One is a pile of anchor chain, pulled out of my Locker for repair. The others are connected to the Jack stands, dug into the ground and cross supported with their chains.
Easily verified on my boat with a DVM.
Jim...
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Easily verified on my boat with a DVM.
Jim...
I was going from memory. I doubt very much mine is 6 guage. I'll look with I get to the boat but if its as @JamesG161 indicated its to maintain the mast as the same potential as the water, then gauge isn't very important as very very little current is actually carried by this wire to simply maintain the ground potential.
@JamesG161 not sure I understand. Where are they connected on the boat to something connected to the mast or ground system on the boat? The stands set up against fiberglass, which is not a very good conductor, if at all. The chain pulled out of the anchor locker, unless attached to something metal on the boat would most likey be insultated from the boat by the fiberglass anchor locker.
Yes! To the Windless which is connected to the Boat Ground Buss
Simple to confirm use a DVM. Tough to explain here , but think of how a boat on the Hard can verify it with someone aboard and some on the ground testing for 0 ohms resistance.
Jim...
PS: I believe you still have my home phone number in our past PM.
Mine was 8 gauge and I upgraded to 6 gauge when I re-wired the mast last year. 4 gauge was too large to fit.
out there, in a big storm, that i couldn't outrun, i say my prayers. it works for me!