[Public-list] Mast Wiring

[Christos Katehis]

Jay, that sounds pretty easy and logical. Thank you all for the input.

Chris
Kasia #383

-------------- Original message from Jay Davenport <jay at saildriver.com>: -------------- 


> Chris, 
> 
> When I rewired the mast of Revolution, I made up a wire bundle which contained 
> all the necessary wires for the electrics on the mast, and their grounds. The 
> mast was laying horizontal on the ground, and the bundle of wires was stretched 
> out at the foot of it. Proceeding along the bundle, I alternated 3' strips of 
> foam pipe insulator enclosing the wires, and then heavy-duty wire ties, 3 in a 
> group, with their tails pointing out, for almost the entire length of the 
> bundle. Then I pulled this up into the mast from the butt towards the top. It's 
> weight is held by a separate piece of rope which is woven through the bundle & 
> then looped over a large existing thru-bolt at the top of the mast. 
> This has worked out very well, as there is no wire noise at all, regardless of 
> how much the boat rocks and rolls. 
> 
> Jay Davenport 
> Revolution, A30 # 526 
> 
> 
> Christos Katehis wrote: 
> This might be a duplicate message, sorry... 
> 
> I am trying to re-route the wiring in the mast so that I can reduce the clonking 
> noises. Any ideas? 
> 
> Chris 
> Kasia #383 
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