Not specifically related to trawlers, but I know the level of expertise here is high, so I'll post this question anyway:
I have a new customer with a Prestige 560. The boat has a factory-installed H+B Technics tender lift mounted on the stern. While the lift has multiple anodes mounted on it, Prestige chose not to bond the lift to the large plate anodes on the transom that protect the transmissions and pod drives despite the fact that the H+B Technics manual specifically requires that the lift be connected to the boat's bonding system. Prestige does not include a boat-wide bonding system beyond the transom anode arrangement.
The question the boat captain has is; should the lift be connected to these transom anodes? Is there a downside to doing this? The lift has previously suffered some corrosion issues, which is why the question came up.
I have a new customer with a Prestige 560. The boat has a factory-installed H+B Technics tender lift mounted on the stern. While the lift has multiple anodes mounted on it, Prestige chose not to bond the lift to the large plate anodes on the transom that protect the transmissions and pod drives despite the fact that the H+B Technics manual specifically requires that the lift be connected to the boat's bonding system. Prestige does not include a boat-wide bonding system beyond the transom anode arrangement.
The question the boat captain has is; should the lift be connected to these transom anodes? Is there a downside to doing this? The lift has previously suffered some corrosion issues, which is why the question came up.