[C320-list] C320-List Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2

[Kirk McCullough]

I also had a corroded cable where Catalina had spliced the red cable running 
from the shore charger to the house battery under the starboard settee. The 
splice was under the pan, just forward of the bilge, exactly where water can 
collect on the older 320's. While this didn't affect the starting, it did 
limit the amount of charge that battery got from the shore charger.

The point is these cables can corrode over time, particularly if the factory 
has made a splice.

Kirk

Boomerang
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sail0983 at aol.com>
To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320-List Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2


>
> In a message dated 11/27/2006 12:02:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> c320-list-request at catalina320.com writes:
>
> Subject:  [C320-list] trouble starting engine
>
>
> Nick
>
> On a boat that is 10+ years old, even though the cables look large enough
> you my have corrosion built up internal to the cable that is adding to the
> voltage drop before it gets to the starter motor.
>
> Dave Marchant
> Illumination #983
> Solomons, MD