meridian
Guru
I’m currently on the hard having my hull painted. As I climbed up to the flybridge I noticed the hand rail was hot to the touch. Since my mast is down one of the ss shrouds was touching the stanchion base and was sparking. I immediately turned off the 110v AC but the problem persisted. I checked my amp meter and it was showing -10a. My first thought was a short in the mast but checking with a VOM showed that the rail was hot not the mast. I have a 12v crane for the dink and found the wires are run through the rail tubing and must be shorting out. After turning off the breaker all is well. It will take some work to re-wire the crane.