[Public-List] Wire gauge for mast lights

[Mike Lehman]

16/3 sounds good to me. The mast was originally wired with a single ground
and all of the fixtures were grounded to the mast. Problem was, if you lost
the ground to the mast, nothing worked, plus I don't want think about
providing lightning a ground.

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 10:50 PM Christian Douglas via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> I need to rewire my mast lighting. I have an anchor and windex light at the
> top and a steaming/deck combo at the spreaders. All are LED and each draws
> less than 0.5 amps. Seems that 16 gauge wire should be sufficient to keep
> me under 3% drop, even when overestimating the length of the longest run.
> Does that sound right?
>
> Christian
> Kittiwake #76
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