Hello all:
I will soon start re-wiring my 30, and I know that Catalina used tinned wire for about everything. I'm wondering if regular old copper wire would be OK in a fresh water environment. I don't intend to ever take the boat to the ocean, but I still wonder if all of the moisture at the lake would cause corrosion problems. When I was a kid we used car wire for everything on our boats, but we generally trailered them home every weekend.
Any thoughts?
I will soon start re-wiring my 30, and I know that Catalina used tinned wire for about everything. I'm wondering if regular old copper wire would be OK in a fresh water environment. I don't intend to ever take the boat to the ocean, but I still wonder if all of the moisture at the lake would cause corrosion problems. When I was a kid we used car wire for everything on our boats, but we generally trailered them home every weekend.
Any thoughts?