure squeeze tube silicone that was easy to use and store...

I have avoided float switches for decades and use either the Automatic Rule pump or a Water Witch Switch Have installed hundreds of both with great results I pot all of my terminals in silicone caulk like the telephone company does the amount of call backs is almost nil heat shrink is only...

looks like you have built a box which sits behind the factory bowsprit and covers the hawse hole ? seriously like the cleat position if it acts as a chaffing plate for the chain and does not foul. are you happy with kleat size or would you think about going up another size. looks like all of...

what would be the advantage of electric?? I had a couple of boats with Pnuematic electric with multiple stations and cable backups but they were all over 150' electric in an outboard set up ???

I have 4 of the thirty degrees ones replaced with 0 degree ones n eed to romance the hole a little but direct fit about 35 ish four years ago

Hey guys for the record it is Confidence Stream not pee hole

whoops sorry i thought i was in the Tank thread

CLEAR PLASTIC BOWL FILTERS SHALL NOT BE MOUNTED IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE

I have never seen a diesel tank rot from the inside ( CORRODE ) Aluminum rots from the inside usually first less than best practice installations will also rot from outside I have some tank replacements in Gradys from the 80s that are still fine

is this trolling ? we sunk ours twice at the dock with the transom to the weather. I moor them now

We always call it POO and when you open a tube go out and look in your locked car with the windows rolled up and you will see it already on the steering wheel

There is a solved issue for bonding to aluminum. wet the surface with goo of choice and actively sand the aluminum through the goo the goo will get gray from the aluminum but you will stop the surface of the aluminum from oxidizing @!#$% Messy but works with caulk and epoxy because you are...

do not use epoxy to attach plastic ports to FRP you need a flexible adhesive bond that said make sure that the surfaces are a tru match before install you may need to build a bezel to get a good fit epoxy is good for this but thickened gel coat will work for surface offset under 0.25 inches...

we always used gaskets and mechanical fasteners also have a bunch of sailboats ( J22) with lexan side lights that are screwed and gooed to the side of the cabin that all leak was hoping there was a magic trick

One not mentioned that I have used by the carload is SIKAFLEX bit stiffer than 5200 and faster curing Comes in different curing rates Comes in different colors...

MSSR Warthog do you have any experience with adhesive sealents for LEXAN Polycarbonate to Fiberglas bonds? Thanks I am 20 years away and not sure of any improvements

The gelcote will change color between the surface and the fiberglas from sunlight exposure. The technique to fade the color so it will not be obvious is more important than the color itself. Close enough counts. Believe process using a brush shown on -boatworks today Fairing A Repair For...

learned how to operate an doing the post cruise "burn" in the 60s with a LOT MORE OIL in the mix

not familiar with raka BUT some epoxies develop something called 'polyamine blush' they do not take subsequent bonds with same materials or with different materials. Best practice is to follow MFG advice on cure time. Also recognize that many epoxies have huge variations in viscosity with...