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    Buying a boat that’s been grounded?

    Hello, I’m considering purchasing a boat that was grounded with Zeus Pods. They were both replaced and I assume they dropped upon impact. The boat was repaired by MarineMax. Does anyone have any experience with this happening and how worried should I be long term, since in my mind I compare this...
  2. Soul Mate II

    Cleaning grounding connections - reducing corrosion!

    Morning, One of my winter projects is to go through the boat and cleaning all the grounding connections. I have seen some corrosion that I want to address. The large zinc on the back of the boat has a corroded/ bad connection on the back of the boat and I want to start cleaning that up and...
  3. Soul Mate II

    Grounding System Correction - cleaning it up - improving the connection

    I am having an issue on the boat with the grounding system. Looking for some advise. I am planning to go to each connection and clean them up. I was going to underscrew, clean up the nuts and washers and use a metal brush on the connection to the wire. Not sure if these are plated and don't...
  4. Meryl Schwendinger

    420 DB Bow Thruster Battery Charger Replacement

    We replaced our shot bow thruster battery charger with a ProNautic 24 20P. The manufacturer recommended this model as the most current swap out. The old model did not have a DC grounding wire and the new model does. We know of the grounding bus in the engine hatch. Is there one that is closer to...
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    Earth ground, boat ground and wiring

    Boat is Sea Ray 315 (280) with a Volvo KAD300 diesel engine. I did some checking, using a combinded ohm/volt-meter, to find out how the earth ground was connect in my boat. I found the following. Shorepower earth: This is sent through a galvanic isolator to the distribution panel in the...
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