Re: Stus-List Dumb wiring question

2016-05-23 Thread Graham Collins via CnC-List
Grounds can be common so long as you aren't electrically overloading the ground wire - which, adding the load of a windex light to it, is unlikely. I'd say go for it. My mast lights come out of the mast to a terminal strip, there are two ground wires from it back to the ground buss bar, 4 lig

Re: Stus-List Dumb wiring question

2016-05-23 Thread Edd Schillay via CnC-List
Andrew, Any common ground should work. All the best, Edd --- Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-B C&C 37+ | City Island, NY www.StarshipSailing.com --- 914.332.4400 | Office 914.774.9767 | Mobile -

Stus-List Dumb wiring question

2016-05-23 Thread Andrew Means via CnC-List
Hey listers -  Forgive the elementary wiring question: I’m running a (single) wire from the running lights circuit on my switch panel to the base of my mast to wire up a windex light. Can I wire the negative return from the light to a negative/ground of one of the other circuits? Or does each c