David, Find the other end under the mast step.
If it's like mine, there is a large washer under a keel nut with a 1/4" x 20 stud welded to it, and the ground wire which is simply a foot long battery cable with eyes crimped on each end is fastened to the bolt. CS > On June 27, 2019 at 4:49 PM David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I need to replace my mast grounding wire with 4 AWG (according to my > surveyor). It appears to connect at one end to the aluminum base plate of > the mast and that nut is accessible and a new cable can be attached with a > lug. I have not yet found the other end. Could it be under the keel bolt? I > have been thinking of ways to attach to a keel bolt. The easiest would be if > I could put a large enough lug on the end to go over a keel bolt and then put > another nut on top. I have not found a lug that large so this may be moot. > Can you buy a keel bolt nut? Anyone know the spec or a source? Could I > trap a large lug between the existing keel nut and a second one? An earlier > thread discussed using braided copper instead but that appear to contradict > ABYC standards. Any suggestions on the best/easiest way to do this? Thanks- > Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
_______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
