What's a kick pipe? Well, I can guess it's a through-floor (sole) conduit coming up under the help station. Hmm.. is it that 8" diameter podium a wheel is mounted on? Anyway, as a plumber I make a lot of holes. Once in a great while I'm stymied and can't find a place to run a pipe, but usually a little thought, sometimes after coming back to look at the geography again, shows a way. In this case it really sounds like the best bang comes from attacking the physical problem, not the electrical problem.
Of course, you _might_ be that rare case where there's no way to run another pipe, but it might be worth looking the physical situation over a few more times from different points of view. Eg. if you can't run anything _inside_ the pedestal, run a chrome brass or plastic conduit of moderate size (say 1-1/4" ID) up outside, either just fore or just aft of the pedestal; alternatively, cut a larger conduit in half lengthwise and attach (piggyback) it to the outside. Don't know your layout - these are offered simply as idea starters. Another physical approach which is probably less inviting is to pull a few of the existing wires and replace with one multi-wire conduit with (say) 40 circuits (2 wires ea). But maybe the cloud of expertise will precipitate a good solution at the load point (for a floating signal wire). Great discussion. Rufus > > I cannot add more wires because all the wire that can fit are already in > the kick pipes leading from the engine room to the helm. I do have some > spare conductors but I want to make best use of them. [snip] -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
