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On most powerboats also, such as the TW 28, the mast should also be grounded to the keel (assuming you are building it with the staysail option), and the engine, and the through hull fittings and the rudder and the strut, and the keel cooler, and whatever else you can. Bond everything to everything.
As stated above, electrolysis is caused by 2 dissimilar metals, let me add, separated by a dielectric. The dielectric in this case being salt water. If you don't have dialectric separation electrolysis cannot occur. Hence the bonding.
As stated above, electrolysis is caused by 2 dissimilar metals, let me add, separated by a dielectric. The dielectric in this case being salt water. If you don't have dialectric separation electrolysis cannot occur. Hence the bonding.
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Wooden mast grounded to keel? Mine will be a wooden two part mast with synthetic stays. Going to have a hard time grounding that... How does one ground a Carbon fibre mast BTW?Cracker Larry wrote:On most powerboats also, such as the TW 28, the mast should also be grounded to the keel (assuming you are building it with the staysail option), ...
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With a big fat wide copper braid to a Dynaplate or similar.kiwi wrote: How does one ground a Carbon fibre mast BTW?
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You could try to lead it to the keel bolts
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Jacques answered, but let me add that carbon fiber is extremely conductive! Drill and tap it for a ground bond.
On a wooden mast I would run a big fat copper braid to the masthead.
What are synthetic stays? New to me. BTW, stay and shroud chainplates should be grounded too
On a wooden mast I would run a big fat copper braid to the masthead.
What are synthetic stays? New to me. BTW, stay and shroud chainplates should be grounded too
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OK that means the two part mast must use the tabernacle system rather than having the top just plug into the bottom half.Cracker Larry wrote: On a wooden mast I would run a big fat copper braid to the masthead.
What are synthetic stays? New to me. BTW, stay and shroud chainplates should be grounded too
I was thinking of spectra rigging no stainless wires.
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