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Old 03-05-2018, 07:41 PM   #14
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Greetings,
Mr. HW. I think I may have you beat on your favorite find. First "big" boat was a 1950 Chris Craft Commander. ONE 110v outlet in the head and ONE 110v outlet in the electrical cupboard.

15a shore power came in via a 2 prong male flush mounted plug to a residential fuse box with 2 screw base 15a fuses. From there over a distance of about 12' there were 4 different types of wire (lamp cord, outdoor extension cord, BX cable and some unidentifiable ancient rubber insulated "stuff" (may have been the original). Connections were wire nuts, twisted connections and of course gobs of electrical tape.
This mess ran through the wet bilge.

The 12v system, as elementary as it was, was worse.
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