No, I'm Not Kidding...........

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Jun 9, 2013
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Rafiki 37 Novato, California
I did something like this once when I was converting from two 12 volt batteries to two 12 volt banks made from 6 volt batteries. I didn't have time to make proper gauge battery cables to connect them together so I paralleled thinner gauge auto battery cables I got at the local auto store. I also had to make one positive extension cable that way because a battery post was to far to pull the original cable to on one of the battery banks.

It did look a little bit cleaner than this but it's still not something I'd brag about. :)
 

PaulK

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Dec 1, 2009
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Sabre 402 Southport, CT
Oh and the surveyor out in the Great Lakes never noted one single item having to do with wiring and there are TONS of unsafe issues...[/QUOTE said:
But fresh water doesn't conduct electricity the same way salt water does, so the wiring was probably safer there. That's why he didn't mention it.
 
Oct 29, 2005
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Hunter Marine 326 303 Singapore
Maine Sail, I beg to differ. This picture paints only One word...Disaster waiting to happen. :naughty: oh...that's 4 words. My bad.
 

Kermit

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Jul 31, 2010
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AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
Wow.
I thought I was starting to understand DC wiring for boats.
Some sh(* , though, you just can't "unsee".
I guess it works, don't know how, but then:

"Hey! How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does a sun set? How exactly does a posi-trac rear-end on a Plymouth work? It just does. Nobody knows" Joe Dirt, 2001
Ah Joe Dirt. Entertainment at its finest!
 
Jun 19, 2004
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Catalina 387 Hull # 24 Port Charlotte, Florida
I wonder why

The one battery different from the other three.
 

FB111A

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May 4, 2013
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Pacific Seacraft Crealock34 Belfast, Maine
I feel so much better about my battery box now.
 
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